The Journal of Physical Chemistry
Last updated ISSN 0022-3654
The Journal of Physical Chemistry is published by American Chemical Society in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Physical Chemistry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Various Chemistry Research Topics
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
- Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions
- Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
Key facts
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-3654, 1541-5740 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 56,865 |
| Publishing since | 1896 |
| Journal website | pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/toc.page?incoden=jpchax |
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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