SANLiC

South African National Library and Information Consortium

Publish open access at no, or reduced, cost

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?
	ACS Central Science	Diamond open access: Free to publish and read
	ACS Omega	Not covered
	ACS Au family (including JACS Au)	Reduced CC BY APC of US $3,000
	Artificial Photosynthesis Chem & Bio Engineering Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Environment & Health Photon Science Polymer Science & Technology Precision 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 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 hybrid journal under a CC BY open access license with your institution’s support.

Publication charges for ACS’ hybrid 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 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.

JPA confirmation

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. If you are publishing in an ACS Au journal, you will be taken to the Copyright Clearance Center RightsLink® system to provide funding information for your reduced APC.

Video demonstrations

Different institutions within your consortium have slightly different publishing workflows.

Our first demo video shows you how to navigate the Journal Publishing Agreement assistant and publish your research open access under an institutional open access agreement.

This second video shows you how to navigate the Journal Publishing Agreement assistant and publish your research open access under an institutional open access agreement with an added demo of the Copyright Clearance Center RightsLink® system.

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.