ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library, unless one of their co-authors’ institutions is a member or they qualify for a waiver. To determine whether or not an APC will be applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance.
For 2025 ACM is providing a subsidy on APC pricing for ICPS, as follows:
- The 2025 subsidized APC rate for ICPS papers will be $350.
- For papers where any of the authors is a member of ACM, the APC rate will be $250.
- For ICPS papers whose corresponding author is based in a lower-middle-income country, the APC rate will be $175.
- For ICPS papers whose corresponding author is based in a lower-middle-income country and where any of the authors is a member of ACM, the APC rate will be $125.
- For ICPS papers whose corresponding author is based in a low-income country, no APC is required.
The subsidized pricing will apply to all papers that are processed through the ACM eRights system from 12:00 noon (US Eastern time) on March 6, 2025. Please note that ACM will not be providing refunds for APCs that have already been paid at that time.
Further information may be found on the ACM website:
- Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq
- Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess