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acm's new open access model https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Open Access Publication & ACM

ACM Reiterates Its Intention to Transition to 100% Open Access Publication by 2026

On June 9, 2023 ACM's highest governing body, the ACM Council, was presented with, discussed, and showed wide-spread support for a plan to transition all ACM Publications to a sustainable Open Access model no later than the end of the 2025 calendar year. This timeline was originally agreed back in June 2020 when ACM's Council voted unanimously to adopt a five-year time line for this transition to occur in a financially sustainable way. The plan includes a multi-phased approach which relies heavily on the support of universities, government research institutes, and companies in the technology sector to participate in the ACM Open program.

In its simplest form, the model includes an annual "flat fee" paid by institutions affiliated with ACM authors to support the costs of publishing those papers in ACM's various journals, conference proceedings, and magazines and the costs of accessing those papers in the ACM Digital Library. The amount of the "flat fee" for a particular institution is based on the level of historical publication activity affiliated with that institution (as an accurate predictor of that institution's future publication activity in the current year) and on a "cost recovery" model to ensure that ACM has sufficient funds to support its industry leading publication program and online platform, the ACM Digital Library. Institutions whose faculty and students publish more with ACM and use the ACM Digital Library more heavily have a higher "flat fee" while institutions that publish and use the ACM Digital Library less have a lower "flat fee". Unlike many of the other Open Access models being implemented by competing societies or publishers, there are no additional fees to be paid by authors if they are affiliated with an ACM Open participating institution.

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acm's new open access model https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Open Access Publication & ACM

https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/

We are excited to announce that Communications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication. This means that more than six decades of CACM’s renowned research articles, seminal papers, technical reports, commentaries, real-world practice, and news articles are now open to everyone, regardless of whether they are members of ACM or subscribe to the ACM Digital Library.

But why this change, and why now? For almost 65 years, the contents of CACM have been exclusively accessible to ACM members and individuals affiliated with institutions that subscribe to either CACM or the ACM Digital Library. In 2020, ACM announced its intention to transition to a fully Open Access publisher within a roughly five-year timeframe (January 2026) under a financially sustainable model. The transition is going well: By the end of 2023, approximately 40% of the ~26,000 articles ACM publishes annually were being published Open Access utilizing the ACM Open model. As ACM has progressed toward this goal, it has increasingly opened large parts of the ACM Digital Library, including more than 100,000 articles published between 1951–2000. It is ACM’s plan to open its entire archive of over 600,000 articles when the transition to full Open Access is complete.

As part of this transition and to coincide with the launch of CACM‘s new website, all CACM articles, past, present, and future, will be published in front of the subscription paywall.

By opening CACM to the world, ACM hopes to increase engagement with the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover its rich resources and the benefits of joining the largest professional computer science organization. This move will also benefit CACM authors by expanding their readership to a larger and more diverse audience. Of course, the community’s continued support of ACM through membership and the ACM Open model is essential to keeping ACM and CACM strong, so it is critical that current members continue their membership and authors encourage their institutions to join the ACM Open model to keep this effort sustainable.

We invite everyone to explore CACM’s vast collection of articles, columns, and news items on the new website. Thank you for your interest in ACM and CACM!

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acm's new open access model https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Open Access Publication & ACM

ACM Reiterates Its Intention to Transition to 100% Open Access Publication by 2026

On June 9, 2023 ACM's highest governing body, the ACM Council, was presented with, discussed, and showed wide-spread support for a plan to transition all ACM Publications to a sustainable Open Access model no later than the end of the 2025 calendar year. This timeline was originally agreed back in June 2020 when ACM's Council voted unanimously to adopt a five-year time line for this transition to occur in a financially sustainable way. The plan includes a multi-phased approach which relies heavily on the support of universities, government research institutes, and companies in the technology sector to participate in the ACM Open program.

In its simplest form, the model includes an annual "flat fee" paid by institutions affiliated with ACM authors to support the costs of publishing those papers in ACM's various journals, conference proceedings, and magazines and the costs of accessing those papers in the ACM Digital Library. The amount of the "flat fee" for a particular institution is based on the level of historical publication activity affiliated with that institution (as an accurate predictor of that institution's future publication activity in the current year) and on a "cost recovery" model to ensure that ACM has sufficient funds to support its industry leading publication program and online platform, the ACM Digital Library. Institutions whose faculty and students publish more with ACM and use the ACM Digital Library more heavily have a higher "flat fee" while institutions that publish and use the ACM Digital Library less have a lower "flat fee". Unlike many of the other Open Access models being implemented by competing societies or publishers, there are no additional fees to be paid by authors if they are affiliated with an ACM Open participating institution.

