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Journal of Chemical Physics

American Institute of Physics · United States

ISSN1089-7690

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.819

H-Index

703

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.911

Total Works

151,114

Total Citations

7,794,328

2yr Mean Citedness

3.49

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on theoretical and computational chemistry, including molecular simulations, quantum chemistry calculations, and spectroscopic analysis. Articles explore topics such as charge regulation in protein-environment interactions, representation-independent analysis of spectroscopic data, GPU acceleration for computational chemistry tasks, and molecular dynamics simulations of crystal nucleation and ion transport. Other areas include the study of liquid-vapor surface tension, solvation dynamics of drug molecules, excited state potential energy surfaces, and electronic circular dichroism spectra.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiweekly

StatusActive

Total Publications151,114

Publisher OrgAmerican Institute of Physics

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Institute of Physics

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1089-7690

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

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2022

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalPhysics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Scopus Categories

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesSpectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies