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ACS Macro Letters

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN2161-1653eISSN2161-1653

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.128

H-Indexi

142

SNIPi

1.027

Total Worksi

4,080

Total Citationsi

148,436

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Polymer Science; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,080

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

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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?

2161-1653 / 2161-1653

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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

304

12k

2019

298

11k

2020

273

6.2k

2021

237

2022

287

3.9k

2023

276

2.5k

2024

300

1.4k

2025

179

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.

Inorganic ChemistryQ1

Materials ChemistryQ1

Organic ChemistryQ1

Polymers and PlasticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Polymer Science

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistryInorganic ChemistryMaterials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPolymer Surface Interaction Studiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblySynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsPolymer composites and self-healingConducting polymers and applicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Frequently asked questions about ACS Macro Letters

Is ACS Macro Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Macro Letters: 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 Macro Letters?

ACS Macro Letters 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 4.21.

Is ACS Macro Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Macro Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Macro Letters?