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Transitioning to ACM Open

ACM is transitioning to ACM Open (AO) — 100% open access — effective January 1, 2026. With 1,800+ (and counting) institutions signed up already for AO, approximately 70% of ACM authors will be AO-covered and not need to pay for publishing.

In March 2025, the ACM Council voted to approve an AO transition plan, towards ensuring that ACM does not lose authors in this move to open access. 2026 conferences will have an Article Processing Charge (APC) of $250 for ACM members and $350 otherwise. Authors are encouraged to use this transition year to help bring their institutions into the AO program. Conferences taking place in 2026 are encouraged to clearly and consistently communicate upcoming changes to their target audiences in calls for papers.

For those who are not AO-covered, please note:

If any of your co-authors on a publication is AO-covered, then you will not need to pay the APC for any APC-eligible publication (see below).
Depending on the country you live and work in, you may be eligible to receive a 50%/100% auto-waiver from ACM (see list).
Your institution may have allocated funds to cover your APC; please ask.
If you are still not covered by the above, your conference/SIG will try to cover your APC for APC-eligible articles published in 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q1: For a publication date of 2026, how do I determine whether I need to pay for my publication at a conference, and how much?

A: For 2026, the short answer is hopefully $0. But there are multiple steps to take and questions to ask before getting to that number.

First check whether your contribution is APC-eligible (see below). The answer is not always straightforward; you may need to communicate with your conference Technical Program Chairs (TPCs) to find out.
If your contribution is APC-eligible, then an APC needs to be covered by you and/or one of your co-authors.
Determine whether any of the authors is AO-covered, and if not, then the minimum amount that needs to be covered.
Is any author from an AO institution? See list. https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants
Is any author eligible for a waiver? See list.
If no author is from an AO institution, is an author able to cover the APC from their institution? There are many institutions who have made the explicit choice to cover APCs for their authors but not subscribe to AO.
Depending on the answer to the above questions, the SIG and conferences will work to cover the remainder of the APC, as needed.

Q2: Are the APCs stated above likely to change for 2026?

A: No. These are the charges the ACM Council has voted on.

Q3: What happens in 2027?

A: As we gather more data on our conferences and publication numbers, and based on our financial standing, as well as coordinating with other SIGs, we will determine our approach for 2027. We will also wait to hear ACM’s approach for this second year of the transition.

Q4: Is my contribution APC-eligible?

A: This question is easier to answer for certain categories of contributions. For example, research articles are always APC-eligible. Short papers are a more nebulous category, and you may need to check with the Technical Program Chairs or journal Editors-in-Chief. For particular types of conference contributions, the conference may reserve the right to decide what is or is not APC-eligible. See list.

Q5: Is the above equally applicable for conferences, journals (TOCHI), and magazines (Interactions)?

A: No. Conferences (as well as PACM) will have different APC pricing than journals (which have a higher APC for both members and non-members). And magazines (such as Interactions) will have no APC, because ACM considers most contributions to these as being invitation-driven. This has been approved by ACM Council at least until the end of 2026.

Q6: Who decides on waivers? ACM or the SIG?

A: Waivers will be offered as indicated in the ACM Open plan. SIGs will not have the option to issue waivers. However, SIGs and/or conferences can try to cover the cost of APCs for authors whose institutions are not yet AO-covered.

Q7: For the APC, does it matter who serves as corresponding author?

A: No. As long as any author is AO-covered, the contribution will not be charged an APC.

Q8: Why does ACM want to do this?

A: ACM is doing this as a response to its author community who petitioned for open access ~5 years ago. ACM supports a fully open access future — open access papers get 2–3x more downloads and 70% more citations.

Q9: Does it not defeat the purpose of moving to open access if the SIG covers the costs?

A: Yes and no. We understand that transition to a radically different model of publishing will take time, and there will be unanticipated hurdles to confront along the way. We also expect that some details around implementation will evolve with time, as we see the community transition. At the same time, we hope that authors will be willing to encourage their institutions to sign up for AO coverage.

Q10: Are not authors likely to game the system by, e.g., collaborating with authors for their AO status, by virtue of their institution or country that is covered?

A: This is a possibility, and we note that this will be a violation of ACM’s publication policy if this AO-covered author is not an actual contributor.

Q11: How will this impact my favorite conference?

A: We do not know, but plan to stay in close touch with conferences, and provide whatever support we can in terms of planning. Reducing financial risk is high on our priorities in general.

Q12: Who do I reach out to with more questions?

A: Please write to us, or reach out to your conference chairs.

Q13: I am a conference General/Program Chair. How can I help spread the word?

A: Please add the block of text below to your Call for Papers and other author-facing communications as relevant. Please also share this slide in your opening remarks.

https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants

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