SANLiC
South African National Library and Information Consortium
Which ACS journals are included in this agreement?
The table below shows the ACS journals where your article publishing charge (APC) should be covered by your institution. Unless otherwise stated, this Agreement covers 100% of the APC when selecting a CC BY open access license.
| Journal / Collection | Included in Agreement? | |
|---|---|---|
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ACS Central Science ACS Chemical Health & Safety |
Diamond open access: Free to publish and read |
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ACS Omega |  Not included |
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ACS Au family (including JACS Au) | Reduced CC BY APC of US $3,000 |
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Artificial PhotosynthesisChem & Bio EngineeringEnvironmental Health PerspectivesPhoton SciencePolymer Science & Technology | Waivers available: see individual journals for information |
| ACS hybrid journals |  APC covered |
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Publish open access at no cost
If you are a researcher associated with a participating member of SANLiC (the South African National Library and Information Consortium) and are the submitting corresponding author, you will have the opportunity to publish your research in any ACS hybrid journal under a CC BY open access license with your institution’s support.
Publication charges for ACS’ hybrid journals will be fully covered. Authors publishing in ACS Au journals will receive a reduced APC of $3,000.
Please note that ACS Omega publication charges are not covered by this agreement.
Access to all ACS journals
In addition to open access publication benefits, participants in this special agreement will have full-text access to all current ACS Publications journal content.
Participating Institutions (18)
- Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Nelson Mandela University
- North West University
- Rhodes University
- Stellensbosch University
- Tshwane University of Technology
- University of Cape Town
- University of Fort Hare
- University of Johannesburg
- University of Limpopo
- University of Pretoria
- University of South Africa (UNISA)
- University of the Free State
- University of the Western Cape
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Vaal University of Technology
I’m a prospective author, how do I publish open access?
For step-by-step instructions on how to publish open access under your institution’s read and publish agreement, please see below:
Automatic article deposit in PubMed Central
Authors who elect to publish open access will automatically have their final published article sent for deposit in PubMed Central. Please note all contents accepted for US PubMed Central are automatically mirrored on Europe PMC — nothing more is required on your part. Authors publishing open access under this agreement are also free to deposit their accepted manuscript in their institutional and/or research funder’s designated open access repository.
Immediate public access to research
Some research funders require authors to make a version of their research article available in a public open access repository immediately upon publication.
You may see this referred to as ‘zero-embargo green open access’.
You or your co-authors’ funder(s) may require you to make a version of your manuscript available in an open access repository immediately upon publication. You will need to check the terms of all applicable grants, and/or communicate with your grant officer, to confirm if such a policy applies to your work.
Publishing open access through your institution’s agreement helps you comply with these mandates. ACS Publications will automatically submit the version of record of your article to PubMed Central, and you and your co-authors are free to post your accepted manuscript to any other repository or service required by your funder(s). Combined with public access to your research data, this should ensure compliance with any applicable open access or public access policy.