Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JACS Au
ISSN 2691-3704 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2021
JACS Au: CAS Zone 1 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,500; median 60 days to acceptance (160 articles, last 24 months); 607 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JACS Au 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, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, together about 19.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JACS Au is a monthly open access multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of manuscripts reporting significant research discoveries in all fields of chemistry. The journal considers submissions in traditional core fields including, but not limited to: Analytical, physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry Biological, medicinal and environmental chemistry Computational and theoretical chemistry Materials and nanoscience Energy and catalysis Chemical engineering Chemical education Multidisciplinary research as it applies to chemistry JACS Au considers submissions that are fully computational, fully experimental, and submissions that combine both.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Christopher W. JonesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy6.6%
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsChemistry6.5%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science6.4%
- Radical Photochemical ReactionsChemistry5.4%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Click Chemistry and ApplicationsChemistry4.7%
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsEnergy4.6%
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, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
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 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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)
- 8.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 9.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,135OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 569LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,596,942Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,477 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 492 | 492 | 498 |
| 2025 | 607 | 607 | 4,258 |
| 2024 | 474 | 474 | 7,864 |
| 2023 | 344 | 344 | 9,759 |
| 2022 | 284 | 284 | 10,352 |
| 2021 | 260 | 260 | 12,589 |
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
60 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 44 days – 76 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (160 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 76 days
- Sample
- 160 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,157 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 ·
- First decision after review
- 26.6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 59.9 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 | — | — |
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
- 2021
- ISSN
- 2691-3704
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JACS Au
What CAS zone is JACS Au in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JACS Au is in Zone 1 of Chemistry, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; 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 JACS Au?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 8.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 11.5, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at JACS Au?
Based on the dates recorded on 160 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 60 days (interquartile range 44–76 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 JACS Au?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JACS Au is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is JACS Au open access, and what is the APC?
JACS Au is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .