Surface Science
Last updated ISSN 0039-6028
Surface Science is published by Elsevier BV in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,340.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Surface Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Ion-surface interactions and analysis
- Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0039-6028, 1879-2758 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,340 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 39,606 |
| Publishing since | 1964 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/surface-science |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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