Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Infobox Journal


discipline = Physical Chemistry
website = http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jpcafh/index.html
publisher = American Chemical Society
country = U.S.A
abbreviation = "J. Phys. Chem. A"
ISSN = 1520-5215
history = 1896 to present

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.

The most recent impact factor of the journal is 2.90 (2005). [Journal Citation Reports, 2006 ] In 2004, the journal received an impact factor of 2.639, which ranked it third out of 106 journals in the Physical Chemistry category. [Journal Citation Reports, 2005 ]

Prior to 1997 the title was simply Journal of Physical Chemistry. 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
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (solid state, soft matter, liquids,...).Beginning in 2007, the latter underwent a further split, with Journal of Physical Chemistry C now being dedicated to the burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, molecular electronics, and related subjects.

The editors-in-chief have been [ [http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jpchax/promo/editors/history.html 1896-2006 Editors-In-Chief] ] :-
*2005–present: George C. Schatz
*1980–2004: Mostafa A. El-Sayed
*1970–1980: Bryce L. Crawford, Jr.
*1965–1969: F. T. Wall
*1952–1964: William A. Noyes
*1933-1951: S. C. Lind
*1896-1932: W. D. Bancroft

See also

* Journal of Physical Chemistry B
* Journal of Physical Chemistry C
* Physical chemistry
* Scientific journal

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