Scholarly Communication @ UT

Your Path to Open Access Publishing
You can now publish your research in any ACS journal completely free of charge under a CC BY 4.0 open access license. This offer is available for the duration of our institution’s agreement with ACS Publications, and this path to publication means you can publish with ACS without worrying about meeting your funder’s open access publication requirements. This program will fulfill that requirement in most cases. If you are collaborating with researchers from another organization, make sure you are the submitting corresponding author to qualify for this program.

This program helps our institution sustainably support the transition to open science by growing the amount of work you and your colleagues can publish open access while also maintaining full access to ACS subscription content. This flexible approach allows institutions of all sizes to actively participate in the open science movement.

5 Easy Steps to Free OA Publishing with ACS
1. Submit your article to the ACS journal of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author.
2. Ensure your institution affiliation is correct on your profile in the ACS Paragon Plus submission system.
3. When your manuscript has been accepted for publication, you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under the
ACS Sponsored Read & Publish agreement, as shown below.*
4. Confirm that “Yes, I wish to publish open access as per the agreement” and complete the Journal Publishing Agreement.
5. Your article will be made immediately available as open access upon publication under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. There are no
charges to pay and no further action required by either you or your institution.

*Our system has identified that your institution has an agreement with ACS. This agreement is associated with the ACS Sponsored Read + Publish Program (no cost to you or your institution, which allows you to retain copyright and publish under CC-BY license.)
Do you want to publish open access as per the agreement?
Yes, I wish publish open access as per the agreement.
No, I do not wish to publish open access

If you have any questions during the publication process, please contact OAOps@acs.org