ACS Photonics - a new journal

The American Chemical Society has announced the imminent launch of a new journal. The first issue of ACS Photonics will be published in January 2014 and submissions are now being accepted. Published monthly, the journal will accept research articles, letters, perspectives and reviews and promises rapid publication and no mandatory fees.

The editor is Harry Attwater who is at the Thomas J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, at Caltech in Pasadena, who said of its launch "The world of photonic science and engineering is global and now moves very fast. Our goal with ACS Photonics is to create a rapid pathway to publication and to give authors clear feedback on manuscripts with short turn-around times."