{"id":128,"date":"2025-08-21T09:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:58:01","slug":"acms-new-open-access-publishing-model","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/acms-new-open-access-publishing-model\/","title":{"rendered":"ACMs New Open Access Publishing Model\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Important update on ACM\u2019s new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 1,800 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 70\u201375%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.acm.org\/acmopen\/open-participants\">participating institutions<\/a> in ACM Open and review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/policies\/policy-on-open-access-apc-waivers-and-discounts\">APC Waivers and Discounts Policy<\/a>. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$250 APC for ACM\/SIG members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$350 for non-members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/openaccess\">65% discount<\/a>, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest assured that, for authors who are not able to cover their APCs, the SIG will work with conferences to identify ways of providing support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: ACM is not lowering APCs. Instead, it is contributing funds to temporarily subsidize APC pricing as the community adjusts to the Open Access program. This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLEASE NOTE the most important part of the above ACM notice: charges for ACM OPEN are based on the corresponding author of your paper, as you set it in e-Rights. If that author&#8217;s institution is not an ACM OPEN member, then an APC may be charged. If your paper has authors from other institutions that are ACM OPEN members but your current corresponding author is not, then you can change the corresponding author of your paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important update on ACM\u2019s new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences! Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}