Journal of the American Chemical Society
 2009 Cover Journal of the American Chemical Society | |
| Discipline | Chemistry |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Erick M. Carreira |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1879–present |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society (United States) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| 16.383 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Am. Chem. Soc. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JACSAT |
| ISSN | 0002-7863 (print) 1520-5126 (web) |
| LCCN | 16003159 |
| OCLC no. | 01226990 |
| Links | |
The Journal of the American Chemical Society (also known as JACS) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1879 by the American Chemical Society.[1] With an impact factor of 16.383 (2022), it is one of the most impactful and prestigious journals in chemistry. The journal has absorbed two other publications in its history, the Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (July 1893) and the American Chemical Journal (January 1914). It publishes original research papers in all fields of chemistry. Since 2021, the journal is edited by Erick M. Carreira (ETH Zurich).[2] In 2014, the journal moved to a hybrid open access publishing model.
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of the American Chemical Society is abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service, Scopus, EBSCOhost, Thomson-Gale, ProQuest, PubMed, Web of Science, and SwetsWise.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 16.383.[4]
Editors-in-Chief
A complete list of Editors-in-Chief:[5]
- 1879–1880 – Hermann Endemann
- 1880–1881 – Gideon E. Moore
- 1881–1882 – Hermann Endemann
- 1882–1883 – Editorial Committee
- 1884–1892 – Abram A. Breneman
- 1893–1901 – Edward Hart
- 1902–1917 – William A. Noyes, Sr.
- 1918–1949 – Arthur Lamb
- 1950–1962 – W. Albert Noyes, Jr.
- 1963–1969 – Marshall D. Gates
- 1969–1975 – Martin Stiles
- 1975–1981 – Cheves Walling
- 1982–2001 – Allen J. Bard
- 2002–2020 – Peter J. Stang
- since 2021 – Erick Carreira
References
- ^ List of Issues back to 1879
- ^ JACS Editors and Editorial Board
- ^ "Journal of the American Chemical Society". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Journal of the American Chemical Society". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022.
- ^ "Celebrating 140 Years". JACS. Retrieved 28 July 2022.