The Journal of Chemical Physics
Last updated ISSN 0021-9606
The Journal of Chemical Physics is published by American Institute of Physics in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,500.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Chemical Physics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Material Dynamics and Properties
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
- Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-9606, 1089-7690, 1520-9032 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,500 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 151,880 |
| Publishing since | 1854 |
| Journal website | jcp.aip.org/ |
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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