ACS Publications
Latest screenshot: 2025-10-28
Access to search interface:
open
Last major interface update:
N/A
Owner of search system:
American Chemical Society
Location of system headquarters:
Washington DC, US
Year of launch:
1994
Type:
Journal platform
Help URL:
X-Handle:
Description of search system (by system owner)
ACS Publications' commitment to publishing high-quality research continues to attract impactful publications from top authors around the globe. As the machinery of science continues to turn, ACS is committed to keeping pace. We continue to expand our offerings and improve our existing resources to help scientists accelerate their research and support their careers. A division of the American Chemical Society, ACS Publications supports researchers through journals, eBooks, scientific programs, and the news magazine Chemical & Engineering News.
Total coverage:
1.84M
Year-over-year growth (2022-2023):
6.29%
Subject coverage:
Chemistry (34.18 %); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16.27 %); Chemical Engineering (14.05 %)
Retrospective coverage:
1893–2024
Record types:
22
Open Access records:
82.51K / 4.48%
Search functionality and interface
Systematic keyword searching:
sufficient
Backward citation searching:
sufficient
Forward citation searching:
sufficient
Query builder:
Search history:
Match preview:
Sorting options:
3
Query
Latency with short query:
4 seconds
Latency with long query:
8 seconds
Controlled vocabulary:
Field codes:
7
Full text search:
Search string length (narrow):
750 terms max.
Search string length (wide):
100 terms max.
Language support: Chinese:
Language support: Cyrillic:
Truncation:
Wildcards:
Keyword position irrelevant:
Longer strings, fewer hits:
Automatic query expansion (stemming):
Verbatim queries:
Reproducible queries (time):
Reproducible queries (locations):
Operators
Search operators:
3
Boolean 'OR':
Boolean 'AND':
Boolean 'NOT':
Proximity operator:
Boolean works exact:
Nested search (parentheses):
Citation search / filtering
Record type filters:
22
Results filters:
11
Suggested related records:
Supported by bibliometric tools:
N/A
Backward citation information:
Backward citation score:
N/A
Forward citation information:
Forward citation score:
N/A
Retrieval
Number of accessible records:
2100
Bulk select records:
Bulk export records:
1
Export formats:
2
API:
upon request
Bulk select records' backward citations:
Bulk export backward citations:
1
Bulk select records' forward citations:
Bulk export forward citations:
1
