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ACS Divisions and
ACS Publications
ACS Leadership Institute
Fort Worth, TX
January 21, 2011
Darla Henderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Director , Editorial
Development [email protected]
ACS Publications
Web Editions Platform
•ACS Journals
•39 peer-reviewed research journals
•37,000+ new articles published in 2010
•905,000+ original research articles
•ACS Legacy Archive: Digital archive of all journal articles
from 1879-1995 (465,000)
•Chemical & Engineering News
•Flagship magazine of ACS, distributed weekly
to ACS Membership
•C&EN Archives (1923 – 2009 issues, 100,000+ stories)
•ACS Books
•27,000 book chapters published
•Advances in Chemistry: Archive-only product (1949-1998)
•ACS Symposium Series: Archive (1974-prior year) and current
year subscriptions
Top Collaborative Activity
Division Activity (2006 – present)
Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Division of Agrochemicals
Division of Analytical Chemistry
Division of Business Development and Management
Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry
Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials
Division of Chemical Education
Division of Chemical Information
Division of Chemical Toxicology
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Division of Computers in Chemistry
Division of Environmental Chemistry
Division of Fluorine Chemistry
Division of Fuel Chemistry
Division of Geochemistry
Division of History of Chemistry
Division of Industrial & Chemical Engineering Chemistry
Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Division of Medicinal Chemistry
Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology
Division of Organic Chemistry
Division of Physical Chemistry
Division of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering
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ACS Symposium Series:
Fully Integrated with ACS Journals, Discoverable
ACS Symposium Series:
Legacy and Current Content
ACS Symposium Series Online
“…The system is easy to navigate and keeps the editor and submitting authors
informed…”
“….. the staff from ACS was a pleasure to work with and reacted promptly to requests
and problems identified.”
Professor Rolf Halden, Editor
Emerging Contaminants in Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (2010)
“The whole process has now become much more manageable and I feel like fewer
things fall through the cracks…
“…I can't believe the difference that the online publication system has made in the book
submission process and in my life as an editor.”
Professor Diane M. Bunce, Editor
Investigating Classroom Myths through Research on Teaching and Learning (2010)
ACS Symposium Series:
Advantages to Divisions
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Divisions are entitled to a share of the royalties (print and electronic)
Division members may receive greater discounts on print books via OUP
Content resides within the ACS family, sales contribute to ACS
Topics selected by the Division as important to the field and featured in
symposia have a corresponding ACS reference book available to the
community as an educational tool
Journal-Sponsored Lectureships
C&EN Coverage of Key Divisional
Activities
Other collaborations
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Preprints (3)
Links to Divisions from related journal websites homepages (www.pubs.acs.org)
Co-sponsorship of anniversary symposia for journals in conjunction with divisions
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Co-sponsors of receptions and/or poster award winners (5)
News emails/newsletters geared towards Divisions (2)
Editors of journals and Division leadership attending each other’s meetings (3)
Promotional opportunities on social networking sites - Facebook pages (2)
Opportunities to further collaborate? Come see me at the resource fair, or catch
me in the hallways tonight/tomorrow to discuss.
Thank you
“The best way to find yourself is to lose
yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Ghandi