ACM Transitions to Full Open Access

Summary

ACM's Transition to Full Open Access: A New Era for Computing Research For more than seven decades, ACM has played a pivotal role in advancing computing research, fostering collaboration, and disseminating knowledge through its world-class Digital Library, influential publications, and premier conferences. In a significant step to broadening access to computing research, ACM is transitioning to a fully Open Access (OA) publishing model by the end of 2025. This bold move marks a pivotal moment in making all ACM research content freely available and removing barriers to discovery and innovation. ACM's journey towards Open Access has been a carefully considered, phased approach, ensuring the long-term sustainability of its publications program and the various educational, diversity, public policy, and community recognition initiatives it supports. The move to Open Access is not just a change in policy, but a reflection of ACM's commitment to its community, where the goal is to remove barriers to publishing and accessing vital research, and accelerating the pace of discovery and innovation. ACM’s approach to Open Access is centered on 2 key elements: 1. ACM Open – A Sustainable Open Access Framework for Institutions ACM Open is a unique and innovative take on the Read & Publish model, offering institutions a seamless way to support Open Access publishing. For academic or research institutions, pricing is based on an institution’s publishing output, averaged over the previous three years, and remains fixed for the duration of the agreement. This approach ensures predictability in budgeting while providing unlimited Open Access publishing and full read access to ACM content. Key Benefits of ACM Open: Unlimited Open Access Publishing Corresponding authors from participating institutions can publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles without Article Processing Charges (APCs). Fair and Predictable Pricing ACM Open’s fixed term annual price, based on an academic or r...