Waiver Policy

At Academic Journals, we understand that some institutions may have limited funding for their research activities. Thus, we have instituted a generous waiver system that may ease the payment of the manuscript handling fee when their researchers choose to publish their manuscripts in any of our journals. Our primary goal as stated in our mission is to accelerate the dissemination of knowledge through the publication of high quality research articles. We are continually pursuing this goal, without putting undue financial burden on researchers or their institutions. Hence, we have instituted the following waiver policy.

Authors from Low Income Countries may be granted up to 75% waiver.
Authors from Lower Middle-Income Countries may be granted up to 40% waiver.

In addition, it is also not unusual for authors to be granted full waivers, especially authors from low income countries.

To request a waiver, kindly send an application to [email protected]. Waiver application should contain the manuscript number and state the reason for requesting a waiver.

World Bank Country Classifications by Income Level

		Country		Income group
		Afghanistan		Low income
		Albania		Upper middle income
		Algeria		Upper middle income
		American Samoa		Upper middle income
		Andorra		High income
		Angola		Lower middle income
		Antigua and Barbuda		High income
		Argentina		Upper middle income
		Armenia		Lower middle income
		Aruba		High income
		Australia		High income
		Austria		High income
		Azerbaijan		Upper middle income
		Bahamas, The		High income
		Bahrain		High income
		Bangladesh		Lower middle income
		Barbados		High income
		Belarus		Upper middle income
		Belgium		High income
		Belize		Upper middle income
		Benin		Low income
		Bermuda		High income
		Bhutan		Lower middle income
		Bolivia		Lower middle income
		Bosnia and Herzegovina		Upper middle income
		Botswana		Upper middle income
		Brazil		Upper middle income
		British Virgin Islands		High income
		Brunei Darussalam		High income
		Bulgaria		Upper middle income
		Burkina Faso		Low income
		Burundi		Low income
		Cabo Verde		Lower middle income
		Cambodia		Lower middle income
		Cameroon		Lower middle income
		Canada		High income
		Cayman Islands		High income
		Central African Republic		Low income
		Chad		Low income
		Channel Islands		High income
		Chile		High income
		China		Upper middle income
		Colombia		Upper middle income
		Comoros		Low income
		Congo, Dem. Rep.		Low income
		Congo, Rep.		Lower middle income
		Costa Rica		Upper middle income
		Côte d'Ivoire		Lower middle income
		Croatia		Upper middle income
		Cuba		Upper middle income
		Curaçao		High income
		Cyprus		High income
		Czech Republic		High income
		Denmark		High income
		Djibouti		Lower middle income
		Dominica		Upper middle income
		Dominican Republic		Upper middle income
		Ecuador		Upper middle income
		Egypt, Arab Rep.		Lower middle income
		El Salvador		Lower middle income
		Equatorial Guinea		Upper middle income
		Eritrea		Low income
		Estonia		High income
		Ethiopia		Low income
		Faroe Islands		High income
		Fiji		Upper middle income
		Finland		High income
		France		High income
		French Polynesia		High income
		Gabon		Upper middle income
		Gambia, The		Low income
		Georgia		Lower middle income
		Germany		High income
		Ghana		Lower middle income
		Gibraltar		High income
		Greece		High income
		Greenland		High income
		Grenada		Upper middle income
		Guam		High income
		Guatemala		Lower middle income
		Guinea		Low income
		Guinea-Bissau		Low income
		Guyana		Upper middle income
		Haiti		Low income
		Honduras		Lower middle income
		Hong Kong SAR, China		High income
		Hungary		High income
		Iceland		High income
		India		Lower middle income
		Indonesia		Lower middle income
		Iran, Islamic Rep.		Upper middle income
		Iraq		Upper middle income
		Ireland		High income
		Isle of Man		High income
		Israel		High income
		Italy		High income
		Jamaica		Upper middle income
		Japan		High income
		Jordan		Lower middle income
		Kazakhstan		Upper middle income
		Kenya		Lower middle income
		Kiribati		Lower middle income
		Korea, Dem. People's Rep.		Low income
		Korea, Rep.		High income
		Kosovo		Lower middle income
		Kuwait		High income
		Kyrgyz Republic		Lower middle income
		Lao PDR		Lower middle income
		Latvia		High income
		Lebanon		Upper middle income
		Lesotho		Lower middle income
		Liberia		Low income
		Libya		Upper middle income
		Liechtenstein		High income
		Lithuania		High income
		Luxembourg		High income
		Macao SAR, China		High income
		Macedonia, FYR		Upper middle income
		Madagascar		Low income
		Malawi		Low income
		Malaysia		Upper middle income
		Maldives		Upper middle income
		Mali		Low income
		Malta		High income
		Marshall Islands		Upper middle income
		Mauritania		Lower middle income
		Mauritius		Upper middle income
		Mexico		Upper middle income
		Micronesia, Fed. Sts.		Lower middle income
		Moldova		Lower middle income
		Monaco		High income
		Mongolia		Lower middle income
		Montenegro		Upper middle income
		Morocco		Lower middle income
		Mozambique		Low income
		Myanmar		Lower middle income
		Namibia		Upper middle income
		Nauru		Upper middle income
		Nepal		Low income
		Netherlands		High income
		New Caledonia		High income
		New Zealand		High income
		Nicaragua		Lower middle income
		Niger		Low income
		Nigeria		Lower middle income
		Northern Mariana Islands		High income
		Norway		High income
		Oman		High income
		Palau		High income
		Papua New Guinea		Lower middle income
		Peru		Upper middle income
		Poland		High income
		Portugal		High income
		Puerto Rico		High income
		Qatar		High income
		Romania		Upper middle income
		Russian Federation		Upper middle income
		Rwanda		Low income
		Samoa		Upper middle income
		San Marino		High income
		São Tomé and Principe		Lower middle income
		Saudi Arabia		High income
		Senegal		Low income
		Serbia		Upper middle income
		Seychelles		High income
		Sierra Leone		Low income
		Singapore		High income
		Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		High income
		Slovak Republic		High income
		Slovenia		High income
		Solomon Islands		Lower middle income
		Somalia		Low income
		South Africa		Upper middle income
		South Sudan		Low income
		Spain		High income
		Sri Lanka		Lower middle income
		St. Kitts and Nevis		High income
		St. Lucia		Upper middle income
		St. Martin (French part)		High income
		St. Vincent and the Grenadines		Upper middle income
		Sudan		Lower middle income
		Suriname		Upper middle income
		Swaziland		Lower middle income
		Sweden		High income
		Switzerland		High income
		Syrian Arab Republic		Lower middle income
		Taiwan, China		High income
		Tajikistan		Lower middle income
		Tanzania		Low income
		Thailand		Upper middle income
		Timor-Leste		Lower middle income
		Togo		Low income
		Tonga		Upper middle income
		Trinidad and Tobago		High income
		Tunisia		Lower middle income
		Turkey		Upper middle income
		Turkmenistan		Upper middle income
		Turks and Caicos Islands		High income
		Tuvalu		Upper middle income
		Uganda		Low income
		Ukraine		Lower middle income
		United Arab Emirates		High income
		United Kingdom		High income
		United States		High income
		Uruguay		High income
		Uzbekistan		Lower middle income
		Vanuatu		Lower middle income
		Venezuela, RB		Upper middle income
		Vietnam		Lower middle income
		Virgin Islands (U.S.)		High income
		West Bank and Gaza		Lower middle income
		Yemen, Rep.		Lower middle income
		Zambia		Lower middle income
		Zimbabwe		Low income