One of the ways that Wiley makes research accessible to researchers across the globe is through our partnership with Research4Life, which enables us to provide researchers from developing countries with free or low-cost access to Wiley’s peer-reviewed content online and offers waivers or discounts for those publishing in our gold open access journals.

The Research4Life programmes include – Research in Health (Hinari), Research in Agriculture (AGORA), Research in the Environment (OARE), Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI), and Research for Global Justice (GOALI). Access to Research4Life is dependent on several factors (https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibility/). Since 2002, Research4Life has provided researchers at more than 10,500 institutions in over 125 lower- and middle-income countries with free or low-cost online access to up 151,000 leading journals and books.

In addition to providing access through Research4Life, Wiley also enables research from authors in low- and middle-income countries to be published open access by providing automatic waivers and discounts on Article Publication Charges (APCs) in our fully open access journals. The list of eligible countries is updated annually.  To learn more about Wiley’s automatic waiver and discount program and to find the current list please visit our author services page.

In 2020, 25% of articles with a corresponding author from a country eligible for a full waiver were published OA, in line with the proportions seen across all research published by Wiley in the same year.

To learn more about how the Research4Life initiative is helping researchers, please visit the Research4Life website where you’ll find information and case studies on how access to peer-reviewed content is benefitting the health, well-being, and economic and social development of communities in the developing world. You can also follow Research4Life on Twitter: @R4LPartnership