American Chemical Society AMA: We are Darla Henderson and Kevin Davies,
we manage open access programs for the American Chemical Society. Ask Us
Anything!
Abstract
Hi Reddit – We are responsible for open access programs at the American
Chemical Society, where our mission is to advance the broader chemistry
enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its
people. American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest
scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of
authoritative scientific information. In the past 2 years, we’ve
expanded our open access outreach, launching several new programs and
journals, including: ACS Central Science (pubs.acs.org/centralscience)
– the ACS’ first fully open access journal – publishing the most
exciting and impactful scientific research that highlights the
centrality of chemistry – free to read AND free to publish! ACS Author
Rewards (pubs.acs.org/authorrewards) – a stimulus program worth as much
as $60M in credits to be used by ACS authors over the next 2 years to
help purchase of open access options; ACS AuthorChoice
(pubs.acs.org/authorchoice) –ACS provides various licenses to help
authors choose the best option for their needs, along with significant
discounts for ACS members and authors at institutions that subscribe to
ACS’ All Publications package. ACS Editors’ Choice
(pubs.acs.org/editorschoice) – A popular program in which ACS journal
editors recommend articles that should be made open access, and ACS
sponsors one new article into open access every day of the year. ACS
Omega (pubs.acs.org/acsomega) – ACS’ second fully open access journal,
coming soon, is aimed at publishing technically sound research with a
focus on expedited editorial decision making. Darla Henderson, PhD: I am
the Assistant Director of Open Access Programs at ACS Publications, and
joined ACS in 2008 after a decade with John Wiley & Sons. I have a PhD
in chemistry from Duke University. Kevin Davies, PhD: I am the VP of
Business Development at ACS Publications and Publisher of C&EN; and
also the author of three popular science books, most recently “The
$1,000 Genome.” I studied at Oxford and London University, where I
took a PhD in molecular genetics. We’ll be back at 1 pm EST (10 am PST,
6 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask us anything! We’re live and
ready to answer your questions (1 pm EST)! /dh Thank you Reddit AMA
community - the last hour was fun, and we appreciate your enthusiasm and
participation! Signing off for now - DH, KD