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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Chemistry and materials
Among the 50 chemistry and materials journals in this index it has the 2nd highest h-index and the 8th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Listed article processing charge: about $4 500.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 16 059 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| China | 43% |
| United States | 32% |
| Germany | 9% |
| Japan | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 7% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 96% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion | 4% |
| Radical Photochemical Reactions | 3% |
| Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications | 3% |
| Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis | 3% |
| CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts | 3% |
| Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes | 2% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- π-Extended Nonfullerene Acceptor for Compressed Molecular Packing in Organic Solar Cells To Achieve over 20% Efficiency (2024, 589 citations)
- Understanding the Role of Entropy in High Entropy Oxides (2023, 577 citations)
- Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalytic Activity of Fe–N–C Catalysts by Phosphorus Incorporation (2023, 568 citations)
- Tracking the Role of Defect Types in Co 3 O 4 Structural Evolution and Active Motifs during Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2023, 545 citations)
- Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities (2023, 543 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0002-7863):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Chemical Communications
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Chemical Society Reviews
- Accounts of Chemical Research
- Nature Chemistry
- ACS Catalysis
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