SANLiC
South African National Library and Information Consortium
Publish Open Access at No Cost
If you are a researcher associated with a participating member of SANLiC (the South African National Library and Information Consortium) 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.
Publication charges for ACS’ transformative journals will be fully covered. Authors publishing in ACS Au journals will receive a reduced APC of $3,000.
Please note that ACS Omega publication charges are not covered by this agreement.
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 if your school is a participating member and how to publish at no cost under this agreement.
Participating institutions
| Agricultural Research Council (ARC) |
| Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| Nelson Mandela University |
| North West University |
| Rhodes University |
| Stellensbosch University |
| Tshwane University of Technology |
| University of Cape Town |
| University of Fort Hare |
| University of Johannesburg |
| University of Limpopo |
| University of Pretoria |
| University of South Africa (UNISA) |
| University of the Free State |
| University of the Western Cape |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
| Vaal University of Technology |
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” 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.
Automatic Article Deposit in Pub Med
Authors who elect to publish open access will automatically have their final published article deposited to US Pub Med Central. Please note all contents published on US PubMed Central are mirrored on Europe PMC — nothing more is required on your part.