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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1800

ISSN1463-9084

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.641

H-Indexi

323

SNIPi

0.795

Total Worksi

57,754

Total Citationsi

1,703,138

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.05

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

FrequencyWeekly (48 Issues), 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications57,754

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1463-9084

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.9k

62k

2019

59k

2020

2.8k

43k

2021

3.1k

35k

2022

3.3k

28k

2023

2.8k

16k

2024

2.5k

2025

1.8k

2.9k

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.

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalPhysics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Scopus Categories

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceGraphene research and applicationsMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques2D Materials and ApplicationsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Frequently asked questions about Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Is Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics?

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 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 3.05.

Is Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics?