Royal Society Publishing APCs for open access and hybrid journals

OVERVIEW

Royal Society Publishing offers waived Article Processing Charges (APCs) to corresponding authors from EIFL partner countries when they publish in one of their journals:

• Hybrid journals: Biology Letters, Notes and Records, Interface, Interface Focus, Proceedings A. Proceedings B, Philosophical Transactions A, and Philosophical Transactions B
• Fully open access journals: Open Biology and Royal Society Open Science 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The agreement is valid for eight hybrid journals and  two fully open access journals from the Royal Society Publishing.  
Below are the agreed terms: 

• Waived Article Processing Charges (100% discount - no fees) for corresponding authors from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Note: This list of countries will be reviewed annually and any changes for 2025 will be communicated no later than 30th June 2024.
Conditions: the corresponding author must be based in one of the above eligible countries. 

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The waiver will be automatically applied during the submission system once the country is indicated.

HOW CAN I FIND JOURNALS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFER?

You can view the title list here and browse it by subject. This title list will be updated once a year, no later than 31st July each year. The current list was confirmed on 3 January 2024.

SUBJECT COVERAGE

Biological sciences, science, mathematics.

WHERE ELSE CAN I PUBLISH IN OPEN ACCESS?

Click on your country below to get the list of all the journals that EIFL has negotiated open access publishing terms for. You can browse the list by subject, impact factor, and publisher.

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, China, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Further information

Contact us if you have questions Licensing Programme Manager Lorraine Estelle: lorraine.estelle@eifl.net