acs-catalysis
Use when targeting ACS Catalysis (ACS Catal) or deciding whether a catalysis manuscript fits this primary-research venue spanning heterogeneous, homogeneous, bio-, electro-, and photocatalysis. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acs-catalysis --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# ACS Catalysis (acs-catalysis) ## Journal positioning ACS Catalysis is a high-impact American Chemical Society journal devoted to primary research across the full breadth of catalysis: heterogeneous, homogeneous, organocatalysis, biocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis. Its defining character is that it rewards work in which a catalytic advance is supported by an interlocking case of activity/selectivity data, characterization, and mechanistic insight — not activity numbers alone, and not characterization without a catalytic payoff. The journal sits at the center of the catalysis community: it expects rigorous, reproducible, and mechanistically grounded studies that move beyond empirical screening toward understanding of how and why a catalyst works. Readership spans synthetic chemists, materials and surface scientists, electrochemists, and enzymologists. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the ACS Catalysis site. ## When to trigger - An author has a primary-research catalysis study and is choosing where mechanism, character
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the acs-catalysis skill do?
Use when targeting ACS Catalysis (ACS Catal) or deciding whether a catalysis manuscript fits this primary-research venue spanning heterogeneous, homogeneous, bio-, electro-, and photocatalysis. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acs-catalysis --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.