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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 when selecting a CC BY open access license.
| Journal / Collection | Included in Agreement? | |
|---|---|---|
  |
ACS Central Science ACS Chemical Health & Safety |
Diamond open access: Free to publish and read |
 |
ACS Omega |  APC covered |
 |
ACS Au family (including JACS Au) | APC covered |
     |
Artificial PhotosynthesisChem & Bio EngineeringEnvironmental Health PerspectivesPhoton SciencePolymer Science & Technology | Waivers available: see individual journals for information |
| ACS hybrid journals | APC covered |
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Publish open access at no cost
If you are a researcher associated with any of the listed institutions, and are the submitting corresponding author, you will have the opportunity to publish your research in supported ACS journals 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.
Participating Institutions (70)
- Appalachian College of Pharmacy
- Appalachian School of Law
- Averett University
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Bluefield College
- Bridgewater College
- Brightpoint Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Christendom College
- Christopher Newport University
- College of William & Mary
- Danville Community College
- Divine Mercy University
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Eastern Shore Community College
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Emory & Henry University
- Ferrum College
- George Mason University
- Germanna Community College
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Hampton University
- Hollins University
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- James Madison University
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Liberty University
- Longwood University
- Mary Baldwin College
- Marymount University
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Mountain Gateway Community College
- New River Community College
- Norfolk State University
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Old Dominion University
- Patrick & Henry Community College
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Radford University
- Randolph College
- Randolph-Macon College
- Rappahannock Community College
- Regent University
- Richard Bland College
- Roanoke College
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Virginia University
- Southside Virginia Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Sweet Briar College
- Tidewater Community College
- Union Presbyterian Seminary
- University of Lynchburg
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Military Institute
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Polytechnic State University
- Virginia State University
- Virginia Union University
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- Virginia Western Community College
- Washington and Lee University
- Wytheville Community College
I’m a prospective author, how do I publish open access?
For step-by-step instructions on how to publish open access under your institution’s read and publish agreement, please see below:
Automatic article deposit in PubMed Central
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.
Immediate public access to research
Some research funders, including all federal funding agencies in the United States, require authors to make a version of their research article available in a public open access repository immediately upon publication.
You may see this referred to as ‘zero-embargo green open access’.
If you or your co-authors receive any type of funding from a US federal agency such as the Department of Energy or National Institutes of Health, or any other funding organization with a zero-embargo green open access policy, then your funder(s) may require you to make a version of your manuscript available in an open access repository immediately upon publication. You will need to check the terms of all applicable grants, and/or communicate with your grant officer, to confirm if such a policy applies to your work.
Publishing open access through your institution’s agreement helps you comply with these mandates. ACS Publications will automatically submit the version of record of your article to PubMed Central, and you and your co-authors are free to post your accepted manuscript to any other repository or service required by your funder(s). Combined with public access to your research data, this should ensure compliance with any applicable open access or public access policy.