Publication fee waivers for authors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wiley applies a 50% reduction for corresponding authors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Taylor & Francis does not list Bosnia and Herzegovina at all.
Publisher policies checked 1 August 2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina is covered by Wiley, not by Taylor & Francis
Eligibility is read from the corresponding author's affiliation. Neither publisher applies these reductions to hybrid journals.
Every publisher we have checked
| Publisher | For Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hybrid | How it is applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElsevierResearch4Life | Not stated | No | Automatic |
| WileyResearch4Life | 50% off | No | Automatic |
| Taylor & FrancisWorld Bank income class plus a GDP ceiling | Not listed | No | Request required |
| Springer NatureWorld Bank income class plus a GDP ceiling | Not stated | Not stated | Request required |
| SageResearch4Life; some journals use World Bank income levels instead | Not stated | No | Automatic |
| IOP PublishingWorld Bank income class | Not stated | Yes | Automatic or on request |
| PLOSResearch4Life | Not stated | Not stated | Automatic through the Global Equity agreement |
| Oxford University PressResearch4Life, EIFL and government affordability metrics | Not stated | No | Automatic |
| Copernicus PublicationsEED | 50% off | n/a (OA) | Automatic |
| The Royal SocietyOpen Access Equity | No fee | Yes | Automatic |
| Microbiology SocietyEIFL | No fee | Yes | Automatic |
| De Gruyter BrillEIFL (Brill) | No fee | Yes (Brill) | Automatic |
Seven publishers publish a policy but not a country list. We record the rule and link to the source rather than guess which countries it covers.
No-fee journals published in Bosnia and Herzegovina
DOAJ lists 55 open access journals whose publisher is based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 43 of them charge authors nothing — no APC and no other fees; 11 charge an APC; 1 does not state the fees. The longest-running no-fee titles:
| Journal | Open access since | Weeks to publication |
|---|---|---|
| Radovi Šumarskog Fakulteta Univerziteta u SarajevuForestry · BS, EN | 2000 | 6 |
| Acta EconomicaEconomics as a science · EN | 2003 | 6 |
| Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta Univerziteta u Banjoj LuciEcology · EN, SR | 2004 | 8 |
| Anali Gazi Husrev-Begove BibliotekeBibliography · HR, SR, EN, BS | 2005 | 16 |
| Sarajevo Journal of MathematicsMathematics · EN | 2005 | 14 |
Publisher country, fees, start year and weeks from submission to publication as each journal states them in its DOAJ record (CC0), read 16 October 2026. Where a journal is published says nothing about who may submit, and a DOAJ listing is not an indexing or quality ranking; check each journal's author guidelines. Confirm the fee on the journal's own site before you submit.
Three things that catch authors out
The waiver follows the corresponding author, not the paper
If a co-author abroad is listed as corresponding, the reduction is lost — even when the research and every other author sit in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At Elsevier it goes further: all authors must be in the same group, and a mix of Group A and Group B authors brings a full waiver down to 50%.
Hybrid journals are excluded almost everywhere
Few publishers extend waivers to hybrid titles: IOP Publishing and the American Physical Society say explicitly that theirs do. Elsewhere the reduction usually applies to fully open access journals only, or the policy does not say. In a hybrid journal you can still publish at no cost under the subscription route — the article simply will not be open access.
Two publishers make you ask
Wiley, Sage, Elsevier and PLOS apply the reduction automatically. Taylor & Francis and Springer Nature require a request at submission. An author who waits for the system to notice pays in full.
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Related
Sources for this page
- Wiley
- Wiley — Open Access Waivers and Discounts — checked 1 August 2026
- T&F
- Taylor & Francis — Eligible countries — checked 1 August 2026
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- Fully open access journals. Hybrid titles are noted separately in the table.
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- Where a publisher does not publish a country list, we say so instead of inferring one.
- No-fee journals
- DOAJ journal records (CC0), read 16 October 2026
Compare publisher policies
Waiver rules differ between publishers — who counts as the eligible author, whether hybrid journals are included, and whether you need to apply or it happens automatically.
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