Research4Life
IWA Publishing supports Research4Life, providing access to research in the developing world.
Read Access: for access to content in an IWA Publishing journal from any of the countries in the 'A-List' below please contact Turpin Distribution Ltd: E-mail; Tel: +44 (0)1767 604 951; Fax: +44 (0)1767 601 640
Publishing Open Access: we waive our article processing fees entirely for authors from countries on the Research4Life 'A-List' (pink) and 50% 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'.
| 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 | 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 |