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American Chemical Society (ACS)

This Read and Publish Agreement provides a pathway for Open Access (OA) publishing in American Chemical Society (ACS) journals by authors associated with The Claremont Colleges (TCC). TCC participates in this Agreement as part of our Library Consortium SCELC. The list of eligible journals includes all 78 subscription-based and fully open access ACS Journals.

Type of publication licenses available: Closed (for hybrid journals only), Open CC-BY (least restrictive), and Open CC-BY-NC-ND (most restrictive).

Eligibility

  • The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with one of The Claremont Colleges or TCCS - including faculty, researchers, adjunct faculty, lecturers, librarians, staff, graduate, or undergraduate students. 
  • The e-mail address used by the corresponding author must be associated with the institution’s organizational domain.
  • Eligible article types vary by journal and eligibility is determined by journal editorial staff.

TCC-affiliated authors are eligible for the discounted Article Processing Charge (APC) of $3,000.

Submission Workflow

Articles accepted after July 1, 2025 are eligible for the discounted APC of $3,000. If you are an eligible corresponding author and you select the open access option in ACS’s Journal Publishing Agreement system after your article has been accepted, you will receive an invitation to log into the payment processing system used by ACS, CCC RightsLink, to complete the process. Select “Bill me” in CCC RightsLink and proceed to enter the billing details.

(It is necessary to set up an account in RightsLink first; if you do not have an account, you will be prompted to create one. Make sure to use your TCC campus e-mail address to take advantage of the agreement-funded discount.) 

While we recommend the OA option, and you can rest assured that there will be no additional charge to your Library to cover the discount, where and how you publish is your decision. The agreement with ACS does not mandate open access publishing, nor does it dictate your journal selection. Rather, it makes the open access publishing option for ACS journals more affordable. You can opt out of OA publishing if you choose.

Acceptance dates: July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025