JACS Au is a monthly open access multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of manuscripts reporting significant research discoveries in all fields of chemistry. The journal considers submissions in traditional core fields such as analytical, physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry, as well as areas such as biological, medicinal, environmental, catalytic, computational, and theoretical chemistry; materials and nanoscience; chemical engineering, chemical education, and other multidisciplinary research as it applies to chemistry.

Articles, Letters, and Perspectives are published.

JACS Au is a fully open access journal, with all content published under an open access license. Authors of accepted manuscripts will need to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC) to publish their research in JACS Au. The default license for authors will be CC-BY-NC-ND, with the option to upgrade to CC-BY.