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Reaching Out with Physical Chemistry
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of citations is a good gauge to estimate the impact of published work, journal relationships offer further insights into crossdisciplinary interactions. InCites, a feature of Thomson Reuters, shows the interaction between JPCL and other journals through the fractions of cited and citing journals (Figure 2). It is interesting to note that our authors cite papers from journals across many disciplines (chemistry, material science, nanotechnology, and condensed matter physics) in addition to physical chemistry and chemical physics journals. Similarly, journals from various disciplines cite papers published in JPCL. The notable exception is physics journals, which fail to register in the citing data. This exception seems to be a broader phenomenon across several major chemistry journals; given the wide range of topics covered in physics journals, the fraction of chemistry journals that are cited there remains quite low. Chemists need to find ways to reach out to the physics community.
hysical chemistry has been playing an important role in modern science as it contributes to the basic understanding of physical and chemical processes and bridges several scientific disciplines. From materials to analytical methods, from energy to the environment, and from biomimetics to biological systems, one employs the principles of physical chemistry to elucidate physical processes and explore new phenomena. In a short period of time, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. has become a leader in disseminating new scientific advances and has captured the attention of scientists working in multidisciplinary areas. We are pleased to inform our readers that JPCL has recently been accepted for inclusion in the indexing for PubMed/MEDLINE. To-date more than 3900 original research articles and Perspectives have been published in JPCL. The growth of the journal in terms of the number of citations and impact factor during the period 2010−2015 can be visualized in Figure 1.
One of the advantages to authors publishing in JPCL is the rapid publication time, ∼35 days from submission to web publication with pagination.
One of the advantages to authors publishing in JPCL is the rapid publication time, ∼35 days from submission to web publication with pagination. This feature allows our authors to make their new findings available to others quickly. We strive to ensure that the short time in manuscript processing does not sacrifice quality; JPCL still offers a complete and professional reviewing process that ensures high quality of the published articles. In addition, the availability of multimedia platforms (Perspective videos and ACS LiveSlides) at JPCL offers authors the unique opportunity to complement their published research with unique online materials and increase the visibility among a broad readership. To-date, we have catalogued more than 100 videos and 250 ACS LiveSlides, bringing a new dimension to the publication platform. Communication of major highlights through our social media (Facebook and Twitter) is another avenue we use to reach out to our readership. Our Perspective articles continue to draw attention from a broad readership. Viewpoints, a new feature introduced last year, provide a new platform for our authors and readers to engage in discussing new research themes. Viewpoints disseminate scientific issues in an emerging area and present educational tutorials, laboratory best practices, and scientific meeting highlights. For a catalogue of the 2015 JPCL Viewpoints, see http://pubs.acs.org/page/jpclcd/viewpoints/ index. We look forward to even more Viewpoint submissions from our authors in this new year.
Figure 1. Impact factor and citations of JPCL during 2010−2015. (**Projected trend based on the citation values recorded for 2015 during the period of Jan−Nov 2015 Source: Web of Science Database).
Recently, ACS Publications developed several options for making published papers Open Access. If you published a paper in any of the ACS journals in 2014, you are qualified to receive credits toward open access. These credits may now be used to make your 2015 and 2016 JPCL articles open access. For information on how to cash in your ACS Author Rewards, see the editorial, “Give Your ACS Author Rewards a Try: Make Your Paper Open Access”, published in Chemistry of Materials (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.chemmater. 5b03488).
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. has become a leader in disseminating new scientific advances and has captured the attention of scientists working in multidisciplinary areas. Who are our authors and who are our readers? These are the questions that we, as editors, always ponder. While the number © 2016 American Chemical Society
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Figure 2. Journal relationship showing cited data (left) and citing data (right) for JPCL. Data included herein are derived from 2015 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2015). All rights reserved.
JPCL celebrated the 2015 UNESCO’s International Year of Light with the publication of a Viewpoint by Amy S. Mullin and John T. Fourkas (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01842) and a virtual issue centered on this theme. (See the Editorial “Photons, Physical Chemistry, and the Year of Light − A Virtual Issue” for details. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00607.) As we move forward, our highest priority will be to provide a streamlined but still comprehensive and professional editorial service to our authors. During the initial growth period, many of our authors and readers have provided suggestions to introduce new research themes and increase the impact of the published work. We would like to thank them for their valuable feedback. Finally, we would like to thank our reviewers for providing timely and thoughtful reviews. We wish everyone a happy and successful new year.
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Benedetta Mennucci University of Pisa
Oleg Prezhdo University of Southern California
Gregory Scholes Princeton University
Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside
Timothy Zwier Purdue University
George C. Schatz
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Northwestern University
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