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Faraday Discussions

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1364-5498

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.938

H-Indexi

142

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.774

Total Worksi

5,891

Total Citationsi

155,078

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Discussion summary & research papers from discussion meetings that focus on rapidly developing areas of physical chemistry and its interfaces

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,891

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1364-5498

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

248

3.8k

2019

180

3.7k

2020

185

2021

285

2.7k

2022

234

1.8k

2023

270

1.4k

2024

214

327

2025

136

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Physical

Scopus Categories

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsHuman auditory perception and evaluationMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionLegal case studies and regulations

Frequently asked questions about Faraday Discussions

Is Faraday Discussions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Faraday Discussions: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Faraday Discussions?

Faraday Discussions is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.50.

Is Faraday Discussions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Faraday Discussions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Faraday Discussions?