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?
ACS Central Science included
ACS Chemical Health & Safety included
ACS Central Science

ACS Chemical Health & Safety
Diamond open access: Free to publish and read
ACS Omega included ACS Omega Tick   APC covered
ACS Au journals included ACS Au family (including JACS Au) Tick   APC covered
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chem & Bio Engineering
Environmental Health PerspectivesPhoton Science
Polymer Science & Technology
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chem & Bio Engineering

Environmental Health Perspectives
Photon Science
Polymer Science & Technology

Waivers available: see individual journals for information
ACS hybrid journals Tick   APC covered

Publish open access at no cost

If you are a researcher associated with any of the listed institutions, and are the submitting corresponding author, you will have the opportunity to publish your research in supported ACS journals under a CC BY open access license with your institution’s support.

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 (50)

  1. CERCA Network (Fundacio Institucio Centres de Recerca de Catalunya)
  2. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
  3. Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya
  4. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  5. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  6. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  7. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
  8. Universidad de Alicante
  9. Universidad de Almeria
  10. Universidad de Burgos
  11. Universidad de Cadiz
  12. Universidad de Cantabria
  13. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
  14. Universidad de Cordoba
  15. Universidad de Extremadura
  16. Universidad de Granada
  17. Universidad de Huelva
  18. Universidad de Jaen
  19. Universidad de la Laguna
  20. Universidad de la Rioja
  21. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  22. Universidad de Malaga
  23. Universidad de Murcia
  24. Universidad de Navarra
  25. Universidad de Oviedo
  26. Universidad de Salamanca
  27. Universidad de Sevilla
  28. Universidad de Valladolid
  29. Universidad de Zaragoza
  30. Universidad del Pais Vasco
  31. Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
  32. Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
  33. Universidad Pablo de Olavide
  34. Universidad Publica de Navarra
  35. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  36. Universidade da Coruna
  37. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  38. Universidade de Vigo
  39. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
  40. Universitat de Barcelona
  41. Universitat de Girona
  42. Universitat de les Illes Balears
  43. Universitat de Lleida
  44. Universitat de Valencia
  45. Universitat Jaume I
  46. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
  47. Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
  48. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  49. Universitat Ramon Llull
  50. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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:

Open access publishing instructions

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.