It is BM-Publisher policy that Editors of Open Access Articles will not be involved in correspondence with authors regarding payment of article publication charges (APCs), in order to ensure that editorial decisions are never influenced by ability to pay. In addition to the Research4Life country waivers, some journals may offer additional waiver initiatives and editors will be able to invite articles which, if accepted, will be subject to an APC waiver. The automatic waiver system will be managed by administrative staff not involved in decisions regarding articles. We ask authors not to discuss with editors any issues concerning payment at any stage of the peer review process.
BM-Publisher Open Access articles provide waiver to authors based in any of the following countries:
| Afghanistan | Angola | Bangladesh |
| Benin | Bhutan | Burkina Faso |
| Burundi | Cambodia | Cameroon |
| Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad |
| Comoros | Congo | Cote d'Ivoire |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Democratic Republic of Congo | Djibouti |
| Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia |
| Gambia | Ghana | Guatemala |
| Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Haiti |
| Honduras | Iraq | Kenya |
| Kiribati | Kyrgyzstan | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| Lesotho | Liberia | Madagascar |
| Malawi | Mali | Mauritania |
| Morocco | Mozambique | Myanmar |
| Namibia | Nepal | Nicaragua |
| Niger | Nigeria | Papua New Guinea |
| Rwanda | Samoa | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Senegal | Sierra Leone | Solomon Islands |
| Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan |
| Swaziland | Tajikistan | Timor-Leste |
| Togo | Tokelau | Tuvalu |
| Uganda | United Republic of Tanzania | Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu | Vietnam | Yemen |
| Zambia | Zimbabwe |
BM-Publisher Open Access articles provide a 75% discount on article publication charges to authors based in any of the following countries:
| Albania | Algeria | Armenia |
| Belize | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Botswana | Cook Islands | Dominica |
| Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador |
| Fiji | Gabon | Georgia |
| Grenada | Guyana | Jamaica |
| Jordan | Kosovo | Maldives |
| Marshall Islands | Mauritius | Micronesia (Federated States of) |
| Mongolia | Montenegro | Nauru |
| Niue | Palau | Paraguay |
| Peru | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Seychelles | Sri Lanka |
| Suriname | Syrian Arab Republic | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| Tonga | Tunisia | Turkmenistan |
| Ukraine | West Bank and Gaza Strip |
