ACS Central Science publishes the most compelling, important primary reports on research in chemistry and in allied fields, wherein chemical approaches play a key role. It is also the first fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society. 

The term "central science" is frequently used to describe chemistry's focal role in bridging the physical and life sciences, and the basic sciences with applied disciplines such as medicine and engineering.

ACS Central Science is a multi- and inter-disciplinary journal that publishes articles of exceptional quality and interest to the broad chemistry and scientific community. The journal addresses important advances in fundamental areas of chemistry, as well as applied and interdisciplinary research highlighting the seminal role of chemistry in a wide range of other scientific disciplines. The journal considers submissions in core fields such as, but not limited to:

Analytical, physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry
Biological and medicinal chemistry, and biotechnology
Sustainable and environmental chemistry
Computational and theoretical chemistry
Materials and nanoscience
Energy and catalysis
Chemical engineering
Earth, atmospheric and space chemistry
Chemical education
The journal also publishes inter- and multidisciplinary research applicable to allied fields across the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, medicine, and beyond.

Research Articles
Outlooks (Reviews)
First Reactions (Commentary)
Science/Life (Narratives)

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Professor of Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical
and Systems Biology
Stanford ChEM-H and Department of Chemistry
Howard Hughs Medical Institute
Stanford University
E-mail: bertozzi@centralscience.acs.org
Senior Editors
Prof. Christopher J. Chang
University of California Berkeley
Departments of Chemistry and Molecular
and Cell Biology
E-mail: chang-office@centralscience.acs.org
Prof. Benjamin G. Davis
University of Oxford
Chemistry Research Laboratory
E-mail: davis-office@centralscience.acs.org
Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell
University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
E-mail: hubbell-office@centralscience.acs.org
Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Northwestern University
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
E-mail: olveradelacruz@centralscience.acs.org
Prof. Cristina Nevado
University of Zurich
Department of Chemistry
E-mail: nevado-office@centralscience.acs.org
Prof. Dongyuan Zhao
Fudan University
Laboratory of Advanced Materials
Department of Chemistry
E-mail: zhao-office@centralscience.acs.org
Managing Editor
Sofia Garakyaraghi
E-mail: S_Garakyaraghi@acs.org
Development Editor
Sergey Shmakov
E-mail: s_shmakov@acs.org
Coordinating Editor
Keerthi Sudevan
Stanford University
E-mail: ksudevan@stanford.edu
Editorial Advisory Board
Frances Arnold
California Institute of Technology
Polly Arnold
University of Edinburgh
Alán Aspuru-Guzik
University of Toronto
Phil S. Baran
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps California
Perdita Barran
University of Manchester
Jacqeline Barton
California Institute of Technology
James D. Batteas
Texas A&M University
Donna Blackmond
The Scripps Research Institute
Jeffrey Bode
ETH Zurich
Steven G. Boxer
Stanford University
Emily A. Carter
Princeton University
Justin M. Chalker
Flinders University
Peng Chen
Peking University
Xing Chen
Peking University
Xiao-Ming Chen
Sun Yat-Sen University
Seth M. Cohen
University of California, San Diego
Emily D. Cranston
McMaster University
Cathleen Crudden
Queen's University
Gideon Davies
The University of York
Huw Davies
Emory University
William R. Dichtel
Northwestern University
Abigail Doyle
Princeton University
Cynthia Friend
Harvard University
Laura Gagliardi
University of Minnesota
YiQin Gao
Peking University
Veronique Gouverneur
University of Oxford
Itaru Hamachi
Kyoto University
John F. Hartwig
University of California, Berkeley
Marie Heffern
University of California, Davis
Paul Hergenrother
University of Illinois
Chuan He
The University of Chicago
Emily Hilder
University of South Australia
Taeghwan Hyeon
Seoul National University
Kenichiro Itami
Nagoya University
Eric Jacobsen
Harvard University
Matthew W. Kanan
Stanford University
Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University
Michael J. Krische
The University of Texas at Austin
Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Ben List
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Lisa Marcaurelle
Enko Chem, Inc.
Ilan Marek
Technion-Israel Insitute of Technology
Valerie Mizrahi
University of Cape Town
Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois
Jwa-Min Nam
Seoul National University
Linda Nazar
University of Waterloo
Elizabeth New
The University of Sidney
Corey Nislow
The University of British Columbia
Colin Nuckolls
Columbia University
Kimberly Prather
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Sarah Reisman
California Institute of Technology
Tobias Ritter
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Gavin Sacks
Cornell University
Roberta Sessoli
Università degli Studi de Firenze & INSTM
Doron Shabat
Tel Aviv University
Mikiko Sodeoka
Riken
Shannon Stahl
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Shana J. Sturla
ETH Zürich
Dan S. Tawfik
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dirk Trauner
New York University
Wilfred A. van der Donk
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jan C. M. van Hest
TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology
Chris Welch
Welch Innovation, LLC
Stephen Withers
University of British Columbia
Yi Xie
University of Science & Technology of China
Omar Yaghi
University of California, Berkeley
Zhen Yang
Peking University
Guihua Yu
The University of Texas at Austin
Jihong Yu
Jilin University
Yuliang Zhao
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China
Nanfeng Zheng
Xiamen University