Waiver Policy

At TimeLine Journals, we understand that some institutions may have limited funding for their research activities. Thus, we have instituted a generous waiver system that may ease the payment of the manuscript handling fee when their researchers choose to publish their manuscripts in any of our journals. Our primary goal as stated in our mission is to accelerate the dissemination of knowledge through the publication of high quality research articles. We are continually pursuing this goal, without putting undue financial burden on researchers or their institutions. Hence, we have instituted the following waiver policy.

Authors from Low Income Countries may be granted up to 75% waiver.

In addition, it is also not unusual for authors to be granted full waivers, especially authors from low income countries.

To request a waiver, kindly send an application on concern journal email. Waiver application should contain the manuscript number and state the reason for requesting a waiver.

#World Bank Country Classifications by Income Level

 

		Economy	Code		Region	Income group
1		Afghanistan	AFG		South Asia	Low income
2		Albania	ALB		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
3		Algeria	DZA		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
4		American Samoa	ASM		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5		Andorra	AND		Europe & Central Asia	High income
6		Angola	AGO		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7		Antigua and Barbuda	ATG		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8		Argentina	ARG		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
9		Armenia	ARM		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
10		Aruba	ABW		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11		Australia	AUS		East Asia & Pacific	High income
12		Austria	AUT		Europe & Central Asia	High income
13		Azerbaijan	AZE		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14		Bahamas, The	BHS		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
15		Bahrain	BHR		Middle East & North Africa	High income
16		Bangladesh	BGD		South Asia	Lower middle income
17		Barbados	BRB		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
18		Belarus	BLR		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19		Belgium	BEL		Europe & Central Asia	High income
20		Belize	BLZ		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21		Benin	BEN		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22		Bermuda	BMU		North America	High income
23		Bhutan	BTN		South Asia	Lower middle income
24		Bolivia	BOL		Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
25		Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26		Botswana	BWA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
27		Brazil	BRA		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28		British Virgin Islands	VGB		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
29		Brunei Darussalam	BRN		East Asia & Pacific	High income
30		Bulgaria	BGR		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31		Burkina Faso	BFA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32		Burundi	BDI		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33		Cabo Verde	CPV		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34		Cambodia	KHM		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
35		Cameroon	CMR		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36		Canada	CAN		North America	High income
37		Cayman Islands	CYM		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
38		Central African Republic	CAF		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39		Chad	TCD		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40		Channel Islands	CHI		Europe & Central Asia	High income
41		Chile	CHL		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42		China	CHN		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43		Colombia	COL		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44		Comoros	COM		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45		Congo, Dem. Rep.	COD		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46		Congo, Rep.	COG		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47		Costa Rica	CRI		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48		Côte d'Ivoire	CIV		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49		Croatia	HRV		Europe & Central Asia	High income
50		Cuba	CUB		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51		Curaçao	CUW		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
52		Cyprus	CYP		Europe & Central Asia	High income
53		Czech Republic	CZE		Europe & Central Asia	High income
54		Denmark	DNK		Europe & Central Asia	High income
55		Djibouti	DJI		Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
56		Dominica	DMA		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57		Dominican Republic	DOM		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58		Ecuador	ECU		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59		Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY		Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
60		El Salvador	SLV		Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61		Equatorial Guinea	GNQ		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
62		Eritrea	ERI		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63		Estonia	EST		Europe & Central Asia	High income
64		Ethiopia	ETH		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65		Faroe Islands	FRO		Europe & Central Asia	High income
66		Fiji	FJI		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67		Finland	FIN		Europe & Central Asia	High income
68		France	FRA		Europe & Central Asia	High income
69		French Polynesia	PYF		East Asia & Pacific	High income
70		Gabon	GAB		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
71		Gambia, The	GMB		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72		Georgia	GEO		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
73		Germany	DEU		Europe & Central Asia	High income
74		Ghana	GHA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75		Gibraltar	GIB		Europe & Central Asia	High income
76		Greece	GRC		Europe & Central Asia	High income
77		Greenland	GRL		Europe & Central Asia	High income
78		Grenada	GRD		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79		Guam	GUM		East Asia & Pacific	High income
80		Guatemala	GTM		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81		Guinea	GIN		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82		Guinea-Bissau	GNB		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83		Guyana	GUY		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84		Haiti	HTI		Latin America & Caribbean	Low income
85		Honduras	HND		Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
86		Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG		East Asia & Pacific	High income
87		Hungary	HUN		Europe & Central Asia	High income
88		Iceland	ISL		Europe & Central Asia	High income
89		India	IND		South Asia	Lower middle income
90		Indonesia	IDN		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
91		Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
92		Iraq	IRQ		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
93		Ireland	IRL		Europe & Central Asia	High income
94		Isle of Man	IMN		Europe & Central Asia	High income
95		Israel	ISR		Middle East & North Africa	High income
96		Italy	ITA		Europe & Central Asia	High income
97		Jamaica	JAM		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98		Japan	JPN		East Asia & Pacific	High income
99		Jordan	JOR		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
100		Kazakhstan	KAZ		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101		Kenya	KEN		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102		Kiribati	KIR		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
103		Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	PRK		East Asia & Pacific	Low income
104		Korea, Rep.	KOR		East Asia & Pacific	High income
105		Kosovo	XKX		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
106		Kuwait	KWT		Middle East & North Africa	High income
107		Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
108		Lao PDR	LAO		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
109		Latvia	LVA		Europe & Central Asia	High income
110		Lebanon	LBN		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
111		Lesotho	LSO		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112		Liberia	LBR		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
113		Libya	LBY		Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
114		Liechtenstein	LIE		Europe & Central Asia	High income
115		Lithuania	LTU		Europe & Central Asia	High income
116		Luxembourg	LUX		Europe & Central Asia	High income
117		Macao SAR, China	MAC		East Asia & Pacific	High income
118		Macedonia, FYR	MKD		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119		Madagascar	MDG		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120		Malawi	MWI		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121		Malaysia	MYS		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122		Maldives	MDV		South Asia	Upper middle income
123		Mali	MLI		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124		Malta	MLT		Middle East & North Africa	High income
125		Marshall Islands	MHL		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126		Mauritania	MRT		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127		Mauritius	MUS		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128		Mexico	MEX		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129		Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	FSM		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
130		Moldova	MDA		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
131		Monaco	MCO		Europe & Central Asia	High income
132		Mongolia	MNG		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
133		Montenegro	MNE		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134		Morocco	MAR		Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
135		Mozambique	MOZ		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136		Myanmar	MMR		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137		Namibia	NAM		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
138		Nauru	NRU		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
139		Nepal	NPL		South Asia	Low income
140		Netherlands	NLD		Europe & Central Asia	High income
141		New Caledonia	NCL		East Asia & Pacific	High income
142		New Zealand	NZL		East Asia & Pacific	High income
143		Nicaragua	NIC		Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
144		Niger	NER		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145		Nigeria	NGA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146		Northern Mariana Islands	MNP		East Asia & Pacific	High income
147		Norway	NOR		Europe & Central Asia	High income
148		Oman	OMN		Middle East & North Africa	High income
149		Pakistan	PAK		South Asia	Lower middle income
150		Palau	PLW		East Asia & Pacific	High income
151		Panama	PAN		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152		Papua New Guinea	PNG		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
153		Paraguay	PRY		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154		Peru	PER		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155		Philippines	PHL		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
156		Poland	POL		Europe & Central Asia	High income
157		Portugal	PRT		Europe & Central Asia	High income
158		Puerto Rico	PRI		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
159		Qatar	QAT		Middle East & North Africa	High income
160		Romania	ROU		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
161		Russian Federation	RUS		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
162		Rwanda	RWA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163		Samoa	WSM		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164		San Marino	SMR		Europe & Central Asia	High income
165		São Tomé and Principe	STP		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166		Saudi Arabia	SAU		Middle East & North Africa	High income
167		Senegal	SEN		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168		Serbia	SRB		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
169		Seychelles	SYC		Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
170		Sierra Leone	SLE		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171		Singapore	SGP		East Asia & Pacific	High income
172		Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
173		Slovak Republic	SVK		Europe & Central Asia	High income
174		Slovenia	SVN		Europe & Central Asia	High income
175		Solomon Islands	SLB		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
176		Somalia	SOM		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177		South Africa	ZAF		Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
178		South Sudan	SSD		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179		Spain	ESP		Europe & Central Asia	High income
180		Sri Lanka	LKA		South Asia	Lower middle income
181		St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
182		St. Lucia	LCA		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183		St. Martin (French part)	MAF		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
184		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185		Sudan	SDN		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186		Suriname	SUR		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187		Swaziland	SWZ		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
188		Sweden	SWE		Europe & Central Asia	High income
189		Switzerland	CHE		Europe & Central Asia	High income
190		Syrian Arab Republic	SYR		Middle East & North Africa	Low income
191		Taiwan, China	TWN		East Asia & Pacific	High income
192		Tajikistan	TJK		Europe & Central Asia	Low income
193		Tanzania	TZA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194		Thailand	THA		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
195		Timor-Leste	TLS		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
196		Togo	TGO		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
197		Tonga	TON		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
198		Trinidad and Tobago	TTO		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
199		Tunisia	TUN		Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
200		Turkey	TUR		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
201		Turkmenistan	TKM		Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
202		Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
203		Tuvalu	TUV		East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
204		Uganda	UGA		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
205		Ukraine	UKR		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
206		United Arab Emirates	ARE		Middle East & North Africa	High income
207		United Kingdom	GBR		Europe & Central Asia	High income
208		United States	USA		North America	High income
209		Uruguay	URY		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
210		Uzbekistan	UZB		Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
211		Vanuatu	VUT		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
212		Venezuela, RB	VEN		Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
213		Vietnam	VNM		East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
214		Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VIR		Latin America & Caribbean	High income
215		West Bank and Gaza	PSE		Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
216		Yemen, Rep.	YEM		Middle East & North Africa	Low income
217		Zambia	ZMB		Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
218		Zimbabwe	ZWE		Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

#Source: World Bank https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups