ACS launches unified manuscript submission platform across journals
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched the ACS Publishing Center, a new manuscript submission platform powered by ChronosHub.
The platform, now available across the entire ACS journal portfolio, is designed to simplify manuscript submission and improve efficiency for authors and editorial teams by bringing all submission activities into a single interface.
According to ACS, the system enables researchers to upload manuscripts, review extracted metadata and track their submissions throughout the editorial process. Automated workflows are intended to reduce repetitive data entry and administrative tasks, helping submissions progress more efficiently. ACS reports that 86 per cent of authors rated the submission process as easy or very easy.
Sarah Tegen, Senior Vice President and Chief Publishing Officer of ACS Publications, said: “The implementation of the ACS Publishing Center across our journal portfolio is a significant step in our service to the global scientific community. We’ve created an intuitive submission experience that ensures authors can focus on the pursuit of scientific discoveries that improve all lives rather than on navigating complex systems.”
The ACS Publishing Center was developed in partnership with ChronosHub, an independent ACS subsidiary focused on publishing infrastructure. ACS says the platform demonstrates how scalable and interoperable systems can support publishing operations across a large journal portfolio, while also providing infrastructure that can be used by other publishers, institutions and funders.
Christian Grubak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ChronosHub, said: “Together with ACS, we set out to give every author a better submission process while also raising the quality of submissions journals receive. This rollout delivers on that promise. It’s the same commitment behind our recent partnership with Aries Systems, and points to where the industry needs to go: a thriving ecosystem of tools that integrate with each other rather than lock publishers into rigid ways of working.”
ChronosHub was awarded a 2026 Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology & Communications (EPIC) Award from the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) last month for its work developing the ACS Publishing Center.