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Classifications

The country systems behind APC waivers

Publishers do not maintain their own country research. They borrow four external classifications, apply their own thresholds on top, and arrive at different answers.

Research4LifeThe two-group country classification behind most publisher waive…World Bank income classificationFour income bands by GNI per capita, revised annually, used by s…EIFLLibrary consortia agreements that create a third eligibility rou…UN least developed countriesA United Nations category that feeds directly into Research4Life…