''Photochemistry and Photobiology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering

photochemistry Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light. Generally, this term is used to describe a chemical reaction caused by absorption of ultraviolet (wavelength from 100 to 400 nm), visible light (400– ...

and

photobiology Photobiology is the scientific study of the beneficial and harmful interactions of light (technically, non-ionizing radiation) in living organisms. The field includes the study of photophysics, photochemistry, photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, vis ...

. It was established in 1962 and is pub lished by

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on behalf of the

American Society for Photobiology The American Society for Photobiology (ASP) is a scientific society for the promotion of research in photobiology, integration of different photobiology disciplines, dissemination of photobiology knowledge, and provides information on photobiologic ...

. The

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is Jean Cadet (

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History

The journal's name was decided in Copenhagen at the 1960 International Congress on Photobiology. The journal has been published since 1962, originally by

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under

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, who personally agreed to give the journal to the

(ASP), soon after its formation in 1972, and it has been the society's official journal ever since. In 1986, the 38th Council of the ASP established a committee to investigate the proposal that the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) would share the operation of the journal with the ASP. Financial and contractual problems prevented agreement and, instead, ESP contracted with

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leading to the publication of the '' Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology'' in 1987. After the widespread challenge of falling journal subscription revenues, the journal was an early participant in the not-for-profit publishing initiative,

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, CAB HEALTH, CABDirect,

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, CSA Biological Sciences Database,

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/Life Sciences,

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 2.214.

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External links

*{{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17511097/homepage/productinformation.html
Photobiological Sciences Online
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Abstracting and indexing

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