ACS Central Science, the first fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won the PROSE Journal/Award for Innovation. Presented by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE awards recognise excellence in professional and scholarly publishing. The PROSE innovation award, which acknowledges the unique achievements of new journals, is issued at the judges' discretion and is not presented every year.
First published in April 2015, ACS Central Science is led by Editor-in-Chief Carolyn R. Bertozzi of Stanford University, and has a staff of six senior editors and a 79-member editorial advisory board.
In its first 22 issues, ACS Central Science published more than 150 research articles, each highlighted on the web for a few days with a custom banner image. The journal has accepted submissions from scores of leading scientific authors, including four Nobel laureates. To date, the journal has published more than 100 editorials, news stories, interviews and commentaries. As the first ACS publication with a dedicated mobile app, readers can quickly download whole issues for offline reading. It also produces sponsored explanatory videos and serves as a catalyst for reader engagement through social media.
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