ACS Nano

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1896

ISSN1936-0851eISSN1936-086X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

4.102

H-Indexi

554

SNIPi

2.341

Total Worksi

28,499

Total Citationsi

2,645,790

2yr Mean Citednessi

13.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Engineering (miscellaneous); Materials Science (miscellaneous); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1896

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications28,499

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-0851 / 1936-086X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

161k

2019

1.6k

160k

2020

1.8k

153k

2021

1.9k

119k

2022

2.1k

107k

2023

2.8k

86k

2024

3.3k

45k

2025

1.7k

2.5k

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistry, PhysicalMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Scopus Categories

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyEngineering (miscellaneous)Materials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Graphene research and applications2D Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies

Frequently asked questions about ACS Nano

Is ACS Nano a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Nano: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ACS Nano?

ACS Nano is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 13.46.

Is ACS Nano indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Nano is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.