Journal Title
ACS Sensors

ACS Sens.

ISSN / eISSN
2379-3694 / 2379-3694
Aims and Scope
ACS Sensors is a peer-reviewed research journal that is devoted to the dissemination of new and original knowledge on all aspects of sensor science that selectively sense chemical or biological species or processes. Articles may address conceptual advances in sensing that are applicable to many types of analytes or application papers which report on the use of an existing sensing concept in a new way or for a new analyte. Application papers should demonstrate the use of the sensor in complex samples, show it is fit-for-purpose, and exhibit a correlation of the sensor’s performance with an existing analytical method. Papers may focus on sensor development for commercialization or developing sensors that are used to provide new scientific knowledge. Articles may be entirely theoretical with regard to sensing, or they may report experimental results. The types of sensors the journal covers include: Biosensors, Chemical sensors, Gas sensors, Intracellular sensors, Single molecule sensors, Cell chips, Arrays, and Microfluidic devices.

Primary research papers include Letters and Articles. Note that the maximum length of Letters is four journal pages and Articles are eight. In addition, the journal publishes Reviews, Perspectives, Sensor Issues and Introducing Our Authors. Perspectives should report the authors’ opinion on important new directions in sensing and discuss the nature of the opportunities perceived. Reviews can cover conceptual advances in sensing, review a class of sensor or analyte, or can be more of a tutorial that addresses a specific challenge in sensing and approaches to overcoming it. Sensor Issues will guide the community and new entrants to sensors on where the opportunities and challenges are by highlighting specific sensing issues. Introducing our Authors will feature two authors per issue discussing their scientific and non-scientific accomplishments. See the Author Guidelines for more information on the journal, the manuscript types, and how to estimate paper length.
Subject Area

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY

CiteScore
14.90 View Trend
CiteScore Ranking
Category Quartile Rank
Chemical Engineering - Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes Q1 #1/92
Chemical Engineering - Instrumentation Q1 #3/136
Chemical Engineering - Process Chemistry and Technology Q1 #5/68
Chemical Engineering - Bioengineering Q1 #17/153
Web of Science Core Collection
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed -
Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023) Quartile
CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL - SCIE Q1
CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY - SCIE Q1
NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY - SCIE Q2
H-index
29
Country/Area of Publication
UNITED STATES
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Year Publication Started
2016
Annual Article Volume
405
Open Access
NO
Contact
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20036
Verified Reviews
Note: Verified reviews are sourced from across review platforms and social media globally.
April 8: Submission
April 27: First review comments
June 8: Submit revised manuscript
June 9: Pre-acceptance, insisted on changing the manuscript from PDF to Word format, even though I submitted the original text in LaTeX format *.tex. This pre-acceptance was quite ambiguous. I was happy at that time, but now I still don't understand what this pre-acceptance means.
June 13: Editorial office sent an email reminder
June 14: Since it was supplementary material, the editor did not open the second submission system. They asked me to send the Word version to the editorial office. I sent it, but the email was too large, so I split it into two emails.
June 15: They told me they didn't receive the files because they were too large. They opened the submission system instead of going through the editorial office. This delayed the acceptance by 3 weeks (now it seems that 3 weeks is a normal cycle for ACS Sensors). Now I think that after the revision, within one or two days, the two reviewers agreed to accept it, but because of the format issue, they couldn't process the .tex file. That's why they asked for Word and led to the unnecessary steps below.
June 22: Sent an email asking for an update, told to wait.
June 29: Sent an email asking for an update, told to wait.
July 7: Accepted.
2022-07-08
October 23, 2020: Submitted initial draft
October 27, 2020: Technical review did not pass, requested to supplement some data and resubmit (editor requested analysis data to have error bars)
November 8, 2020: Resubmitted as requested
November 18, 2020: System shows "in peer review"
December 22, 2020: Received email from boss requesting revisions. Three reviewers, one malicious rejection, two minor revisions or direct acceptance (supplementing characterization data and language modifications - reviewers are really funny: author received "Worst Grammar Award of 2020" issued by me)
January 8, 2021: Returned with revisions, then further sent for review
January 28, 2021: Manuscript pre-accepted, no new reviewer comments, just formatting modifications as requested
February 1, 2021: Received acceptance letter.
This work is about gas sensors. The experiment took less than three months, but the boss's revisions took almost half a year. A lot of data was added, but the submission process took over half a year, going through AM, AFM, JMCA, and getting rejected without mercy. Finally, chose a new journal for sensors, hoping ACS Sensors will make great progress and reach a high impact factor.
2021-02-02

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