Accounts of Chemical Research

Accounts of Chemical Research
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Title	Accounts of Chemical Research
Discipline	Chemistry
Abbreviation	Acc. Chem. Res.
Publisher	American Chemical Society
Country	United States
History	1968–present
Frequency	Monthly
Issn	0001-4842

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Accounts of Chemical Research

Accounts of Chemical Research is a peer-reviewed monthly journal published by the American Chemical Society that focuses on concise, authoritative summaries of current research in chemistry, including perspectives on advances in organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and chemical biology. It serves as a forum for established investigators and emerging leaders—such as Linus Pauling, Ahmed Zewail, Roald Hoffmann, Frances Arnold, and John Goodenough—to synthesize developments linking laboratory studies to applications in pharmaceutical industry, energy policy, materials engineering, and environmental science. The journal is recognized by major organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Overview

The journal publishes invited Accounts that emphasize mechanistic insight, methodological innovation, and conceptual frameworks useful to practitioners working with techniques like nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, and scanning probe microscopy. Contributors have included Nobel laureates such as Gerhard Ertl, Robert Grubbs, Ada Yonath, K. Barry Sharpless, and Carolyn Bertozzi, and institutions represented include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, and Max Planck Society. The journal interfaces with funding agencies like the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the European Research Council through topical retrospectives and forward-looking commentaries.

Founded in 1968 during a period of rapid expansion in postwar American science, the journal originated amid initiatives led by figures associated with the American Chemical Society and editorial leadership drawing from laboratories at Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and University of Tokyo. Over decades it has chronicled paradigm shifts from the Woodward–Hoffmann rules era to the rise of organocatalysis championed by researchers such as Benjamin List and David W. C. MacMillan, through developments in supramolecular chemistry exemplified by Jean-Marie Lehn and Donald J. Cram, to contemporary breakthroughs in single-molecule spectroscopy and perovskite photovoltaics associated with researchers at University of Oxford and University of Tokyo. Special issues have commemorated milestones linked to awards like the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Priestley Medal, and the Tetrahedron Prize.

The editorial board comprises editors drawn from universities and laboratories such as Yale University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Toronto, Kyoto University, Seoul National University, and research centers including the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. Manuscripts are typically invited by Associate Editors who solicit authors with established records at institutions like University of California, Santa Barbara and Peking University. Policies on conflicts of interest, peer review, and data availability align with guidance from bodies such as the Committee on Publishing Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the journal enforces standards for transparency consistent with mandates from the National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust.

Seminal Accounts have synthesized work by leading investigators including Richard R. Schrock, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart, F. Sherwood Rowland, Mario Molina, George Whitesides, Kathleen L. Miller, and Shirley M. Tilghman. Influential pieces have shaped fields from homogeneous catalysis to bioorthogonal chemistry, guided translational efforts in companies like Merck & Co., Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and informed policy discussions at agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the International Energy Agency. Citation classics published in the journal have been recognized by Clarivate in reports connected to the Science Citation Index and have influenced curricula at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, and ETH Zurich.

The journal is indexed in major databases including Chemical Abstracts Service, Science Citation Index, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar aggregations. Metrics reported by services such as Journal Citation Reports, Eigenfactor, and SCImago Journal Rank reflect its citation performance, with impact indicators compared alongside flagship journals from the American Chemical Society and publishers like Nature Publishing Group, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell. Institutional subscriptions and library holdings are tracked by consortia including Association of Research Libraries and Research Libraries UK.

Published by the American Chemical Society, the journal follows a model combining subscription access with author options for open access under licenses aligned with Creative Commons frameworks; authors often use funding from agencies such as the European Research Council or the National Institutes of Health to cover article processing charges. The publication process integrates editorial workflows using platforms adopted by publishers like ScholarOne and ACS Paragon Plus while adhering to archiving norms promoted by Portico and LOCKSS. Licensing terms permit reuse consistent with the selected Creative Commons Attribution or Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licenses.

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