| Agreement | ACS - American Chemical Society |
| Duration | 2024 - 2026 In the first weeks of 2026, due to changes to the ACS workflow, there may not be a link in the authors' platform to request publication in oa at no cost. Digital Library Office remains at your disposal for any further information. |
| Tipology | Read & Publish. |
| Conditions | The agreement provides access to ACS journals and the possibility to publish on Open access in hybrid and Full open access journals, without any APCs (Article Processing Charges) for the authors, starting from February 3, 2025. |
| Eligible authors | All corresponding authors affiliated and in service at University of Trieste on the date of article acceptance are eligible. If there are two or more corresponding authors for the same article, only the one who submitted the contract can access the benefits of the contract. Corresponding authors on a fixed-term contract are eligible too: PhD students, postdocs and research assistants, interns in medicine, adjunct professors and so on. Open Access pubblication is possible only after verification of the affiliation of the corresponding author by the Approval Manager of the contract. |
| Eligible journals | It is possible to publish in ACS hybrid and Full open access journals. Complete and up-to-date list of ACS eligible journals: hybrid journals are designated "Subscription", Full Open Access journals are designated "Open Access Only". |
| Eligible articles | Peer-reviewed scientific articles |
| Licenses | CC-BY license |
| Limits and exclusions | As of 01/01/2026, there are no APC funds limits. Other publication costs such as submission fees, color pages and overlength pages fees, etc. are excluded. |
| Green Open Access | Authors affiliated with the University of Trieste can deposit in the ArTS Institutional Repository or on their personal website the Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version of articles not covered by the Agreement and make it freely accessible with a 12 months embargo. |
| Web pages, tutorials and other materials for further reference | |
| Further information | Contact SBA - Digital library: Michele Codaglio |
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Last update: 04/02/2025