Call For Papers: Continuous Flow Chemistry

Continuous flow involves performing chemical reactions with continual input of starting materials and the continuous removal of product within narrow pipes or tubes under strictly controlled conditions. While the concept is not new, it is a field that is continually expanding, driven by several advantages over traditional batch processing such as safety, scalability, cleaner and more efficient reactions, product purity, and the ability to perform more challenging reactions more easily. While it is most often applied in organic synthesis, we also see continuous flow applied to other areas where control over reaction conditions and product are important, including polymer chemistry, materials science, and biocatalysis.

This Special Issue in JACS Au aims to showcase the multidisciplinary applications of continuous flow chemistry and provide a platform for the latest innovations in the field.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Synthetic organic and polymer chemistry
• Electrochemistry and photochemistry
• Materials synthesis and discovery
• Biomolecule synthesis and biocatalysis
• Chemical engineering and process development
• Flow-based microfluidics
• Automated synthesis
• Chemical recycling and upcycling in continuous flow
• Reaction monitoring

Submit your manuscript by November 30, 2025.

Organizing Editor

Prof. Christopher W. Jones, Editor-in-Chief, JACS Au
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Submission Information

We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through November 30, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.

Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include research articles, letters, perspectives, and methods/Protocols. Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.

JACS Au is a fully open access journal, which means your work will be immediately freely available for anyone to read in perpetuity. To learn more about open access options for researchers, visit our Open Science Resource Center.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
• Select the "Journals" tab.
• Choose JACS Au.
• Click "Submit."
• Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Continuous Flow Chemistry."

If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact Prof. Christopher W. Jones (eic@jacsau.acs.org).