University of Namur

How does a “read and green” agreement work?

The read and green agreement with the University of Namur provides authors publishing in an ACS hybrid journal with the option to deposit their accepted manuscript into a repository with no embargo and a Creative Commons license of their choice (CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND). The author will retain copyright on the Version of Record.

Authors who would like to participate in the program will need to opt-in by selecting the option to retain copyright and be allowed to deposit their manuscript when completing their Journal Publishing Agreement.

There is no fee for authors to participate in this program.

Access to All ACS Journals

In addition, 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?

For step-by-step instructions on how to retain copyright and deposit your accepted manuscript under your institution’s read and green agreement, please see below:

Self-archiving with an ACS read and green agreement

Authors publishing in a hybrid journal who elect to publish their manuscript as open access will receive a reduced APC rate as part of the program (see below). Open access is not required for authors publishing in a hybrid journal.

Gold open access pricing

Submitting corresponding authors who are affiliated with the University of Namur qualify for a reduced APC rate to publish gold open access in ACS hybrid journals. The reduced APC rates are: