JACS Au

JACS Au is a peer-reviewed gold open access journal published by the American Chemical Society since 2021 under the eISSN 2691-3704, covering the full breadth of chemistry as the open access companion to the Journal of the American Chemical Society, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.5 and a first quartile rank of 47 of 250 in chemistry multidisciplinary《JACS Au》是美国化学学会（ACS）自 2021 年起出版的同行评审金色开放获取期刊，电子刊号 2691-3704，作为《美国化学会志》（JACS）的开放获取伴刊覆盖化学全领域，2025 年影响因子为 8.5，在化学综合类 250 种期刊中列第 47 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal is the open access companion to the Journal of the American Chemical Society and publishes original research, communications, perspectives and reviews across the full breadth of chemistry该刊是《美国化学会志》（JACS）的开放获取伴刊，刊载化学全领域的原创研究、通讯、观点与综述。
• It covers organic, inorganic, physical, analytical and theoretical chemistry, together with materials chemistry, catalysis, electrochemistry, photochemistry, chemical biology and environmental and energy chemistry该刊覆盖有机、无机、物理、分析与理论化学，以及材料化学、催化、电化学、光化学、化学生物学与环境与能源化学。
• The journal addresses interdisciplinary areas including nanoscience and nanotechnology, supramolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry, computational chemistry, machine learning for chemistry and the chemistry of functional and energy materials该刊涉及跨学科领域，包括纳米科学与纳米技术、超分子化学、高分子化学、计算化学、面向化学的机器学习及功能与能源材料化学。
• As a gold open access journal it applies a Creative Commons licence to accepted articles and levies an article processing charge on the corresponding author, with waivers and discounts available for qualifying authors, and it operates single-blind peer review作为金色开放获取期刊，该刊对录用文章采用知识共享许可，向通讯作者收取文章处理费，并对符合条件的作者提供减免与折扣，实行单盲同行评审。
• The journal is abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, PubMed, CAS and Google Scholar, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the Emerging Sources Citation Index edition该刊被（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）、（CAS）与（Google Scholar）收录，并纳入（ESCI）版期刊引证报告。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 47 of 250 titles in chemistry multidisciplinary with an 81.4 percentile and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在化学综合类 250 种期刊中列第 47 位、百分位 81.4，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2021 by the American Chemical Society as a fully gold open access companion to the Journal of the American Chemical Society, responding to the growing demand for open access publishing in chemistry该刊于 2021 年由美国化学学会（ACS）创刊，作为《美国化学会志》（JACS）的完全金色开放获取伴刊，回应化学领域对开放获取出版日益增长的需求。
• It has been published as a fully gold open access title since its first volume, applying a Creative Commons licence to accepted articles, and it is distributed through the ACS Publications platform该刊自第一卷起即为完全金色开放获取期刊，对录用文章采用知识共享许可，经美国化学学会（ACS）出版平台分发。
• The Journal Impact Factor was 8.7 in 2024 and 8.5 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in chemistry multidisciplinary, and the journal was initially indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index before promotion to the Science Citation Index Expanded该刊影响因子在 2024 年为 8.7、2025 年为 8.5，始终居化学综合类第一四分位，最初收录于新兴来源引文索引，后晋升至科学引文索引扩展版。
• The journal has progressively expanded its content types to include perspectives, reviews and computational and data-driven chemistry articles, reflecting the open science and data sharing turn in chemistry该刊逐步扩展文章类型以纳入观点、综述及计算与数据驱动化学文章，反映化学领域的开放科学与数据共享转向。
• The publisher carries the journal on ACS Publications and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1021, shared with other American Chemical Society journals including JACS出版方将该刊载于美国化学学会（ACS）出版平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1021），与美国化学学会（ACS）其他期刊（含《美国化学会志》）一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an editorial board whose members are drawn from chemistry departments and research institutes across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, covering the breadth of chemical science该刊由一位主编带领，配以由美洲、欧洲、亚洲与大洋洲多所化学院系与研究机构的学者组成的编委会，覆盖化学科学的广度。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, materials and computational chemistry, reflecting the multidisciplinary scope of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责有机、无机、物理、分析、材料与计算化学等方向，对应刊物的多学科定位。
• Editorial handling follows the American Chemical Society editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托美国化学学会（ACS）的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the American Chemical Society standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循美国化学学会（ACS）在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at ACS Publications and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在美国化学学会（ACS）出版平台期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。