Research4Life & EIFL
IWA Publishing supports Research4Life and EIFL, providing access to research in the developing world.
Read Access
via Research4Life: for access to content in IWA Publishing journals from any of the countries in the 'A-List' below, universities and professional schools should check if the institution is registered with Research4Life and contact their librarian for access. For more information, please visit the Research4Life access page>.
via EIFL: for access to content in IWA Publishing journals from any of the countries in the EIFL list below, librarians should contact EIFL at subscriptions@eifl.net.
Publishing Open Access: we waive our article processing fees entirely for authors from countries on the Research4Life 'A-List' (pink) and from countries with with we have a deal through EIFL. We grant 50% waivers for authors from countries on the 'B-List' (blue). Qualifying authors can select to publish Open Access in any of our journals. To ensure the waiver is applied, we strongly recommend that you read our 'R4Life Waivers Guidelines'.
Research4Life Group A - FREE ACCESS
Afganistan | Djibouti | Madagascar | Solomon Islands |
Angola | Equatorial Guinea | Malawi | Somalia |
Bangladesh | Eritrea | Mali | South Sudan |
Belize | Eswatini | Marshall Islands | Sudan |
Benin | Ethiopia | Mauritania | Syrian Arab Republic |
Bhutan | Gambia | Micronesia (Federated States of) | Tajikistan |
Burkina Faso | Ghana | Mozambique | Timor-Leste |
Burundi | Guinea | Myanmar | Togo |
Cambodia | Guinea-Bissau | Nepal | Tokelau |
Cameroon | Haiti | Nicaragua | Tonga |
Cabo Verde | Iran | Niger | Tuvalu |
Central African Republic | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Uganda |
Chad | Kiribati | Republic of Moldova | United Republic of Tanzania |
Comoros | Kyrgyzstan | Rwanda | Vanuatu |
Congo | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Samoa | Yemen |
Côte d’Ivoire | Lesotho | Sao Tome and Principe | Zambia |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Liberia | Senegal | Zimbabwe |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sierra Leone |
Albania | Ivory Coast | Maldives | Uganda |
Armenia | Kenya | Myanmar | Uzbekistan |
Azerbaijan | Kosovo | Nepal | Tanzania |
Belarus | Kyrgyzstan | North Macedonia | Zambia |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Laos | Moldova | Zimbabwe |
Ethiopia | Lesotho | Senegal | |
Ghana | Malawi | Sudan |
Research4Life Group B - 50% FEE WAIVER
Albania | Fiji | Mauritius | Saint Lucia |
Algeria | Gabon | Mongolia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Antigua and Barbuda | Georgia | Montenegro | Serbia |
Armenia | Grenada | Morocco | Seychelles |
Azerbaijan | Guatemala | Namibia | Sri Lanka |
Belarus | Guyana | Nauru | Suriname |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of | Honduras | Nigeria | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Iraq | Niue | Tunisia |
Botswana | Jamaica | Pakistan | Ukraine |
Cook Islands | Jordan | Palau | Uzbekistan |
Dominica | Kosovo (in accordance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) | Paraguay | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Egypt | Libya | Saint Helena | Viet Nam |
El Salvador | Maldives | Saint Kitts and Nevis | West Bank and Gaza Strip |