APS supports researchers in over 115 lower and middle-income countries and territories by providing access to institutions through Research4Life, and covers the cost of open access Article Publication Charges (APCs) to submitting authors based in those countries.
Access to the full range of APS journals through Research4Life is available to non-profit institutions in over 115 countries and territories in the list below, as well as recognised refugee camps. Institutions & researchers interested in taking advantage of this should visit Research4Life’s access page for further information.
APS also supports the ICTP Electronic Journals Delivery Service (eJDS) for delivery of article PDFs for many low and middle-income countries.
For new submissions from 1 January 2024 |
APS has launched a new program to cover the costs of open access for authors based in lower-income countries across the full range of Physical Review journals to reduce inequities caused by the shift towards fully open access publishing. Eligible authors will not need to pay any APC for publishing open access, and open access will be the default publishing route.
Select the appropriate journal for your research. All APS Hybrid and Gold journals are included in this program.
Submit your paper! The submitting author must be affiliated with an institution in one of the Research4Life countries listed below to be eligible. This affiliation must be clear on both the submission form and manuscript.
APS will automatically identify articles that qualify for this program. If your article is accepted for publication, our letter asking you to confirm open access rights will indicate this.
You will need to agree to the CC-BY license. You may opt-out if you prefer not to publish open access (hybrid journals only). Your article will be published open access at no cost to you.
If you are not based in one of the included countries (below) you will not be eligible for this program. You can continue to publish without cost to you if the article is in a hybrid journal where the reader is subscribing, or, if the article is in a fully open journal, an APC will be due from you upon publication.
Inclusion in this program is not visible to editorial staff, ensuring that any editorial decisions in no way reflect OA status.
If you need help during this process please contact help@aps.org.
APS is pleased to include over 115 countries and territories from Research4Life’s Eligibility lists for both subscription access and open access support.
This list will be updated from time to time according to Research4Life’s categorisation or at APS’ discretion. Any changes will be infrequent and will not impact eligible articles already submitted.
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Cuba Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya |
Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Palau Papua New Guinea Paraguay Republic of Moldova Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
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Note: Refugee Camps recognized by UNRWA or categorized by UNHCR as “planned/managed camps” are eligible for free Research4Life access regardless of their geographical location.
Changes to the corresponding author during or after peer-review will not change the eligibility of the article for our open access support, which is based on the submitting author.
Inclusion in this program is independent of any editorial decision and is not visible to editorial staff. Publication decisions are made by the editorial team based solely on the scientific contents of the article.
Affiliations must be legitimate and any false declarations of authorship is a breach of scientific ethics, and eligibility for this program will be denied.