Journal profile

Accounts of Chemical Research

Accounts of Chemical Research is published by American Chemical Society under ISSN 0001-4842. It holds an h-index of 562 across 9,257 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 20.52, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are History and advancements in chemistry, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.

Publication record and impact metrics

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
ISSN-L0001-4842
All ISSNs0001-4842, 1520-4898
Indexed works9,257
Total citations1,605,313
h-index562
2-year mean citedness20.52
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsHistory and advancements in chemistry · Electrochemical Analysis and Applications · Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures · Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies · Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.

A worked example from this journal

The source

Ab initio molecular orbital theory

Authors
Warren J. Hehre
Year
1976
Volume
9
Issue
11
Pages
399-406

IEEE

W. J. Hehre "Ab initio molecular orbital theory," Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 399-406, 1976, doi: 10.1021/ar50107a003.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Accounts of Chemical Research against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Hehre, W. J. (1976). Ab initio molecular orbital theory. Accounts of Chemical Research, 9(11), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar50107a003

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{hehre1976,
  author  = {Warren J. Hehre},
  title   = {Ab initio molecular orbital theory},
  journal = {Accounts of Chemical Research},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {11},
  pages   = {399--406},
  year    = {1976},
  issn    = {0001-4842},
  doi     = {10.1021/ar50107a003}
}

The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.

What to verify before you submit

  • The volume and page range. Accounts of Chemical Research records 9,257 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
  • The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
  • Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
  • Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
  • That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.

How this journal sits in the record

Accounts of Chemical Research carries an h-index of 562, which is above 91% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,605,313 citations across 9,257 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 20.52.

27 of the journals covered here are published by American Chemical Society. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.

These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.

Questions about Accounts of Chemical Research

What is the ISSN of Accounts of Chemical Research?

The linking ISSN is 0001-4842. The journal also carries 1520-4898, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Accounts of Chemical Research?

American Chemical Society publishes it. 27 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.

Is Accounts of Chemical Research open access?

OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.

How do I cite an article from Accounts of Chemical Research in LaTeX?

Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key hehre1976 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Accounts of Chemical Research use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 399 to 406, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.

How influential is Accounts of Chemical Research?

Its h-index is 562, above 91% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,605,313 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 20.52. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Accounts of Chemical Research have a Journal Impact Factor?

Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 562 and a two-year mean citedness of 20.52 across 9,257 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.

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