| Journal of the American Chemical Society | |
| Cover: | 2009 Cover Journal of the American Chemical Society.jpg |
| Abbreviation: | J. Am. Chem. Soc. |
| Discipline: | Chemistry |
| Editor: | Erick M. Carreira |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
| Country: | United States |
| History: | 1879–present |
| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Openaccess: | Hybrid |
| Impact: | 14.4 |
| Impact-Year: | 2023 |
| Issn: | 0002-7863 |
| Eissn: | 1520-5126 |
| Coden: | JACSAT |
| Lccn: | 16003159 |
| Oclc: | 01226990 |
| Website: | http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jacsat/index.html |
| Link1: | http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://pubs.acs.org/loi/jacsat |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
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] 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 covers all fields of chemistry. Since 2021, the editor-in-chief is Erick M. Carreira (ETH Zurich).[2] In 2014, the journal moved to a hybrid open access publishing model.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 14.4.[3]
The following people are or have been editor-in-chief:[4]