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ACS Symposium Series

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1974

ISSN1947-5918

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.176

H-Indexi

181

Total Worksi

36,373

Total Citationsi

350,406

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous); Chemistry (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 474 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications36,373

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1947-5918

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

613

2.8k

2019

540

1.8k

2020

530

2.5k

2021

477

1.6k

2022

433

1.4k

2023

497

1.2k

2024

492

473

2025

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q4

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Various Chemistry Research TopicsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationChemistry and Chemical EngineeringHistory and advancements in chemistrybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsSynthesis and properties of polymersRadioactive element chemistry and processing

Frequently asked questions about ACS Symposium Series

Is ACS Symposium Series a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Symposium Series: it is indexed in 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 Symposium Series?

ACS Symposium Series is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.176.

Is ACS Symposium Series indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Symposium Series is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Symposium Series?