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Publish open access with support from your institution
Institutions who have renewed a full read and publish agreement
The following institutions have elected to supply a full-service read and publish agreement to their patrons.
This means patrons at institutions listed below will continue to benefit from:
- Full reading access to ACS Publications journal content, all years
- Free gold OA publishing for affiliated submitting corresponding authors
- Free and immediate article deposition for affiliated co-authors on articles not covered by another OA agreement
This agreement runs through the end of 2026.
Please note: The list of participating institutions may be subject to change at short notice. Please confirm with your librarian if you have any questions.
| Institution Name | Institution Name | Institution Name | Institution Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay University | Loughborough University | University of Bradford | University of Portsmouth |
| Aberystwyth University | Manchester Metropolitan University | University of Bristol | University of Reading |
| Aston University | Medical Research Council | University of Cambridge | University of Southampton |
| Babraham Institute | Newcastle University | University of Cardiff | University of St Andrews |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Northumbria University | University of Dundee | University of Stirling |
| Durham University | Norwich Biosciences Institutes (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) | University of East Anglia | University of Strathclyde |
| Edinburgh Napier University | Nottingham Trent University | University of Exeter | University of Sunderland |
| Francis Crick Institute | Queen Margaret University | University of Glasgow | University of Surrey |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Queen Mary University of London | University of Hertfordshire | University of Sussex |
| Heriot-Watt University | Queen's University Belfast | University of Huddersfield | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | Science & Technology Facilities Council | University of Kent | University of the West of Scotland |
| Institute of Cancer Research | Scotland’s Rural College | University of Leeds | University of Ulster |
| Keele University | Swansea University | University of Leicester | University of Warwick |
| King's College London | Teesside University | University of Lincoln | University of York |
| Kingston University | University College London | University of Liverpool | UWE Bristol |
| Lancaster University | University of Aberdeen | University of Nottingham | |
| Liverpool John Moores University | University of Bath | University of Oxford | |
| London Metropolitan University | University of Birmingham | University of Plymouth |
Institutions who have opted for a read only agreement
The following institutions have elected to supply a read only agreement to serve their patrons:
- University of Manchester
This means patrons at institutions listed above are expected to have access to:
- Journal Archives: Continued access was purchased to journal content pre-1996.
- Journals 1996-2024: Any journals covered in this time period that your library subscribed to for at least one calendar year will remain available to you as your institution.
- Journals 2025-future: Articles published in 2025 and beyond will be available through your institution
Patrons will not have access to:
- Free Open Access Publishing: Submitting corresponding authors at these institutions no longer have access to centrally funded and automated Gold OA.
Note: Members of these institutions can still publish free in hybrid ACS journals, such as JACS, and remain REF compliant by posting accepted manuscripts after a 12-month embargo.
Institutions who have cancelled future read and publish services
The following institutions maintain reading access to past subscribed content:
- Cranfield University
- Robert Gordon University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- The Open University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Essex
- University of Hull
- University of Salford
- University of Sheffield
This means patrons at institutions listed above have access to1:
- Journal Archives: As long as your institution is current on maintenance fees, continued access to journal content pre-1996 will remain available on pubs.acs.org.
- Journals 1996-2024: Any journals covered in this time period that your library subscribed to for a calendar year will remain available to you as your institution is current on maintenance fees.
Patrons will not have access to:
- Journals 2025-future: Articles published in 2025 and beyond will not be available through your institution.
- Free Open Access Publishing: Submitting corresponding authors no longer have access to centrally funded and automated Gold OA
You can still publish FREE in hybrid ACS Publications journals, such as JACS, and remain REF compliant by posting accepted manuscripts after a 12-month embargo.
1 These services may take time to set up. We will make all possible efforts to prevent any interruption in service. If you experience any disruption, please notify your librarian.
Additionally, the following institutions have cancelled all services with ACS Publications. Authors at these institutions have no institutional access to current or prior-year ACS Publications content. Please contact your librarian to discuss access options.
- National Library of Scotland
- Staffordshire University
- University of Westminster
Which ACS journals are included in this agreement?
The table below shows the ACS journals where the article publishing charge (APC) should be covered by participating institutions. Unless otherwise stated, this agreement covers 100% of the APC.
| 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 & HealthPhoton SciencePolymer Science & TechnologyPrecision Chemistry | Waivers available: see individual journals for information |
| ACS hybrid journals | APC covered | |
Publish open access at no cost
If you are a researcher associated with a participating institution and are the submitting corresponding author, you will have the opportunity to publish your research in any ACS journal under a CC BY open access license with your institution’s support.
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
Note: Authors publishing in a gold (fully open access) journal will not be required to complete this step.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 will also have the version of record automatically deposited in their institutional repository through the Jisc Publications Router.