Journal profile · Chemistry
ACS Organic & Inorganic Au
ISSN 2694-247X · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2021
ACS Organic & Inorganic Au: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,500; median 49 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACS Organic & Inorganic Au is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 3 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Radical Photochemical Reactions and History and advancements in chemistry, together about 26% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACS Organic & Inorganic Au is an open access journal publishing original experimental and theoretical/computational studies on organic, organometallic, inorganic, crystal growth and engineering, and organic process chemistry. Topics include: Organic chemistry: Physical and theoretical organic chemistry, including mechanistic studies Natural product isolation, identification, and synthesis New synthetic methodology, including single or multistep reactions, total synthesis and electrosynthesis Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry Materials science: Polymer chemistry and studies on functional molecules and systems Organometallic chemistry: Synthesis, structure, bonding, chemical reactivity, and reaction mechanisms for a variety of applications, including catalyst design and catalytic processes All aspects of main-group, transition-metal, and lanthanide and actinide metal chemistry Synthetic aspects of polymer science and materials science Bioorganometallic chemistry Inorganic Chemistry: Coordination chemistry involving transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides Main-group and organometallic chemistry Bioinorganic chemistry Catalyst design and catalytic processes, including electrocatalysis Solid-state/materials/nanoscale chemistry Organic Process chemistry: Practical applications of organic chemistry that enable the safe, environmentally benign, and ultimately economical manufacturing of organic compounds at large-scale Crystal Growth and Engineering: Organic, inorganic, hybrid solids, biological substances (e.g., biomineralization)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Shelley D. MinteerDeputyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsChemistry9.8%
- Radical Photochemical ReactionsChemistry9.6%
- History and advancements in chemistryChemistry6.6%
- Sulfur-Based Synthesis TechniquesChemistry6%
- Fluorine in Organic ChemistryPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.2%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisChemistry5.2%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsChemistry4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 67 | 20 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 138 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 719 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 741 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 966 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 476 |
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
49 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 37 days – 69 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 64 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (110 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,500 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2021
- ISSN
- 2694-247X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACS Organic & Inorganic Au
What CAS zone is ACS Organic & Inorganic Au in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACS Organic & Inorganic Au is in Zone 3 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ACS Organic & Inorganic Au?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.8, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at ACS Organic & Inorganic Au?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 49 days (interquartile range 37–69 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Organic & Inorganic Au?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACS Organic & Inorganic Au is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is ACS Organic & Inorganic Au open access, and what is the APC?
ACS Organic & Inorganic Au is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .