Shift Your Research into High Gear
Why use multiple tools to research, write, collaborate and publish?
ACS ChemWorx is a free, total research management tool that combines reference discovery and management, professional networking, group and task management and manuscript preparation in a single, secure location, accessible from anywhere.
Research
- Import, manage and search your existing reference library
- Markup and highlight PDF documents
Collaborate
- Share your reference library and files with collaborators
- Manage research activities via groups, projects, tasks, calendars, and events
Publish
- Cite references without leaving MS Word or LaTeX
- Track citations to any of your published articles
Total Research Management
ACS ChemWorx is a complete research and publication management platform for scientific researchers working individually or in groups. The full suite of tools provides a single destination to streamline your workflow.
- Import, Manage, & Search Your Research Library
Import existing libraries from Endnote, Mendeley, Papers, and RefWorks software, as well as citations from BibTex and RIS files. ACS ChemWorx can import your PDF library from your desktop and automatically process the citation information to make it searchable. - Streamlined Literature Search
ACS ChemWorx provides quick access to search authoritative resources for research, including ACS Publications, SciFinder®, Google Scholar and other popular online databases and publishers. - PDF Annotation Tools
Highlight relevant passages and make notes in PDF articles utilizing the annotation tools available within ACS ChemWorx desktop app.
- ActiveView PDF Integration
Save your favorite ACS Publications' ActiveView PDFs to your ACS ChemWorx library with one click, and take advantage of fully integrated annotation tools. - Cloud and Desktop File Storage
With ACS ChemWorx, you can store publications and other files on the cloud or directly on your computer via the desktop app. This provides complete, synchronized access available anywhere on any device. - Get Reading Recommendations
ACS ChemWorx will provide you with a list of recommended reading based on your article searches.
- Build your User Profile
Your ACS ChemWorx profile will enhance your visibility within the research community, and facilitate collaboration and networking. Update your research profile with your research interests, publications, awards, contact info, and affiliation. - Share Your Library and Files
Share your research library and files via your ACS ChemWorx Drive with designated contacts and groups. - Manage Group Projects
ACS ChemWorx streamlines your research, by keeping collaborators and contacts up to date. Share calendars, tasks, projects, libraries and files with designated contacts and groups.
- Create Secure Groups
ACS ChemWorx facilitates networking and collaboration in a private and secure environment. You can create up to 10 groups, with three levels of access:
Open: Any user can join and invite others.
Closed: The group will appear in searches. Only administrators and moderators can invite and approve members.
Secret: The group will NOT appear in searches. Only administrators and moderators can invite members. - Network with Colleagues and Peers
ACS ChemWorx gives you the ability to find like-minded researchers, and monitor complementary activity. See what your contacts are sharing and publishing via your ACS ChemWorx homepage.
- Streamlined Citation Creation
ACS ChemWorx simplifies manuscript writing with auto-formatting of citations for MS Word, Open Office, and LaTex. First set the citation style, then select where in the manuscript to insert your reference*. All references will be automatically compiled into a bibliography at the end of your manuscript. * Requires plug-in
- ACS Style Guide
The ACS Style Guide is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts. It is available for free as an exclusive benefit to ACS ChemWorx users. - ACS ChemWorx Publishing Center
Utilize the ACS ChemWorx Publishing Center to track your active ACS manuscripts, to monitor citations to published articles, and to stay on top of the latest research and news via a customizable RSS reader.
Research Management Redefined
Developed by the American Chemical Society, ACS ChemWorx is a free, total research management tool powered by colwiz that combines reference discovery and management, professional networking, group and task management and article publication in a single, secure location, accessible from anywhere.
It is the first research management tool customized to address the specific needs of researchers in the chemical and related sciences. The American Chemical Society is uniquely positioned to support researchers through each step of publication process, from literature searching to reference and task management to the production of a publication-ready document — allowing researchers to focus on what matters the most, the science.
ACS ChemWorx shifts every segment of scientists' workflow into high gear, enabling researchers and their colleagues to publish faster and more efficiently.
Of all the features that ACS ChemWorx has to offer
ACS Chemworx is FREE for individual basic users,
and FREE to all users until April 1, 2013!
Pricing effective after April 1, 2013
| ACS ChemWorx Plans | Price per Month |
Personal Storage |
Shared Storage |
Secret Group(s) |
Users per Secret Group |
ACS Publications limited article tokens |
Manuscript Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Researcher | Always Free | 3 GB | 100 MB* | 1 | 3 | Free for 2 weeks for 1 , then $4.99/mo | |
| Researcher and ACS Author | Free | 3 GB | 100 MB* | 1 | 3 | Free for 3 months after publication of an article for 1, then $4.99/mo | |
| Researcher and ACS Member | Free | 50 GB | 150 MB* | 1 | 3 | 10/year | Free for 2 weeks for 1 , then $4.99/mo |
| Researcher Gold | $4.99 | 50 GB | 150 MB* | 1 | 3 | 10/year | Free, 1 per/year Included |
| Resarcher Platinum | $9.99 | 100 GB | 250 MB* | 3 | 3 | 25/year | Free, 3 per/year included |
| Lab** | $49.00*** | n/a | 200 GB | Unlimited | 10 | 25/year | Unlimited per/year included |
| Lab Platinum | Call for pricing. | n/a | 200+ GB | Unlimited | Over 10 | 25/year | Unlimited per/year included |
* No sharing personal storage
** 50 User limit
*** More than 10 members is an additional $5 per person
Purchase annual access and get one month free!
Getting started is easy
Once you log in, you'll be taken through the entire setup process, including creating your profile, and making connections with colleagues. You'll also be able to download the desktop application, which will get you started on importing your publications, references and personal PDF library.
To get started, log in using your ACS ID 
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