Learn how ACS Publications can help you find the perfect journal to elevate your physical science research, maximize visibility, and reach a global audience.
As a researcher working on cutting-edge discoveries, you deserve to publish with a journal you can trust. ACS Publications is recognized worldwide for its commitment to scientific excellence, rigorous peer review, and editorial integrity. With a legacy built on supporting researchers like you, ACS Publications provides the platform, visibility, and credibility your work needs to make an impact—across disciplines, institutions, and industries worldwide.
Reasons for Publishing with ACS
Here’s why top researchers choose ACS Publications:
- Wide readership: Readers downloaded full-text articles over 346 million times in 2025.
- Guidance from expert Editors-in-Chief: They and the team of editors handling your manuscript are all active, practicing researchers in your field.
- Rigorous peer review: Thorough evaluation of manuscripts ensures that ACS journals are among the most trusted in their fields.
- Rapid processing times: Editorial teams leverage technology to streamline workflows, making sure you can communicate your latest findings to most relevant audiences, faster.
- Extensive discoverability: ACS journals are included in world-leading abstracting and indexing services, including Web of Science™, Scopus, CAS, EBSCOhost and PubMed.
- Flexible publishing choices: With open access options in all ACS journals, including fully open access publications.
Don’t just take our word for it—read more from one of our expert editors about why you should choose ACS:
"It is satisfying to work with fellow scientists in the publication process. Editors are thoughtful, knowledgeable, and supportive. The ACS framework also has a huge impact. For instance, there are many initiatives to promote our science and to highlight interesting topics—enabling us to navigate the literature. One thing that strikes me every time I publish in an ACS journal is how remarkably quick the post-decision process is; I am stunned by the rapid production of article proofs and subsequent steps. It is this that first comes to mind when I consider where to publish a new manuscript."
-Gregory D. Scholes, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Explore Our Impactful Portfolio
With more than a dozen specialized journals in our Physical Chemistry portfolio—and many more in related research areas—ACS Publications provides authors with a broad selection of publishing options to meet their needs. From fully gold open access titles to established hybrid journals, you’ll find the right home for your work. Whether you're advancing our understanding of energy, quantum materials, soft matter, computational methods, or another area of physical chemistry, ACS offers trusted, high‑impact journals read by a global community of researchers.
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Atoms, Small molecules, Clusters, Atmospheric Chemistry, Astrochemistry
Theory, Computation, Big Data, Machine Learning, Quantum Chemistry
Biophysics, Biomaterials
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Interfaces and Films
Methods Development, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy
Discover the Perfect Destination for Your Research
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