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pubs.acs.org

Category: Computers & Software

Scanned: Jul 28, 2026, 06:46 PM UTC · First seen: Jul 28, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of pubs.acs.org Captured Jul 28, 2026
https://pubs.acs.org
Screenshot of pubs.acs.org
35 years (acs.org)
Not Ranked - This website does not appear in the Tranco top list
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.18.13.179
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Network Solutions, LLC
Registered May 22, 1991 (acs.org)
Expires May 23, 2027
Name Servers DNS2.G01.NS1GLOBAL.ORG
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
This is a subdomain of acs.org. The WHOIS data above belongs to the parent domain, not to pubs.acs.org. The actual creation date of this subdomain is unknown and could be much more recent than the parent.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
2 files scanned
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pubs.acs.org/# 5.2 KB No threats
pubs.acs.org/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=a2260a1c6f9aaa08 217.7 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
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External Links
All Clean
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Iframes
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1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
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Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://pubs.acs.org/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3Da2260a1c6f9aaa08Not flagged
pubs.acs.orgNot flagged
pubs.acs.org Overview

Description of pubs.acs.org

pubs.acs.org appears to be the publications platform for ACS, a long-established scientific and educational organization associated with chemistry research and scholarly communication. Based on the domain structure and web-classification data, the site is used to host journals, articles, research papers, and related academic publishing resources for students, researchers, educators, and professionals.

The subdomain sits under acs.org, which is widely associated with the American Chemical Society's online presence. Available category signals classify it within educational and computing-related content, which is consistent with a digital library or academic publishing portal rather than a consumer-facing commercial site.

Safety Assessment for pubs.acs.org

At the time of this scan, no security engines detected malicious activity on this domain, with 0 out of 91 engines flagging it. Malware scanning also reported no flagged files, and the checked threat databases and blacklist sources did not indicate phishing, malware distribution, or other content-based abuse. The domain's long registration history of roughly 35 years is also a positive contextual signal, as long-established institutional domains are generally less likely to be associated with opportunistic abuse.

Additional scan context was similarly uneventful: no suspicious external links or iframes were identified in the sampled page data, and the domain's IP address was not listed on the checked mail-reputation blocklists. While no automated scan can guarantee future behavior, the available evidence does not suggest active threats on this site at the time of review. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with expiry shown as 2026-10-12. It is served through Cloudflare infrastructure on IP address 104.18.13.179, which may provide CDN, caching, and protective edge services. The observed web server was identified as Cloudflare, and the nameserver configuration points to managed DNS infrastructure.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No immediate technical security issues were evident from the provided scan data beyond that observation, and the hosting and certificate setup appear consistent with a professionally managed web property.

HTTP Redirect Chain
307 https://pubs.acs.org/
403 https://pubs.acs.org/
Website Insights
Not Ranked
Tranco Rank
Not in Top 1M
Visitors Unknown
Category: Computers & Software
Rank History (30 days)
No rank data available
1 cookie detected
Essential1
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
1 1st party cookie
0 3rd party (trackers)
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