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ACS Central Science

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN2374-7951

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.684

H-Indexi

186

SNIPi

1.923

Total Worksi

2,758

Total Citationsi

152,448

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyMonthly, 2016-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,758

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

2374-7951

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

270

23k

2019

316

29k

2020

261

17k

2021

225

6.6k

2022

290

2023

278

4.3k

2024

275

1.7k

2025

157

131

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)Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History and advancements in chemistryAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesscientometrics and bibliometrics researchAcademic Writing and PublishingMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisMachine Learning in Materials ScienceRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsClick Chemistry and ApplicationsComputational Drug Discovery Methods

Frequently asked questions about ACS Central Science

Is ACS Central Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Central Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Central Science?

ACS Central Science 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 7.14.

Is ACS Central Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Central Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Central Science?