''Molecular Physics'' is a

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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 rel ...

, 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 proce ...

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, statistical ...

. 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. Elec ...

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 th ...

spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets the electromagnetic spectra that result from the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation. Matter ...

reaction kinetics Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics, is the branch of physical chemistry that is concerned with understanding the rates of chemical reactions. It is to be contrasted with chemical thermodynamics, which deals with the direction in wh ...

, 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 sub ...

and

surface science Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid– gas interfaces, solid– vacuum interfaces, and liquid– gas interfaces. It includes t ...

. 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

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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 (Founding Editor) * John Shipley Rowlinson * A. David Buckingham * Lawrence D. Barron *

Martin Quack Martin Quack (born 22 July 1948 in Darmstadt) is a German physical chemist and spectroscopist; he is a professor at ETH Zürich. Life and work Martin Quack started his chemistry studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1966 and contin ...

* Dominic Tildesley * Henry F. Schaefer III *

Nicholas C. Handy Nicholas Charles Handy (17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012) was a British theoretical chemist. He retired as Professor of quantum chemistry at the University of Cambridge in September 2004. Education and early life Handy was born in Wiltshire, E ...

Ruth Lynden-Bell Ruth Marion Lynden-Bell, FRS (born 7 December 1937) is a British chemist, emeritus professor of Queen's University Belfast and the University of Cambridge, and acting President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge from 2011 to 2013. Education R ...

* Jean-Pierre Hansen * Timothy Softley *

Martin Head-Gordon Martin Philip Head-Gordon (''né'' Martin Philip Head) is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working in the area of computational quantum chemistry. He is a member of th ...

Trygve Helgaker Trygve Helgaker (born August 11, 1953, in Porsgrunn, Norway) is professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2005. He has written more th ...

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* {{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

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