What is the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)? The ACM is an international professional association for computer science.

What does the ACM publish? The ACM publishes conference proceedings, journals, magazines, books, and newsletters.

How does the UA-ACM agreement benefit authors? The article processing charge (APC) for journals is covered 100%.

Which publications are covered? The agreement covers peer-reviewed research articles in ACM’s magazines, conference proceedings, and journals.

Who is eligible? The primary corresponding author for the article must be affiliated with the University of Arkansas Fayetteville; they may be a faculty member, staff member, student, or postdoc. They should use their uark.edu email address.

Are there any requirements or restrictions? The authors must assign the article a Creative Commons license. For more information about Creative Commons licenses, visit the Creative Commons Licenses Library Guide. The ACM offers several options, as it states on the FAQs:
What sort of publication license is available to authors under the ACM OPEN license model? The default choice for the corresponding author is to grant ACM the non-exclusive permission to publish and to use a CC-BY license; however, the author may also choose to grant ACM an exclusive license to publish.  If granting ACM the non-exclusive permission to publish, the author may also choose other CC licenses. 

How can an author apply? The primary corresponding author should submit the article for peer review through the ACM submission system as they usually would, using their uark.edu email account, and follow the instructions provided. They should use their uark.edu email address.

Additional tips: The primary corresponding author should be the person who submits the article through the ACM system; they should use their uark.edu email address.

For additional information, please visit the ACM open access FAQs.