ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society, has joined India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative through a transformative new read-and-publish agreement with the ACM Open program. This agreement provides 6,500 government-funded higher education and research institutions across India with Premium Access to the ACM Digital Library, while enabling authors in participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of Open Access research articles in ACM journals, ACM conference proceedings and ICPS Proceedings with no article processing charges (APCs).
This strategic agreement marks a major step in expanding access to global computing research across India, with nationwide access to the ACM Digital Library—the most comprehensive collection of published computing and information technology literature. It also enables authors at participating institutions to publish Open Access without APCs, significantly increasing the global visibility and reach of Indian research.
“The ONOS initiative is a bold step toward national research equity, and ACM is proud to be a part of this historic moment for India,” said Scott Delman, ACM’s Director of Publications. “We’ve long believed that computing research should be available to everyone, everywhere—and ONOS makes that vision a reality for one of the world’s most dynamic and fast-growing research communities.”
ONOS is enabled by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an initiative of the Indian government. Institutions across India will gain access to ACM’s full suite of research publications and tools—including more than 800,000 articles, advanced discovery features, the ACM Guide to Computing Literature, and research workflow support—through the Digital Library Premium.
By combining access and publishing into a single agreement, the ACM Open model removes cost barriers for Indian authors and increases the reach and readership of their work. Articles are made freely available worldwide upon publication, opening the door to greater collaboration and wider engagement across the global research community.
“India is a significant contributor to ACM’s publications and a vital part of the global computing research community,” said Delman. “Through ONOS, ACM is not only deepening its engagement with India—we’re helping ensure that groundbreaking research from every corner of the country reaches a global audience.”
Since its launch in late January 2020, more than 8,000 institutions worldwide decided to participate in the ACM OPEN license model. The newly signed agreement with ONOS continues ACM’s collaborative efforts towards making all of its content fully Open Access by the end of 2025.
