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How does a “read and green” agreement work?

This read and green agreement provides submitting corresponding authors based at any of the institutions listed below, publishing in an ACS hybrid journal, with the option to deposit their accepted manuscript into a repository with no embargo and a Creative Commons license of their choice (CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND). The author will retain copyright of the version of record.

Authors who would like to participate in the program will need to opt-in by selecting the option to retain copyright and be allowed to deposit their manuscript when completing their Journal Publishing Agreement.

There is no fee for authors to participate in this program.

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 (35)

  1. Aix-Marseille Université
  2. BRGM – French Geological Survey
  3. CEA
  4. CNRS
  5. École des Ponts ParisTech
  6. IFP Energies Nouvelles
  7. Inist-Cnrs
  8. INRAE
  9. INSA Rouen
  10. Inserm
  11. Institut Pasteur - Paris
  12. Nantes Université
  13. ONERA
  14. Toulouse INP
  15. Université des Antilles
  16. Université de Bordeaux
  17. Université de Caen Normandie
  18. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  19. Université d'Evry - Val-d'Essonne
  20. Université Grenoble Alpes
  21. Université Gustave Eiffel
  22. Université le Havre Normandie
  23. Université de Lille
  24. Université de Montpellier
  25. Université de la Polynesie francaise
  26. Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
  27. Université d'Orleans
  28. Université de Paris-Est Créteil Val De Marne (UPEC)
  29. Université Paris Cité
  30. Université de Paris-Saclay
  31. Université PSL – Mines Paris
  32. Université de Strasbourg
  33. Université de Technologie de Troyes
  34. Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
  35. Université Rennes-I

I’m a prospective author, how do I publish?

For step-by-step instructions on how to retain copyright and deposit your accepted manuscript under your institution’s read and green agreement, please see below:

Self-archiving with an ACS read and green agreement

Optional open access for the final article

Submitting corresponding authors who are affiliated with a participating institution qualify for a reduced APC rate to publish gold open access in ACS hybrid journals, the ACS Au family of journals, and ACS Omega. The reduced APC rates are shown in the table below.

Journal / Collection CC BY License CC BY-NC-ND License
ACS Omega ACS Omega $0 USD $0 USD
ACS Au journals included ACS Au family (including JACS Au) $1,000 USD $500 USD
ACS hybrid journals $2,000 USD $1,500 USD

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