(9 Mar 2026) IOP Publishing (IOPP) has expanded its article publication charge (APC) discount and waiver programme to make open access (OA) publishing more accessible to a wider global community of authors.
The expansion covers IOPP’s entire proprietary portfolio of OA and hybrid journals and extends APC support to authors in 122 economies through a new three‑tier discount structure: 100% for authors from eligible low-income economies, 70% for those from eligible lower‑middle‑income economies and – for the first time – 30% for those from eligible upper‑middle‑income economies.
To make financial support as easy as possible for authors to access, discounts and waivers will be automatically applied when all authors listed on a manuscript are based in a qualifying country. When the article’s corresponding author and the majority of co-authors meet the criteria, support will be granted on request at submission, ensuring that research teams working across institutions and geographies can still benefit.
For more information and the full list of eligible economies, visit Paying for open access – IOPscience – Publishing Support.
The announcement in full is here.
