ACM Open (Association for Computing Machinery)
Halmstad University has a Read & Publish agreement with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). This means that the Article Processing Charges (APCs) may be covered by the national agreement. The agreement includes 150 journals and 1000 conference proceedings in the subject area of IT and programming. Here we have summarized what you as a researcher need to know.
Agreement period
2026
What’s included?
The Article Processing Charges (APCs) are covered by the national agreement with the publisher as follows:
- The agreement covers articles accepted before or after 2022, if published during agreement period 2022-01-01 - 2026-12-31.
- 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