Thiocyanate SCN -is a weakly hydrated anion thus relatively high ε anion ∼ 0.9 k B T is its appropriate parametrization in our simple model. The simulations predict a shift towards the (d-f) An effective radius of the polymer R pol computed using the mean-field theory for the very same systems (column-wise). The same color code is used for the strength of the anion-polymer interaction. (g-i) The standard free energy of the coil-to-globule transition, Δ coil-glob G • , computed from the simulations. An increase in the energy of the transition corresponds to the elevation of LCST, proportional to ΔT LCST in Figure . swollen state of the uncharged polymer as the concentration of the salt increases, which agrees with the LCST elevation in the experimental results. Iodide I -is another weakly hydrated anion (from the observed behavior ε anion ∼ 0.5 k B T to 0.7 k B T) having the same but weaker effect on uncharged ELP both in simulations and experiments. Bromide has the slightest effect of the salts experimentally studied and the anion with ε anion ∼ 0.3 k B T exhibits the similar effects in the simulation. Moving towards the strongly hydrated anions in the Hofmeister series, chloride Cl -and fluoride F -, the LCST drops significantly in the experiments. The same transition is observed in the simulations containing anions with ε anion ∼ 0.1 k B T to 0.3 k B T. It can thus be concluded from the simulations and the experimental data that the salting-out (globule stabilization) power of anions follows the direct Hofmeister series for the uncharged ELP.