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ACS Sensors

ISSN 2379-3694 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2016

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ACS Sensors: CAS Zone 1 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 10.92; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 96 days to acceptance (133 articles, last 24 months); 910 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor10.92Latest value listed by LetPub

CAS zoneZone 1 · Chemistry2025 upgraded edition, major category · Top journal · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 1 · Chemistry

Review time96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 133 articles, last 24 months · PubMed

APCUSD 4,500Transformative journal

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year9102025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

ACS Sensors is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 1 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors and Biosensors and Analytical Detection, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

ACS Sensors publishes sensor science that yields substantial advances in the detection of chemical or biological species or processes.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Chemical Engineering-Bioengineering

Editor-in-chief J. Justin GoodingPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.7%
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsEngineering11%
Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering10.1%
Analytical Chemistry and SensorsChemical Engineering10.1%
Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering8%
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering5.5%
Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsEngineering4.8%
Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry3.3%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 1

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Chemistry	Zone 1
Minor	Chemistry, Analytical	Zone 1
Minor	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary	Zone 2
Minor	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Zone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 1

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Chemistry	Zone 1
Minor	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary	Zone 2
Minor	Chemistry, Analytical	Zone 1
Minor	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Zone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 1

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Chemistry	Zone 1
Minor	Chemistry, Analytical	Zone 1
Minor	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary	Zone 2
Minor	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Zone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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: 10.92LetPub · 2026-09-13
Impact factor (publisher): 10.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01
CiteScore 2026-06: 13.1LetPub · 2026-09-13
CiteScore (publisher): 13.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01
SJR 2026-06: 1.73LetPub · 2026-09-13
SNIP 2026-06: 1.52LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 29LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 158OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
i10-index: 3,549OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
2-year mean citedness: 10.94OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
Self-citation rate: 7.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13
Share of gold OA articles: 14.58%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year: 866LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,672 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	748	143	833
2025	910	193	9,368
2024	686	162	15,451
2023	526	165	15,132
2022	437	130	15,908
2021	458	140	20,941

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 · 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05

96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 77 days – 121 days

Acceptance to online: median 11 days (93 articles)
Submission to online: median 112 days
Sample: 133 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,835 in the window); the latest was accepted on 2026-09-24

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

Transformative journalLetPub

A subscription journal moving to full open access.

Source	APC	Fee waiver	License	Observed
OpenAlex	USD 4,500	—	—	2026-10-01

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: Monthly
Founded: 2016
ISSN: 2379-3694
Latest issue on the website: Volume 11, Issue 8 (August 2026)
Official links: Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
Submission system ↗LetPub
Special issues ↗Publisher website

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about ACS Sensors

What CAS zone is ACS Sensors in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACS Sensors is in Zone 1 of Chemistry, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Chemistry, Analytical / Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of ACS Sensors?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.92; CiteScore 13.1, h-index 158.

How long does peer review take at ACS Sensors?

Based on the dates recorded on 133 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 96 days (interquartile range 77–121 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 Sensors?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACS Sensors is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Is ACS Sensors open access, and what is the APC?

ACS Sensors is a transformative journal. 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: 2026-10-01.