Open Access: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Please note that this agreement will expire at the end of 2024 and negotiations for 2025 are still in progress.

Eligibility for an APC under this agreement is based on acceptance date, so at this time we would advise not submitting any articles to ACS.

If you have any questions please email openaccess@hud.ac.uk 

 

The 2022-24 Transitional Agreement with the American Chemical Society will enable corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Huddersfield to publish their research in any of the ACS titles. This unlimited Read and Publish agreement includes publishing in all hybrid and fully OA titles.

To be eligible under this agreement articles must have an acceptance date between 1.1.2022 - 31.12.2024 and meet the following Author, Journal and Article type criteria.

 

Eligible Authors

To be eligible, the corresponding author must be:

• Identified as the individual who is to communicate with ACS throughout the peer review process.
• a current student registered with the University of Huddersfield (including undergraduates and postgraduates); an individual contractor of the Institution; or a member of staff (whether permanent or temporary, including any teacher who teaches students registered with the Institution)

The corresponding author must be responsible for managing the publication process of an article, from submission to post-acceptance, and must be the one who corresponds with the Publisher.

To help with the approval process authors should use their University of Huddersfield email address and ensure they select the correct affiliation from the drop-down search during the submission process

Please note: papers with corresponding authors who are honorary, visiting or NHS members of staff without a contract of employment will not normally be eligible to use this agreement.

 

Eligible Journals

Original research articles can be published in any ACS Transformative or fully open access journal.

 

Eligible Article Types

Only research articles are eligible under the terms of this agreement.

The following are all excluded: Book reviews, Discussions, Editorials, Introductions, Letters, Meeting reports and Proceedings.

Please note: this agreement will not cover colour, image or page charges. 

 

Licence options 

Authors have a choice between a commercial (CC BY) or non-commercial (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

If your article is UKRI-funded please contact oa@hud.ac.uk to check UKRI eligibility and licence requirements.

 

Rights Retention Statement position

ACS would not reject or divert submitted manuscripts from eligible authors due to a Rights Retention Statement on the manuscript.  

 

Submission Checklist

Criteria	All must apply
Affiliated to the University of Huddersfield
You are the corresponding author
The selected journal is an eligible ACS Transformative or Open Access title (see above) and if applicable meets UKRI funding requirements
The article type is eligible (see above)
You used your University email address during the submission process
You selected the 'University of Huddersfield' as your institution during the submission process
You have acknowledged any funders
If UKRI funded you have chosen an appropriate CC-BY licence to comply with funder requirements

 

More information:

• Agreement information
• Author workflow, publication process and support materials overview
• Journal Finder tool to find the best ACS Publications journal for your research article, and identify the extent to which your funder will provide additional financial support.
• Information about ACS Open Access Journals
• Information about ACS Transformative Journals

	Investigation of the Thermodynamic and Kinetic Behavior of Acid Dyes in Relation to Wool Fiber Morphology Paul, Subhadeep ; Hewitt, Andrew ; Rana, Sohel ; Goswami, Parikshit ACS omega, 2024-06, Vol.9 (24), p.25922-25931  Download PDF   View Issue Contents
	A Near-Infrared Luminescent Cr(III) N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Complex Jones, Robert W. ; Cowin, Rory A. ; Ivalo, Iona I. ; Chekulaev, Dimitri ; Roseveare, Thomas M. ; Rice, Craig R. ; Weinstein, Julia. A. ; Elliott, Paul I. P. ; Scattergood, Paul A. Inorganic chemistry, 2024-05, Vol.63 (19), p.8526-8530  Download PDF   View Issue Contents
	Photochemistry of Ru(II) Triazole Complexes with 6‑Membered Chelate Ligands: Detection and Reactivity of Ligand-Loss Intermediates Eastham, Katie ; Kennedy, Aaron D. W. ; Scottwell, Synøve Ø. ; Bramham, Jack E. ; Hardman, Samantha ; Golovanov, Alexander P. ; Scattergood, Paul A. ; Crowley, James D. ; Elliott, Paul I. P. Inorganic chemistry, 2024-05, Vol.63 (20), p.9084-9097  Download PDF   View Issue Contents