American Chemical Society broadens author-directed article access
Washington, D.C. — As a value-added service to ACS authors and the scientific community and a method of further opening access to its content, the American Chemical Society announced today that the full-text version of all research articles published in ACS journals will be made available at no charge via an author-directed Web link 12 months after final publication. This initiative will go into effect during 2005.
“This policy balances the important goal of expanding dissemination of research with the need to preserve the integrity of the scientific record as well as the viability of our journals program,” said Robert Bovenschulte, President of the Publications Division.
Allowing unrestricted access to articles 12 months after publication is an expansion of the society’s current practice of permitting 50 downloads of author’s articles free of charge during the first year of publication. This expedited distribution of journal article “e-prints” on the Web is currently enabled via an author-directed link that guides interested readers to the ACS website. Access is provided at no charge to the reader via this author referral mechanism.
“We are very pleased to expand access in this way to research published in ACS Journals,” said Brian Crawford, Senior Vice President, Publications Division. “It is fundamental to the ACS mission to support and promote the research enterprise and to foster communication among its scientists. Providing unrestricted access via author-directed links 12 months after publication – in addition to the 50 free e-prints currently allowed during the first year of publication –reinforces that mission.”
The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
Released: March 7, 2005
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