As a researcher who is subject to policies and mandates of both funding bodies and institutions, you have more than one way to ensure your article published in an ACS journal is open and free to access by colleagues, researchers and scientists worldwide.
What are the Two Standard Types of Open Access?
Green Open Access
Under green open access, once an article is published in a journal, the author can self-archive the accepted manuscript on an institutional repository, funder repository, or personal website. The accepted manuscript is open access, typically after an embargo period.
Gold Open Access
Under gold open access, the author or funder pays a fee to make the final published article freely and immediately available. You can either submit your research to one of our fully open access journals, or you can choose to make your accepted article published to any of our other 60+ hybrid open access journals.
How to publish your article open access
There are two main routes to publishing your article open access with ACS Publications, these are:
Publishing Open Access Under a Read + Publish Agreement
Publishing Open Access via Author Funding (ACS AuthorChoice)
How Can I Make an Existing ACS Article Open Access?
Purchase Open Access via ACS AuthorChoiceACS Publishes 12 Fully Open Access Journals and 60+ Hybrid Journals
While the majority of ACS’s 70+ journals are hybrid—subscription journals that also facilitate the publication of open access articles via an article publishing charge—ACS publishes 12 fully open access journals.
Explore ACS's Full Portfolio of 70+ Journals
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ACS Central Science
ACS Central Science is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes articles of exceptional quality and interest to the broad chemistry and scientific community. Highly selective, high impact and entirely open access – with no cost to authors or readers – ACS Central Science is dedicated to giving great research every advantage. Learn more about ACS Central Science
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ACS Omega
ACS Omega has a broad, multidisciplinary scope that includes everything in the scope of the 60+ ACS Publications journals, and more. This open access journal makes editorial decisions based on the quality of the research presented without considering its perceived impact. ACS Omega rapidly publishes high-quality new findings as well as studies that demonstrate the reproducibility of existing research, large datasets, and noteworthy negative results. Learn more about ACS Omega
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JACS Au
Launched in 2020, JACS Au is the open access sibling journal of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), which will match the exceptional editorial and publishing standards of the world’s most cited chemistry publication. JACS Au is focused on rapid dissemination of cutting edge research that spans the breadth of chemistry and its related scientific fields. All articles published in JACS Au are open access with a CC-BY license. Learn more about JACS Au
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ACS Au
In January 2021, ACS Publications launched ACS Au, nine new open access journals focusing on different chemistry fields. Each journal will be compliant with the most stringent open access requirements, including those listed under ‘Plan S’ and those of funders requiring publication in a fully open access journal.
