Journal profile · Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
ACS ES&T Air
ISSN 2837-1402 · American Chemical Society · USA · Monthly · Founded 2024
ACS ES&T Air: hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,500; median 132 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); 307 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACS ES&T Air is published by American Chemical Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACS ES&T Air reports original research on outdoor and indoor air quality sciences engineering chemistry and physics treatment climate change and human health and ecological impacts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences25.5%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science17.3%
- Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarth and Planetary Sciences5.4%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 745 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 248 | 116 | 80 |
| 2025 | 307 | 155 | 784 |
| 2024 | 180 | 106 | 1,497 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 | 135 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
132 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 97 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (145 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2024
- ISSN
- 2837-1402
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 3, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACS ES&T Air
How long does peer review take at ACS ES&T Air?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 132 days (interquartile range 97–171 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ACS ES&T Air?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACS ES&T Air is indexed in Scopus.
Is ACS ES&T Air open access, and what is the APC?
ACS ES&T Air is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .