Publish OA with an ACS Read and Publish Agreement and CCC

Publishing open access with an ACS read and publish agreement, and requesting funding from your institution

Please note: this information only applies to submitting corresponding authors covered by an active ACS read and publish agreement, and whose institution requires them to apply for funding through the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). The dedicated information page for your institution’s agreement will provide more detail about which ACS Publications journals are included.

Step 1

During Submission via the ACS Publishing Center, as a corresponding author, select your institution from a drop-down box and use your affiliated university email address.

Step 2

Check that your institution affiliation is stated in the body of the manuscript as the corresponding author’s affiliation.

Step 3

Complete the Journal Publishing Agreement to publish open access and retain copyright. Click on the “Order Open Access” link in the JPA tool to submit the open access funding request.

Step 4

A new window will open, displaying your manuscript information in the Copyright Clearance Center RightsLink® system. Click on the “Seek Funding” button, then “Next”.

Step 5

Select your Creative Commons license type (please confirm that your chosen license type is compliant with your research funder and/or institution’s open access policies before continuing). The ‘Total Charges’ value should read $0, indicating that the costs will be covered by your institution. Click “Next”.

Step 6

Provide your name and email address. These will be used by your institution to confirm that you are eligible to claim open access publishing charges under the agreement. Click “Next” to review your order.

Step 7

Check that your organization is correct, and confirm that the ‘Total Due’ value is $0. Check the consent boxes, and finally click the “Submit Request” button.

Step 8

Your institution will be alerted of your request and, if your funding request is approved, your article will be published as ACS open access under your chosen Creative Commons license. There are no charges to pay and no further action required by either you or your institution.

Automatic article deposit

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. Authors publishing open access under this agreement are also free to manually deposit their accepted manuscript in their institutional and/or research funder’s designated open access repository.