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To help support this change, ACS provides a range of innovative approaches that help authors publish their work in open access formats while ensuring the long-term quality and sustainability of publishing in the chemical sciences.  \nEvery year, ACS seeks feedback from its community of authors and researchers to better understand their views of open access publishing, and the expectations of their funders and institutions around making the outputs of their work available in freely shareable formats.  \nRESEARCH METHODOLOGY  \nThe 2021 Open Access Publishing survey was fielded by ACS via an online survey platform between June 8—August 27, 2021 among authors and researchers that had published in ACS journalsin recent years. A total of 1,416 ACS authors and researchers responded to the survey from the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and other European countries.  \nThe respondents were largely from academic institutions and a mix of corporations, government agencies, non-profit/not-for-profit organizations, and research institutes.  \nIn addition to the survey research, ACS Publications conducted a series of in-person focus groups with researchers that had published in ACS journals previously and university librarians that support researchers in their publication process. A total of five in-person focus groups were held in March 2022 during the ACS National Meeting in San Diego. The focus groups were conducted by a staff member of ACS, and followed an established discussion guide on open access publishing topics.  \n[ACSOpenScience.org](ACSOpenScience.org)  \n“My main funding agencies [are moving] towards making publication in open access journals mandatory. I fully support this.”  \n– RESEARCHER AND ACS AUTHOR  \nAWARENESS AND UPTAKE OF OPEN ACCESS IS GROWING  \nAs the open access landscape continues to evolve, it is becoming ever more important that researchers can confidently navigate the various concepts related to open access, including the expectations of their funders and institutions.  \n68% of respondents to the 2021 ACS survey indicated that they understood open access “extremely well” or “very well”, up from 62% in 2020. More than half advocate for open access publishing within their communities. Additionally, a growing number have published at least one open access article: 75% in 2021, compared to 67% in 2020. The belief among authors that open access will be either “extremely important” or “somewhat important” in the next five years holds steady, at 67% in 2021, compared to 66% in 2020.  \nACS has invested heavily in resources to help authors publish their work in open access formats; our transformative agreements cover hundreds of institutions worldwide, and our publication workflows include clear notifications for authors who are eligible for open access support, further streamlining the process. More information can be found on the ACS Open Science website:  \n[https://www.acsopenscience.or](https://www.acsopenscience.org)[g](https://www.acsopenscience.org).  \nAUTHORS CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE AND SUPPORT  \nOPEN ACCESS  \nAuthors have a variety of options when choosing where to publish, from fully open access journals such as JACS Au and ACS Central Science,‘hybrid’ journals that offer a mix of subscription-based and open access articles, and‘traditional’ journals where most of the content requires a subscription to read.  \nIn previous years, our research showed that authors have a clear preference for publishing in journals with an open access option and this continued in 2021, with 51% of respondents preferring to publish in hybri","cbCaivNd0UU5WIGK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivNd0UU5WIGK","pdf",1327103,"English","# Key Findings\n## Awareness and Uptake of Open Access Is Growing\n## Research Methodology\n## Authors Continue to Prioritize and Support Open Access","[{\"question\":\"How was the 2021 Open Access Publishing survey conducted?\",\"answer\":\"ACS fielded the survey via an online platform from June 8 to August 27, 2021 among authors and researchers who had published in ACS journals in recent years. 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