Do I qualify?
If you are associated with California State University and are a submitting corresponding author, you have the opportunity to publish your research in any ACS journal under an open access license at a significantly discounted price.
| Institution Name |
|---|
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| California State University Bakersfield |
| California State University Channel Islands |
| California State University Chico |
| California State University Dominguez Hills |
| California State University East Bay |
| California State University Fresno |
| California State University Fullerton |
| California State University Northridge |
| California State University Long Beach |
| California State University Los Angeles |
| California State University Sacramento |
| California State University San Bernardino |
| California State University San Marcos |
| California State University Stanislaus |
| San Diego State University |
| San Francisco State University |
| San Jose State University |
| Sonoma State University |
How Do I Get Support?
- During Submission via ACS Paragon Plus, as a corresponding author, select your institution from a drop-down box and use your affiliated university email address.
- Check that your institution affiliation is stated in the body of the manuscript as the corresponding author’s affiliation.
- Complete the Journal Publishing Agreement to publish open access, and then press the ‘Order Open Access’ button.
- You will be taken to Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) RightsLink®, ACS’ open access e-commerce partner for open access transactions. This process will prompt you to select whether you wish to publish under a CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND license. Your APC discount price will be automatically applied at checkout.
You can find out more about the checkout process here.
What are the Benefits of Institutionally Sponsored Open Access?
ACS Read + Publish Agreements, set up between ACS and an institution (or consortium of institutions), give authors—and administrators—the easiest process to publish open access in ACS journals, while maintaining authors full access to articles in ACS Publications journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Under these agreements, authors at participating institutions receive full article publishing charge (APC) support to publish articles open access.
Hundreds of academic institutions globally have now signed agreements with ACS, with new agreements being added regularly. ACS Read + Publish agreements are a sustainable approach to helping institutions accelerate the pace of open access publishing by their researchers. Other benefits include:
- Accelerates the rate of open access publishing and removes administrative and APC barriers so authors can experience a seamless publishing experience.
- Efficient workflow with automation – powered by workflow program (CCC’s RightsLink) used by STM publishers, saves authors and administrators time.