About this journal

Aims and scope

Molecular Physics is a well-established international journal publishing original high quality papers in chemical physics and physical chemistry. The journal covers all experimental and theoretical aspects of molecular science, from electronic structure, molecular dynamics, spectroscopy and reaction kinetics to condensed matter, surface science, and statistical mechanics of simple and complex fluids. Contributions include full papers, preliminary communications, research notes and invited topical review articles.

Routine work, for example, application of electronic structure calculations should yield new and interesting physical insights.

Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.

Publishing Ethics
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/

Who reads Molecular Physics?

Research workers in university departments and research institutions in physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry, spectroscopy, chemical physics, biophysics and applied mathematics.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 316K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.530 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.326 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 14 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 26 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 43% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors:

Professor George Jackson (Chairman) - Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK

  Professor Martin Head-Gordon - Department of Chemistry, Room 419 Latimer Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA

  Professor Trygve Helgaker - Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O.B. 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Norway

Professor Wenjian Liu - Qingdao Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences, Shandong University, Room 314, Building K1, Binhai 72, Jimo, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, P. R. China

Professor Andreas Osterwalder - Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ISIC),  EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 

Advisory Board:


S. AshbrookUniversity of St Andrews, UK
D. Frenkel - University of Cambridge, UK
A. Galindo - Imperial College London, UK
J. Gauss - University of Mainz, Germany
A. Gil-VillegasUniversity of Guanajuato, Mexico
C. McCabeHeriot-Watt University, UK
F. Merkt - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
M. Quack - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
H. F. Schaefer III - University of Georgia at Athens, USA
P. SchwerdtfegerMassey University, New Zealand
T. P. Softley - University of Birmingham, UK
C. Timmel - University of Oxford, UK
D. J. Tozer - University of Durham, UK
H.-J. Werner - University of Stuttgart, Germany
R. WesterUniversity of Innsbruck, Austria
S. Willitsch - University of Basel, Switzerland
J. Yeomans - University of Oxford, UK

Editorial Board:

F. Bresme - Imperial College London, UK
P. J. Camp - University of Edinburgh, UK
T. Carrington - Queen’s University, Canada
L. Cheng – Johns Hopkins University, USA
S. Coriani - University of Trieste, Italy
T. D. Crawford - Virginia Tech, USA
A. G. Császár - Eötvös University, Hungary
M. Dijkstra - Utrecht University, Netherlands
C. Domene - Bath University, UK
M. Ernst - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
M. D. Esrafili - University of Maragheh, Iran
J.-M. Flaud - LISAA, France
P. W. Fowler - University of Sheffield, UK
D. Ghosh – IACS, India
L. Gagliardi - University of Minnesota, USA
D. Goldfarb - Weizmann Institute, Israel
J. P. Hansen - University of Cambridge, UK
T. Head-Gordon - University of California, Berkeley, USA
M. Herman - Free University of Brussels, Belgium
P. J. Hore - University of Oxford, UK
P. Hunt - Imperial College London, UK
K. Ivanov - Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
M. Jing - Fuzhou University, China
S. Kais - Purdue University, USA
M. Kallay - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
W. Klopper - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
D. Kofke - University at Buffalo, USA
E. Kraka - Southern Methodist University, USA
A. Krylov - University of Southern California, USA
S. Li - Nanjing University, China
W. Liang - Xiamen University, China
C. N. Likos - University of Vienna, Austria
R. Lindh - Uppsala University, Sweden
S. Luber – University of Zurich, Switzerland
H. Ma – Shandong University, China
S. Mackenzie - University of Oxford, UK
E. Matyus – Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
S. van de Meerakker - Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
C. Miqueu – Pau University, France
I. Nezbeda - Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Republic
C. Ochsenfeld - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
J. Orphal – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
A. Z. Panagiotopoulos -Princeton University, USA
D. H. Parker - Institute for Molecules and Materials, Netherlands
K. Pernal – Lodz University of Technology, Poland
K. Reid - University of Nottingham, UK
R. Riek - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
B. Rotenberg - Sorbonne University, France
A. Savin - Sorbonne University, France
M. Schnell - Max Planck Institute, Germany
I Siepman – Minnesota University, USA
R. Signorell - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
A. K. Soper - Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
J. F. Stanton - University of Florida, USA
V. Stavros – University of Warwick, UK
H.-J. Steinhoff - University of Osnabrueck, Germany
S. Stopkowicz – Saarland University, Germany
D. Sundholm - University of Helsinki, Finland
P. R. Taylor - Aarhus University, Denmark
M. Telo da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal
S. Ten-no - Kobe University, Japan
W. Ubachs - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
C. Vega - University Complutense of Madrid, Spain
N. B. Wilding - University of Bath, UK
X. Xu - Fudan University, China
K. Yamanouchi – University of Tokyo, Japan
R. N. Zare - Stanford University, USA
D. H. Zhang - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China

Abstracting and indexing

Molecular Physics is indexed in:

  • Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
  • Chemical Abstracts Service
  • Chimica
  • ISI Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Services
  • EI Compendex
  • Google Scholar
  • Inspec
  • ProQuest
  • Science Citation Index
  • Science Citation Index Expanded
  • Scopus
  • The Polymer Library.

Open access

Molecular Physics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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