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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 | Diamond open access: Free to publish and read |
 | ACS Omega |  APC covered |
 | ACS Au family (including JACS Au) | APC covered |
      | Artificial PhotosynthesisChem & Bio EngineeringChemical & Biomedical ImagingEnvironment & HealthPolymer Science & TechnologyPrecision Chemistry | Waivers available: see individual journals for information |
| ACS hybrid journals | APC covered | |
Publish open access at no cost
If your institution has subscribed to ACS via HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) and you are the submitting corresponding author, you may have the opportunity to publish your research in any ACS journal 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.
Scroll down to find out how to publish open access at no cost under this agreement.
Participating institutions
| Institution name | Institution name |
|---|---|
| Academy of Athens | Ionian University |
| Agricultural University Athens | National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) |
| Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | National Centre of Scientific Research 'Demokritos' |
| Athena - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies (Athena RC) | National Hellenic Research Foundation |
| Athens School of Fine Arts | National Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Athens University of Economics and Business | National Library of Greece |
| Biomedical Science Research Center Alexander Fleming | National Observatory of Athens |
| Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES) | National Technology University of Athens |
| CPERI-CERTH (Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute; Centre for Research & Technology Hellas) | Panteion University |
| Democritus University of Thrace | School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE) |
| Foundation of Research & Technology - Hellas | Technological University of Crete |
| General Secretariat for Research & Technology (GSRT) | University of Crete |
| Harokopio University | University of Ioannina |
| Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter | University of Macedonia |
| Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) | University of Patras |
| Hellenic Mediterranean University | University of Peloponnese |
| Hellenic Open University | University of Piraeus |
| Hellenic Parliament Library | University of the Aegean |
| Hellenic Pasteur Institute | University of Thessaly |
| Institute of Educational Policy (IEP) | University of West Attica |
| International Hellenic University | University of Western Macedonia |
I’m a prospective author, how do I publish open access?
Step 1
Submit your article to the ACS journal of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author.
Step 2
Ensure your institution affiliation is correct on your profile in the ACS Publishing Center.
Step 3
Check that your affiliation is stated in the body of the manuscript as the corresponding author’s affiliation.
Step 4
When your manuscript has been accepted for publication, you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under your institution’s agreement.
Step 5
Confirm that “Yes, I wish to publish open access as per the agreement” is checked, and complete the Journal Publishing Agreement.
Step 6
Your institution will be alerted to your open access funding request. If the request is approved, your article will be made immediately available as open access upon publication under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. There are no charges to pay and no further action required by either you or your institution.
Video demonstration
This demo video shows you how to navigate the Journal Publishing Agreement assistant and publish your research open access under your institutional open access agreement:
Automatic article deposit
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.