Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
India
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.
Journal / Collection | Included in Agreement? | |
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![]() | ACS Central Science | Diamond open access: Free to publish and read |
![]() | ACS Omega | ![]() |
![]() | ACS Au family (including JACS Au) | ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Artificial PhotosynthesisChem & Bio EngineeringChemical & Biomedical ImagingEnvironment & HealthPrecision Chemistry | Waivers available: see individual journals for information |
ACS hybrid / transformative journals | ![]() |
Publish open access at no cost
If you are a researcher associated with Manipal Academy of Higher Education 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.
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.
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 Paragon Plus submission system.
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 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 the version of record in their institutional and/or research funder’s designated open access repository.