ACM

Open Access Publishing in ACM's Journals

FinELib’s agreement with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) allows authors from participating institutions to publish Open Access in ACM’s titles (journals, magazines, conference proceedings) at no additional charge.

The costs of OA publishing are covered by the agreement and paid for from library budgets.

OA publishing in the early part of 2025

Negotiations for the new agreement (2025-2027) are still unfinished. Articles accepted for publication from 1st January 2025 can however be published regularly under the instructions below.

If you however receive an APC invoice for an article accepted in 2025, do not pay that.

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you meet the following criteria:

Publications not included in the agreement: Conference Proceedings Series Ι Journals and Magazines

  • The type of your article is:

      • Research Article,
      • Short Paper,
      • Technical Note / Editorial Note / Note,
      • Tutorial,
      • Case Study,
      • Interview,
      • Review Article or
      • Survey Article.

Is my journal compliant with Plan S?

Use the Journal Checker Tool to see if your preferred journal is compliant with Plan S and with the Academy of Finland's OA policy.

Journal Checker Tool

I am eligible, what do I need to do?

Once your paper has been accepted for publication, you will receive an email containing instructions to Open Access publishing.

To make your article eligible for the agreement choose:

  • Institutionally Paid Open Access and
  • CC license / Allow remixing (CC BY 4.0 license)

in the publishing process.

Need support? Contact your library/information service.