Learn how ACS Publications is strengthening India’s research ecosystem through ONOS, from nationwide journal access to ethical publishing guidance.
In this Article:
Empowering Researchers Beyond Access
ONOS Support for Open Access Publishing
Open Calls for Submissions
Voices from the ONOS Research Community
– Prof. Diwan Singh Rawat
– Dr. Charu Verma
– Prof. Jyotishman Dasgupta
– Prof. Akshai Kumar A. S.
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The One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative marks a defining shift in India’s research landscape. Launched on January 1, 2025, the scheme has enabled country-wide access to high-impact international scholarly literature for more than 6,500 institutions across India. Students, faculty, and researchers from centrally funded and state-managed Higher Education Institutions, as well as Central Government Research & Development institutions, now benefit from seamless access to journals from 30 leading global publishers, including ACS Publications.
The most recent usage statistics released by INFLIBNET highlight the remarkable impact of ONOS:
- 113 million full-text article downloads in 2025
- ACS Publications stands third in the 30 publishers list and the journals accounted for 12.9 million downloads, contributing ~12% of the total usage
Source: ONOS Usage dashboard
Empowering Researchers Beyond Access
Ensuring seamless access is only the first step. To maximize the value of ONOS for the research community, ACS Publications has conducted a series of webinars, interaction sessions, and training programs across India. Several of these sessions organized in collaboration with the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Gandhinagar and institutes across India attracted thousands of enthusiastic researchers.
These engagement initiatives showcase:
- ACS journals and publishing opportunities
- Research-enabling programs and tools such as ACS Author Lab and ACS Reviewer Lab
- Best practices in peer review and scholarly communication
With the rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence in scholarly publishing, ACS Publications has also emphasized the responsible and ethical use of AI. Through webinars and onsite interactions, researchers are guided towards credible, transparent, and ethical AI practices that can meaningfully advance scientific discovery.
ONOS Support for Open Access Publishing
While access to journal content remains the cornerstone of ONOS, Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are also an approved and centrally funded component of the scheme. APC support is available for a curated list of selected open-access journals, finalized by subject expert groups and hosted on the ONOS website. While the current list focuses on a limited selection of journals, it nonetheless represents a positive and meaningful step forward by the Government of India. The scheme represents a meaningful step toward encouraging open access publishing in credible, high‑impact journals that hold strong influence within the global research community.
We are pleased to share that ACS Publications has three high-impact open access journals included under ONOS APC support:
Eligible researchers publishing in these journals can avail centrally funded APCs through ONOS.
Open Calls for Submissions
We invite researchers to consider the following open calls for papers:
Molecular Editing in Natural Products and Drug Molecules
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2026
Circular Water Economy
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2026
Future Perspectives on Battery Chemistries
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2026
Voices from the ONOS Research Community
ACS Publications remains deeply committed to strengthening India’s research ecosystem through the ONOS initiative. To further enhance awareness and engagement, we are developing a series of user-focused campaigns aimed at ensuring impactful use of our 90+ journals.
As scientists and active members of the research community, your perspectives, experiences, and words of encouragement play a vital role in fostering meaningful, inclusive, and relatable conversations that inspire the next generation of researchers across India.
Together, let us continue to advance science ethically, collaboratively, and with global impact.
Explore with these interviews how ONOS impacts researchers and authors, and what lies ahead for India’s academic and research ecosystem.
Prof. Diwan Singh Rawat
Professor Diwan S Rawat, an esteemed academician with affiliations to notable institutions, currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Kumaun University in Nainital. He holds prestigious titles such as FNASc (Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India), FRSC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry), and CChem (Chartered Chemist from London). With a profound academic background and expertise, Prof. Rawat has contributed significantly to the field of chemistry. His research interests lies in the areas of development of small organic molecules as anticancer, antimalarial, antimicrobial and anti-Parkinson agents and nano-catalysis. One of his molecule has been licenced to Boston based pharmaceutical industry for the development as a drug for the treatment of Parkinson`s disease.
Dr. Charu Verma
Dr. Charu Verma, Ph.D., is a Chief Scientist at CSIR-NIScPR, Ministry of Science & Technology, India. She has around 30 years of experience in leading National-level technology programs in software development, data science, and capacity building for digital government, National R&D management, and Enterprise digital transformation at CSIR-NIScPR, InterraIT, Infosys, and Duet Technologies. At CSIR-NIScPR, she heads 15 international research journals in various disciplines of Science & Technology and manages major technology-led transformation projects in IT.
An accomplished academic and technology professional, Dr. Verma has authored eight research papers and a book chapter, including Transforming Organizations with Flexible Systems Management (Springer) and Big Data Patentometrics for R&D Decision-Making (Emerald Insight). Her experience includes serving as faculty for SAARC countries, conducting national-level training programs, delivering guest lectures, and mentoring over 50 interns.
She holds a Ph.D. from Delhi Technological University with research focused on Big Data in E‑Governance, Gold Medalist in MBA (Technology Management) from IIT Delhi and a President Gold Medalist in Engineering from NSUT (formerly DIT). She is also a Senior Member of IEEE and CSI, Fellow of IETE, and Life Member of IWSA.
Prof. Jyotishman Dasgupta
Prof. Jyotishman Dasgupta received his Ph.D. in the field of oxygenic photosynthesis under the supervision of Prof. G. Charles Dismukes. In 2006, he moved to UC Berkeley where he did his postdoctoral work with Prof. Richard A. Mathies. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 2010, and has been there ever since. The central theme of his research group is to probe dynamical structural events leading to charge generation in molecular materials, in order to fabricate bio-inspired molecule-based devices for photocatalysis and solar electricity generation. He received the 2017 Asian and Oceanian Photochemical Association (APA) Prize for Young Scientist, the 2018 Best Emerging Investigator Award and the 2024 CRS Silver Medal. He has been inducted as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Chemistry as “Leaders in Field”, and has been in the editorial board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.
Prof. Akshai Kumar A. S.
Prof. Akshai Kumar has around 21 years of experience in the area of organometallic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis and heterogenization of molecular catalysts. He has 65 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, including one in Chemical Reviews, apart from 6 book chapters and 4 US patents (granted), 1 Indian patent (granted), 9 International patents (filed) and 9 Indian patents (filed). Career highlights include the development of efficient catalyst for transformation of waste to fuel and value-added chemicals. This includes conversion of unproductive hydrocarbons to fuel-grade chemicals, upgrading low-energy density ethanol to high-energy density fuels and generation of green hydrogen via transformation of inexpensive glycerol, ethanol and methanol to high value lactic acid, acetic acid and formic acid respectively.
He is a Member of Society of Carbon Dioxide Research and Innovation, Member of Indian Young Academy of Science, Member of Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of the Chemical Research Society of India and Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society. In addition to Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, currently, he is the Head, Centre for Nanotechnology at IIT Guwahati.
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