UM Library has a tranformative agreement (ACM OPEN) with ACM which enables UM members to publish open access articles on ACM platform. All corresponding authors affiliated with University of Macau could pulish their research articles open access in ACM journals, conference proceedings and magazine, in perpetuity at the time of publication at no cost to the authors.
OA Publishing Quota for 2024: Unlimited Quota
Step 1.
Submit your article to the ACM journal/confernece of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author. It is suggested to use the UM affliliation, address and email for your account registration and manuscript submission.
Step 2.
An email with the link to the eRights form is sent to you while your manuscript is in each of these instances:
Clicks on the link to the eRights form and you will see "This paper is part of the ACM Open Program" at the top of the webpage.
Review and confirm all information on the edit screen to make sure all the author information is correct. Click on the check box and then click on 'Proceed to eRight Form' .
Step 3.
You will be brought to the following webpage. Select 'Institutionally Paid Open Access' and choose a Creative Commons License (default is CC-BY 4.0), then click on 'Proceed'.
Step 4.
You will see the ACM Permission Release Form given by ACM. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the form and lick on 'Submit'. You will receive and email confirmation of the acceptance of the forms along with a copy for their records.
For the Publication Rights & Licensing Policy, visit the ACM Publication Policy.
The followings are the lists of research titles eligible for Open Access publication under the ACM OPEN license model.