Journal of the American Chemical Society

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), founded in 1879, is the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society and the world's preeminent journal in all of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.

This periodical is devoted to the publication of fundamental research papers and publishes approximately 19,000 pages of Articles, Communications, and Perspectives a year.

Published weekly, JACS provides research essential to the field of chemistry.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	15.6
2024	14.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	244

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	118656

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	5.554

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	734

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

  Citation: 28021

  Authors: William S., Richard E.

• Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers

  Citation: 23579

  Authors: Stephen, P. H., Edward

• Organometal Halide Perovskites as Visible-Light Sensitizers for Photovoltaic Cells

  Citation: 20690

  Authors: Akihiro, Kenjiro, Yasuo, Tsutomu

• THE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON PLANE SURFACES OF GLASS, MICA AND PLATINUM.

  Citation: 19394

  Authors: Irving

• Development and Testing of the OPLS All-Atom Force Field on Conformational Energetics and Properties of Organic Liquids

  Citation: 13375

  Authors: William L., David S., Julian

• Development and use of quantum mechanical molecular models. 76. AM1: a new general purpose quantum mechanical molecular model

  Citation: 11761

  Authors: Michael J. S., Eve G., Eamonn F., James J. P.

• A Second Generation Force Field for the Simulation of Proteins, Nucleic Acids, and Organic Molecules

  Citation: 11672

  Authors: Wendy D., Piotr, Christopher I., Ian R., Kenneth M., David M., David C., Thomas, James W., Peter A.

• The Determination of Pore Volume and Area Distributions in Porous Substances. I. Computations from Nitrogen Isotherms

  Citation: 11508

  Authors: Elliott P., Leslie G., Paul P.

• The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants

  Citation: 10055

  Authors: Hans, Dean

• A new family of mesoporous molecular sieves prepared with liquid crystal templates

  Citation: 9850

  Authors: J. S., J. C., W. J., M. E., C. T., K. D., C. T. W., D. H., E. W., S. B., J. B., J. L.

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