The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce the continuation of its read-and-publish agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) from 2026 to 2028. This agreement allows Chapman-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access (OA) in hybrid ACS journals by covering the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Chapman authors’ research articles that those journals have accepted for publication.

Updated Details and Procedures

The new agreement covers 70 hybrid journals (i.e., journals that publish a mix of open access and subscription articles). Notably, this new agreement no longer has a cap on the number of articles that may be covered, nor does it ask authors to use any grant funding to pay a discounted publication cost. Instead, all qualifying articles will be fully covered, with no limit.

Authors interested in publishing in one of ACS’ fully open (i.e., gold) journals may apply for a SOARS Award for assistance in covering the publication costs.

Please see the Free Open Access Publishing Opportunities for Chapman Authors guide for full details and procedures.

Please contact the Chair of Resources & Scholarly Communications, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, at laughtin@chapman.edu with any questions.