Publication Fees

All articles in IWA Publishing journals are available to access, read and download worldwide under an open access licence. The cost of publishing is covered by an Article Processing Charge (APC) that is paid by the corresponding author at acceptance. Please refer to the individual journal's Article Processing Charge page for further information.

Authors may be entitled to fee-free or discounted publishing through:

Institutional Agreements

IWA Publishing has established a number of institutional agreements through which author fees are covered by our institutional partners. To see if you are eligible for fee-free publishing, a list of current agreements is available.

Think your institution should be on our list, or have a question about OA funding? Get in touch.

Open Access Equity Policy

We believe that anyone should be able to publish Open Access. As such, we are proud to partner with Research4Life and EIFL to grant waivers to authors in eligible low- and middle-income countries.

For corresponding authors from countries on the Research4Life Group A and from countries who we have a deal with through EIFL, authors are entitled to a full waiver. For corresponding authors from countries in Research4Life Group B, authors are entitled to a 50% discount.

To ensure the waiver is applied correctly, corresponding authors should:

• submit using your institutional email address;
• ensure that your institution is correct in your Editorial Manager profile make sure your institution is selected in the drop-down menu for 'Institution';
• during the submission questionnaire, input your institutional affiliation in the 'Manuscript Data'

International Water Association (IWA) Member Discounts

Corresponding authors who are International Water Association individual members are eligible for a 25% discount on APCs. To claim the discount, please include your membership number when prompted during submission.

Discretionary Waivers

For authors that are not eligible for a waiver in line with our Open Access Equity Policy or an Institutional Agreement, IWA Publishing will grant a number of discretionary waivers for articles with high societal impact, on a case-by-case basis. Authors may request a waiver at the point of submission if they are unable to pay the APC, such as in cases where they lack funding and are not eligible for other means of funding support. Waiver requests received outside of the submission process will not be considered.