''Molecular Physics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interface between chemistry and

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

, in particular

chemical physics Chemical physics is a subdiscipline of chemistry and physics that investigates physicochemical phenomena using techniques from atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics; it is the branch of physics that studies chemical process ...

and

physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistica ...

. It covers both theoretical and experimental molecular science, including

electronic structure In quantum chemistry, electronic structure is the state of motion of electrons in an electrostatic field created by stationary nuclei. The term encompasses both the wave functions of the electrons and the energies associated with them. Electr ...

molecular dynamics Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method for analyzing the physical movements of atoms and molecules. The atoms and molecules are allowed to interact for a fixed period of time, giving a view of the dynamic "evolution" of t ...

, spectroscopy, reaction kinetics, statistical mechanics,

condensed matter Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the su ...

and surface science. The journal was established in 1958 and is published by

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 1.962. The current

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Professor George Jackson (

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). A reprint of the first editorial and a full list of editors since its establishment can be found in the issue celebrating 50 years of the journal.

Notable current and former editors

* Christopher Longuet-Higgins (Founding Editor) *

Joan van der Waals Joan Henri van der Waals (2 May 1920 – 21 June 2022) was a Dutch physicist. He was professor of experimental physics at Leiden University between 1967 and 1989. He specialized in molecular physics and clathrate hydrates. One of van der Waals' ...

(Founding Editor) * John Shipley Rowlinson * A. David Buckingham * Lawrence D. Barron * Martin Quack * Dominic Tildesley *

Henry F. Schaefer III Henry Frederick "Fritz" Schaefer III (born June 8, 1944) is a computational and theoretical chemist. He is one of the most highly cited chemists in the world, with a Thomson Reuters H-Index of 121 as of 2020. He is the Graham Perdue Professor of C ...

* Nicholas C. Handy * Ruth Lynden-Bell *

Jean-Pierre Hansen Jean-Pierre Hansen FRS (born 10 May 1942) is a Luxembourgian chemist and an emeritus professor of the University of Cambridge. Education Hansen gained a PhD from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1969, the same year working as a staff scientist for th ...

* Timothy Softley * Martin Head-Gordon * Trygve Helgaker

References

External links

* {{Official website, 1=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tmph20 Publications established in 1958 Physical chemistry journals Taylor & Francis academic journals Biweekly journals English-language journals

Notable current and former editors

See also

References

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