ACM Open (Association for Computing Machinery)
Halmstad University has a Read & Publish agreement with ACM. This means that the Article Processing Charges (APCs) may be covered by the national agreement. Here we have summarized what you as a researcher need to know.

Agreement period
2025-2026
What’s included?
The Article Processing Charges (APCs) are covered by the national agreement with the publisher as follows:
- The agreement covers unlimited publishing in all ACM serial publications.
- Articles are published with CC-BY as default. Other CC-licenses are available by the publisher, but not specified in the agreement.
- The agreement covers all research articles.
Find journals included in publishing agreements
All journals included in this agreement can be found in Halmstad University SciFree by searching title or publisher:
What's not included?
- Additional charges associated with the printed journal, such as color figures or offprints.
Requirements to use the agreement
• Corresponding author must be affiliated with Halmstad University.
• Your Halmstad University affiliation must be stated in the published article.
• Use your Halmstad University e-mail address at all stages of the publishing process.
Author workflow
The author workflow for ACM journals can be found on the following web page: Information for Authors