Overview
Where ACS stands on CRediT
ACS Publications launched a CRediT pilot across 18 journals from June to September 2022, requesting (but not requiring) CRediT roles at submission with optional contribution-degree disclosure — per ACS’s own adoption announcement on the official NISO CRediT adopter registry.
Scope: Pilot across 18 journals, June–September 2022; CRediT roles requested but not required, contribution-degree disclosure optional
Implementation details
How CRediT is captured and produced
| Submission system | ACS Paragon Plus |
| JATS implementation | CRediT capture in Paragon Plus for the 18 pilot journals; not confirmed as portfolio-wide or mandatory as of the pilot announcement. |
| Production workflow | Not independently confirmed beyond the pilot announcement; CASRAI has not verified full-portfolio JATS/Crossref rollout since the 2022 pilot. |
For authors
Author guidance — submitting to a ACS journal
On a pilot-participating ACS journal, you may be asked to assign CRediT roles to each contributor during submission in Paragon Plus, but this was optional during the 2022 pilot rather than a portfolio-wide requirement. Check the specific journal’s current author guidelines, since pilot-era scope may have changed since 2022.
For general CRediT submission guidance across publishers, see CRediT for authors.
Sample journals
Representative ACS titles with CRediT capture
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Chemical Reviews
- Nano Letters
- Analytical Chemistry
- ACS Nano
Adoption history
Notable milestones
ACS’s adoption, per the official NISO CRediT adopter registry, is a mid-2022 pilot across 18 journals — optional, not a full-portfolio mandate. Earlier site content describing this as a portfolio-wide "Native" rollout from 2017 was not traceable to a primary source and has been corrected.
Notes
Caveats and context
Status corrected 2026-07-16 after cross-checking against credit.niso.org’s publisher-adopters record, which dates ACS’s adoption announcement to June 21, 2022, not 2017.
Frequently asked
Common questions about ACS and CRediT
- Does ACS require CRediT contributor statements?
- ACS supports CRediT via an opt-in module on its submission system. ACS Publications launched a CRediT pilot across 18 journals from June to September 2022, requesting (but not requiring) CRediT roles at submission with optional contribution-degree disclosure — per ACS’s own adoption announcement on the official NISO CRediT adopter registry. Whether a structured statement is required on a given submission depends on the individual journals editorial policy.
- Which ACS journals support CRediT?
- Representative ACS titles known to support structured CRediT capture include Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Reviews, Nano Letters. Scope: Pilot across 18 journals, June–September 2022; CRediT roles requested but not required, contribution-degree disclosure optional. Check the individual journals author instructions to confirm the current contributor-roles policy.
- How do I add CRediT to my ACS submission?
- On a pilot-participating ACS journal, you may be asked to assign CRediT roles to each contributor during submission in Paragon Plus, but this was optional during the 2022 pilot rather than a portfolio-wide requirement. Check the specific journal’s current author guidelines, since pilot-era scope may have changed since 2022.
- What submission system does ACS use for CRediT capture?
- ACS uses ACS Paragon Plus. CRediT capture in Paragon Plus for the 18 pilot journals; not confirmed as portfolio-wide or mandatory as of the pilot announcement.
- When did ACS adopt CRediT?
- ACS adopted CRediT around 2022. ACS’s adoption, per the official NISO CRediT adopter registry, is a mid-2022 pilot across 18 journals — optional, not a full-portfolio mandate. Earlier site content describing this as a portfolio-wide "Native" rollout from 2017 was not traceable to a primary source and has been corrected.
References
Sources
- NISO CRediT adopter registry — American Chemical Society, publisher-adopters record (Jun 21, 2022)
