Scientific publishing is not just weird, it's sinister. That said, ACS is pretty sinister, too. They opposed PubChem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubChem#ACS.

Scientific publishing is not just weird, it's sinister. That said, ACS is pretty sinister, too. They opposed PubChem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubChem#ACS.27s_concerns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubChem#ACS.27s_concerns) and in general don't behave like the nonprofit scientist trade organization that they present themselves as.