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.
To be eligible, the corresponding author must be:
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.
Original research articles can be published in any ACS Transformative or fully open access journal.
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.
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.
ACS would not reject or divert submitted manuscripts from eligible authors due to a Rights Retention Statement on the manuscript.
| Criteria | All must apply |
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| Affiliated to the University of Huddersfield |  |
| You are the corresponding author | |
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The selected journal is an eligible ACS Transformative or Open Access title (see above) and if applicable meets UKRI funding requirements |
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| 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 | |
