Editorial pubs.acs.org/JPCA
Cite This: J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 2611−2611
New Sections for JPC A/B/C tarting May 3, The Journal of Physical Chemistry (JPC) will change to new sections for manuscript submission for parts A, B, and C. These new sections, as well as subtitles for each part, are listed below. We will also revise the Journal web information, such as in the Author Guidelines, to refer to the new sections. Papers that we receive before May 3 will be switched to the new sections automatically. Published papers will refer to the new sections starting June 7. Note that there is no change to the sections for JPC Letters. JPC has changed sections roughly every 2−3 years for a long time, reflecting changes in the field as some topics have become mature while others are newly emerged. In this revision, we have significantly reorganized JPC A, while the changes to JPC B and C have been more modest. The biggest change has been section A4 which now refers to “New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory”. This section recognizes that we receive a lot of manuscripts where methods development is the primary task, often leading to new methods that benefit large communities. In the past, these papers have had difficulty with satisfying our “New Physical Insights” criterion for publication, so we decided to create this section where that criterion is relaxed. A Virtual Issue concerning this section was recently published where we have provided examples of computational and experimental papers that we have published in other sections of JPC over the past 12 months, but which can now find a home in section A4 of JPC A. For further information about New Physical Insights, we note that a Virtual Issue will appear on April 26 that summarizes 21 Viewpoint articles that were written by the JPC editors during 2017. The reorganization of JPC A has also involved moving the papers that deal with “Molecular Structure and Quantum Chemistry” to section A2 along with papers concerning Spectroscopy. The “Photochemistry and Excited States” papers are being moved from A2 to A1, which will also include “Kinetics and Dynamics” papers. At the same time the “General Theory” subcategory has been eliminated, in the hope that papers (not including those involving new methods) will find homes in the sections related to the application rather than the methods used. Section A3 is unchanged. In JPC B, we relabeled B1 so that its connection to biophysics is clear and we moved “Membranes” from B4 to B2. We added “Spectroscopy in Solution” to B3 to make it clear that papers on this topic should appear in JPC B as this was ambiguous previously. We wish to clarify that papers focusing on the spectroscopy of small molecules belong in A2 and not in B3. A change to B4 is that we added “Fluid Interfaces” to make it clear that this is a JPC B topic, not JPC C. Finally in JPC C, we changed C3, replacing “Hard Materials” with “Magnetic and Hybrid Materials”. The “Hard Materials” category caused confusion among authors, as it suggested that we were interested in papers concerned with making or characterizing bulk alloys and semiconductor materials that are important in metallurgy and device applications. These are
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important applications, but most papers on these topics could not satisfy our New Physical Insights requirement.
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NEW SECTIONS IN JPC A, B, C JPC A (Isolated Molecules, Clusters, Radicals, and Ions; Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry, and Astrochemistry; New Tools and Methods) A1 Kinetics, Dynamics, Photochemistry, and Excited States A2 Spectroscopy, Molecular Structure, and Quantum Chemistry A3 Environmental, Combustion, and Atmospheric Chemistry; Aerosol Processes, Geochemistry, and Astrochemistry A4 New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory JPC B (Biophysics, Biomaterials, Liquids, Soft Matter) B1 Biophysics; Physical Chemistry of Biological Systems and Biomolecules B2 Biomaterials and Membranes B3 Liquids, Chemical and Dynamical Processes in Solution, Spectroscopy in Solution B4 Fluid Interfaces, Colloids, Polymers, Soft Matter, Surfactants, and Glassy Materials JPC C (Energy Conversion and Storage; Catalysis; Optical, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties and Processes; Interfaces; Nanomaterials and Hybrid Materials) C1 Energy Conversion and Storage; Energy and Charge Transport C2 Surfaces, Interfaces, Porous Materials, and Catalysis C3 Plasmonics; Optical, Magnetic, and Hybrid Materials C4 Physical Processes in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures Anne B. McCoy, Deputy Editor Joan-Emma Shea, Deputy Editor Catherine J. Murphy, Deputy Editor George C. Schatz, Editor-in-Chief
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
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Anne B. McCoy: 0000-0001-6851-6634 Joan-Emma Shea: 0000-0002-9801-9273 Catherine J. Murphy: 0000-0001-7066-5575 George C. Schatz: 0000-0001-5837-4740 Notes
Views expressed in this editorial are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the ACS. This Editorial is jointly published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C.
Published: March 15, 2018 2611
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b01720 J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 2611−2611
