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Fee waiver

Full or partial waiver for article processing charges (APCs) offered by some publishers to authors based in selected developing countries or low-income economies.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

Full or partial waiver for article processing charges (APCs) offered by some publishers to authors based in selected developing countries or low-income economies, based on the premise that inability to pay should not preclude publication. Fee waivers are sometimes offered as a marketing incentive for a fixed period to all authors.

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Fee waiver"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/fee-waiver" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Fee waiver",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/fee-waiver/",
  "description": "Full or partial waiver for article processing charges (APCs) offered by some publishers to authors based in selected developing countries or low-income economies.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/knowledge-equity-diversity-global-south-inclusion/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/fee-waiver/",
  "sameAs": [],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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