Dr. James Milne was named president of ACS Publications in February 2020, after serving as interim president since September 2019. He joined ACS as senior vice president of the Journals Publishing Group in 2016, having been the global publishing...
Open Science News from ACS
Read the latest news from ACS related to open science.
American Chemical Society signs its first North American ‘read and publish’ agreement with Louisiana State University
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2020 — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Louisiana State University (LSU) today announced a transformative open access agreement. The agreement provides researchers at LSU with full access...
American Chemical Society and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) announce their first ‘read and publish’ agreement
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2020 — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich; KEMÖ) have agreed to partner for the next three years in a...
American Chemical Society signs ‘read and publish’ agreement with Bibsam Consortium in Sweden
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2020 — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Bibsam Consortium in Sweden today announced a transformative open access agreement that supports publishing for authors affiliated at 21 academic...
American Chemical Society announces the launch of JACS Au, a new fully open access journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) announces the launch of its newest open access journal, JACS Au. The journal (pronounced “JACS Gold”) represents a bold new step toward open science...
American Chemical Society signs their first transformative agreement with Hungarian EISZ consortium
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2019 — The American Chemical Society (ACS), Publications Division, and the Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) today announced a transformative open access pilot agreement that enables...
American Chemical Society and Max Planck Institutes partner on transformative open access plan
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2019 — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) announced today a collaborative open access strategic partnership that will advance shared goals for open science...