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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Template

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About the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering format

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Chemical Society, covering Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Lignin and Wood Chemistry. Over its lifetime it has published 19,512 papers, which have received 782,035 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 Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inCatalysis for Biomass Conversion Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Lignin and Wood Chemistry Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Advanced battery technologies research
ISSN2168-0485
Citation impact (2-yr)7
h-index229
i10-index14,075
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websitepubs.acs.org
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Papers published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering per year

312
2014
482
2015
937
2016
1.4K
2017
2K
2018
2K
2019
2K
2020
1.8K
2021
1.7K
2022
1.8K
2023
1.7K
2024
2K
2025

Citation impact of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering by publication year

28.6K
2014
38.5K
2015
66.2K
2016
99K
2017
125.2K
2018
114.3K
2019
97.5K
2020
66.5K
2021
44.9K
2022
38.2K
2023
22.5K
2024
9.2K
2025

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

Most-cited papers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment

Ali Chamas, Hyunjin Moon, Jiajia Zheng et al. · 3 Feb 2020

Plastic waste is currently generated at a rate approaching 400 Mt year–1. The amount of plastics accumulating in the environment is growing rapidly, yet our understanding of its persistence is very limited. This Perspective summarizes the existing literature on environmental degradation rates and pathways for the major types of thermoplastic polymers. A metric to harmonize…

3,338 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents – Solvents for the 21st Century

Alexandre Paiva, Rita Craveiro, Ivo M. Aroso et al. · 16 Mar 2014

Green technology actively seeks new solvents to replace common organic solvents that present inherent toxicity and have high volatility, leading to evaporation of volatile organic compounds to the atmosphere. Over the past two decades, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained enormous attention from the scientific community, and the number of reported articles in the literature has…

2,387 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Progress in Green Polymer Composites from Lignin for Multifunctional Applications: A Review

Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur, Prasanth Raghavan et al. · 16 Mar 2014

Rising environmental concerns and depletion of petro-chemical resources has resulted in an increased interest in biorenewable polymer-based environmentally friendly materials. Among biorenewable polymers, lignin is the second most abundant and fascinating natural polymer next to cellulose. Lignin is one of the three major components found in the cell walls of natural lignocellulosic materials. Lignin is…

1,379 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Metrics of Green Chemistry and Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future

Roger A. Sheldon · 8 Nov 2017

The first green chemistry metrics—the E factor (kgs waste/kg product) and atom economy (mol wt of product/sum of mol wts of starting materials)—were introduced in the early 1990s and were actually green chemistry avant la lettre. In the last two decades, these two metrics have been adopted worldwide by both academia and industry. The E…

1,234 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Critical Review and Analysis on the Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Weiguang Lv, Zhong-hang Wang, Hongbin Cao et al. · 13 Dec 2017

Recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has attracted significant attention in recent years due to the increasing demand for corresponding critical metals/materials and growing pressure on the environmental impact of solid waste disposal. A range of investigations have been carried out for recycling spent LIBs to obtain either battery materials or individual compounds. For the…

1,139 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 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 Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering use?
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 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 Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering?
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 Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering?
ACS journal (achemso). It is a chemistry journal, published by American Chemical Society.
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