The ACM Open program is designed to help institutions actively support Open Access publishing. We’re proud to share that more than 1,800 institutions worldwide are already participating, covering approximately 72% of all ACM conference papers.
To be included in ACM Open, the corresponding author or a co-author must be affiliated with a participating institution. For APC-eligible articles (e.g., research, review, or survey papers) where none of the authors are currently from participating institutions, an APC will be required.
ACM understands this transition may create financial challenges. To ease the shift and give institutions more time to join ACM Open, the ACM Council has approved a subsidy for 2026 APCs. Authors whose institutions are not yet participating will pay a discounted rate of $250 (ACM/SIG Members) or $350 (Non-Members) – a 65% reduction. We encourage authors to use this transition year to help bring their institutions into the ACM Open program.
Note: ACM is not lowering APCs, but is instead contributing funds to temporarily subsidize APC pricing as the community adjusts to the Open Access program.
ACM supports a fully Open Access future – OA papers get 2–3x more downloads and 70% more citations. Please encourage your authors to support this effort by paying APCs and by urging their institutions to join ACM Open.
For more information, visit: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/acmopen