The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Academic journal

*The Journal of Physical Chemistry A*
Publication details
April 2004 cover
Discipline	Physical chemistry
Language	English
Edited by	Joan-Emma Shea
History	1896 to present
Publisher	American Chemical Society (United States)
Frequency	Weekly
Impact factor	2.944 (2021)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Phys. Chem. A
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
CODEN	JPCAFH
ISSN	1089-5639 (print) 1520-5215 (web)
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry A is a scientific journal which reports research on the chemistry of molecules - including their dynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, structure, bonding, and quantum chemistry. It is published weekly by the American Chemical Society.

Before 1997 the title was simply Journal of Physical Chemistry.^[1] Owing to the ever-growing amount of research in the area, in 1997 the journal was split into Journal of Physical Chemistry A (molecular theoretical and experimental physical chemistry) and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (solid state, soft matter, liquids, etc.). Beginning in 2007, the latter underwent a further split, with The Journal of Physical Chemistry C now being dedicated to nanotechnology, molecular electronics, and related subjects.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had an impact factor of 2.944 for 2021.^[2]

Editors-in-chief

1896–1932 Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Joseph E. Trevor
1933–1951 S. C. Lind
1952–1964 William A. Noyes
1965–1969 F. T. Wall
1970–1980 Bryce Crawford
1980–2004 Mostafa El-Sayed
2005–2019 George C. Schatz^[3]
2020–present Joan-Emma Shea^[4]

Popular culture

Sheldon Cooper, a fictional physicist from the television series The Big Bang Theory, appeared on the cover of a fictional issue of the journal.

External links

Official website

References

^ "Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ "The Journal of Physical Chemistry A". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2022.
^ Schatz, George C. (2005). "New Editor-in-Chief for The Journal of Physical Chemistry A and B". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 109 (1): 1. Bibcode:2005JPCA..109....1S. doi:10.1021/jp040657x.
^ Shea, Joan-Emma (2020). "A New Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Physical Chemistry". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124 (1): 1. Bibcode:2020JPCA..124....1S. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11480. PMID 31914731. S2CID 210119694.