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ACS Central Science Template

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About the ACS Central Science format

ACS Central Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Chemical Society, covering History and advancements in chemistry, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, scientometrics and bibliometrics research. Over its lifetime it has published 2,834 papers, which have received 159,087 citations.

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (ACS)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
(1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. ACS Central Science 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inHistory and advancements in chemistry Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques scientometrics and bibliometrics research Academic Writing and Publishing Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
ISSN2374-7943
Citation impact (2-yr)8.16
h-index189
i10-index1,648
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Journal websitepubs.acs.org
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Papers published in ACS Central Science per year

2
2014
101
2015
180
2016
231
2017
251
2018
269
2019
316
2020
261
2021
224
2022
290
2023
278
2024
276
2025

Citation impact of ACS Central Science by publication year

9
2014
7.1K
2015
16.7K
2016
24K
2017
22.6K
2018
22.7K
2019
28.6K
2020
16.7K
2021
6.2K
2022
7.5K
2023
3.9K
2024
1.3K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in ACS Central Science

Automatic Chemical Design Using a Data-Driven Continuous Representation of Molecules

Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, Jennifer N. Wei, David Duvenaud et al. · 12 Jan 2018

We report a method to convert discrete representations of molecules to and from a multidimensional continuous representation. This model allows us to generate new molecules for efficient exploration and optimization through open-ended spaces of chemical compounds. A deep neural network was trained on hundreds of thousands of existing chemical structures to construct three coupled functions:…

3,078 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Carbon Dots: A New Type of Carbon-Based Nanomaterial with Wide Applications

Junjun Liu, Rui Li, Bai Yang · 14 Dec 2020

Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and favorable attributes like good biocompatibility, unique optical properties, low cost, ecofriendliness, abundant functional groups (e.g., amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl), high stability, and electron mobility. In this Outlook, we comprehensively summarize the classification…

1,883 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
An Outlook on Lithium Ion Battery Technology

Arumugam Manthiram · 7 Sep 2017

Lithium ion batteries as a power source are dominating in portable electronics, penetrating the electric vehicle market, and on the verge of entering the utility market for grid-energy storage. Depending on the application, trade-offs among the various performance parameters-energy, power, cycle life, cost, safety, and environmental impact-are often needed, which are linked to severe materials…

1,744 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Generating Focused Molecule Libraries for Drug Discovery with Recurrent Neural Networks

Marwin Segler, Thierry Kogej, Christian Tyrchan et al. · 28 Dec 2017

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide In de novo drug design, computational strategies are used to generate novel molecules with good affinity to the desired biological target. In this work, we show that recurrent neural networks can be trained as generative models for molecular structures, similar to statistical language models in natural language processing.…

1,685 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Mechanochemistry: A Force of Synthesis

Jean‐Louis Do, Tomislav Friščić · 29 Dec 2016

The past decade has seen a reawakening of solid-state approaches to chemical synthesis, driven by the search for new, cleaner synthetic methodologies. Mechanochemistry, i.e., chemical transformations initiated or sustained by mechanical force, has been advancing particularly rapidly, from a laboratory curiosity to a widely applicable technique that not only enables a cleaner route to chemical…

1,425 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

ACS Central Science template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the ACS Central Science format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the ACS Central Science template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official American Chemical Society format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does ACS Central Science use?
ACS Central Science uses Superscript numbered (ACS) references, shown as superscript numerals in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: (1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. ACS Central Science 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to ACS Central Science?
No. DocuGuru generates the achemso LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a American Chemical Society-ready ACS Central Science document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the ACS Central Science template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the ACS Central Science format with correct headings, figures, tables, and superscript citations.
What is ACS Central Science?
ACS journal (achemso). It is a chemistry journal, published by American Chemical Society.
Can I export a submission-ready ACS Central Science PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official ACS Central Science template (the achemso class) that is ready to submit to American Chemical Society, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the ACS Central Science template cost?
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