University of Nebraska Libraries

How does a “read and green” agreement work?

The read and green agreement with the University of Nebraska Libraries 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 of the accepted manuscript.

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.

Participating institutions

• University of Nebraska Kearney
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• University of Nebraska Medical Center
• University of Nebraska Omaha

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

 

Gold open access pricing

Submitting corresponding authors who are affiliated with a participating institution qualify for a reduced APC rate when choosing to publish the version of record in an ACS hybrid journal. The reduced APC rates are:

• CC BY license: $2,000
• CC BY-NC-ND license: $1,500

 

Access to All ACS Journals

In addition, participants in this special agreement will have full-text access to all current ACS Publications journal content.