American Chemical Society Preprint Policy

Each ACS journal has a specific policy on publishing preprints. Details of the respective prior publication policies are available at
https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/prior/index.html

Authors are allowed to deposit an initial draft of their manuscript in a preprint service such as ChemRxiv or arXiv prior to submission to the following journals:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Central Science
  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Photonics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nano Letters

Prior publication is not allowed:

  • Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society