About the Journal

Focus and Coverage

The Journal of Chemical Physics publishes concise and definitive reports of significant research in methods and applications of chemical physics. Innovative research in traditional areas of chemical physics such as spectroscopy, kinetics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics continue to be areas of interest to readers of JCP. In addition, newer areas such as polymers, materials, surfaces/interfaces, information theory, and systems of biological relevance are of increasing importance. Routine applications of chemical physics techniques may not be appropriate for JCP. Content is published online daily, collected into four monthly online and printed issues (48 issues per year); the journal is published by the American Institute of Physics.

2008 Journal Citation Data from Thomson Reuters*:
The most highly cited journal in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics (Thomson Reuters, 2008)
Impact Factor = 3.149
Immediacy Index = 0.737
Cited Half-Life = >10.0
EigenFactor Score = 0.32713
Article Influence Score = 1.077

*Data from the 2008 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters's Journal Citation Reports ®.

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Editors

Editor

Marsha I. Lester (E-mail: editor-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Associate Editors

Edward W. Castner, Jr. (E-mail: editor@jcp.rutgers.edu)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

 

David W. Chandler (E-mail: editor@jcp.colostate.edu)

Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, USA

 

Ernest R. Davidson (E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

 

Branka M. Ladanyi (E-mail: editor@jcp.colostate.edu)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

 

David E. Manolopoulos (E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

 

Todd J. Martínez (E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

 

Horia Metiu (E-mail: jcpeditor@chem.ucsb.edu)

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

 

Murugappan Muthukumar (E-mail: jcpeditor@chem.ucsb.edu)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

 

C. David Sherrill (E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

 

James L. Skinner (E-mail: editor-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

 

Assistant Editor

Sharon A. Martini (E-mail: editor-jcp@chem.upenn.edu)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Interim Editor, 2007–2008: Branka M. Ladanyi

Editor, 1998–2007: Donald H. Levy

Editor, 1983–1997: John C. Light

Editor, 1960–1982: John Willard Stout, Jr.

Editor, 1958–1959: Clyde A. Hutchison, Jr.

Acting Editor, 1956–1957: Joseph E. Mayer

Editor, 1953–1955: Clyde A. Hutchison, Jr.

Editor, 1942–1952: Joseph E. Mayer

Editor, 1933–1941: Harold C. Urey

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Editorial Board

• Term ending 31 December 2009

Steve Granick (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)

R. J. Dwayne Miller (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Abraham Nitzan (Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel)

Jens K. Norskov (Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark)

Thomas P. Russell (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)

Alan K. Soper (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, UK)

Attila Szabo (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD)

• Term ending 31 December 2010

Irène Burghardt (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)

Fumio Hirata (Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan)

Malcolm H. Levitt (Southampton University, Southampton, UK)

Andrew J. Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol, Bristol, UK)

Annabella Selloni (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)

Devarajan Thirumalai (University of Maryland, College Park, MD)

Andrei Tokmakoff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)

• Term ending 31 December 2011

Biman Bagchi (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Stephen E. Bradforth (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)

Bjørk Hammer (University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark)

Ingolf V. Hertel (Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany)

Bruce D. Kay (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA)

Anna I. Krylov (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)

Nancy Makri (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)

Shaul Mukamel (University of California, Irvine, CA)

Edwin L. Sibert (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)

Douglas J. Tobias (University of California, Irvine, CA)

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Editorial Offices

Main Journal Office—University of Pennsylvania:

Marsha I. Lester, Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemistry

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

USA

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor-jcp@chem.upenn.edu

Assistant Editor: Sharon A. Martini

Staff: Dahlia Fisch

Colorado State University:

Branka M. Ladanyi, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemistry

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872

USA

 

Telephone: 970-491-3310 (JCP-CSU office)

Fax: 970-491-3361 (JCP-CSU office)

E-mail: editor@jcp.colostate.edu

Staff: Josephine Self

Georgia Institute of Technology:

C. David Sherrill, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

901 Atlantic Drive NW

Atlanta, GA 30332-0400

USA

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu

Staff: Elizabeth Zak

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey:

Edward W. Castner, Jr., Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

610 Taylor Road

Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087

USA

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor@jcp.rutgers.edu

Staff: Dahlia Fisch

Sandia National Laboratories:

David W. Chandler, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Combustion Research Facility

Sandia National Laboratories

P.O. Box 969

Livermore, CA 94551-0969

USA

 

Telephone: 970-491-3310 (JCP-CSU office)

Fax: 970-491-3361 (JCP-CSU office)

E-mail: editor@jcp.colostate.edu

Staff: Josephine Self

Stanford University:

Todd J. Martínez, Associate Editor

Ernest R. Davidson, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

333 Campus Drive

Department of Chemistry

S. G. Mudd Building

Stanford University,

Stanford, CA 94305-5080

USA

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu

Staff: Elizabeth Zak

University of California, Santa Barbara:

Horia Metiu, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemistry

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

USA

 

Telephone: 805-893-8771 (JCP-UCSB office)

Fax: 805-893-5460 (JCP-UCSB office)

E-mail: jcpeditor@chem.ucsb.edu

Staff: Donna Baumann

University of Massachusetts:

Murugappan Muthukumar, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003

USA

 

Telephone: 805-893-8771 (JCP-UCSB office)

Fax: 805-893-5460 (JCP-UCSB office)

E-mail: jcpeditor@chem.ucsb.edu

Staff: Donna Baumann

University of Oxford:

David E. Manolopoulos, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory

University of Oxford

South Parks Road

Oxford OX1 3Q2

United Kingdom

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor2-jcp@chem.upenn.edu

Staff: Elizabeth Zak

University of Wisconsin-Madison:

James L. Skinner, Associate Editor

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemistry

1101 University Avenue

Madison, WI 53706

USA

 

Telephone: 215-573-1184 (JCP-UPenn office)

Fax: 215-573-2842 (JCP-UPenn office)

E-mail: editor-jcp@chem.upenn.edu

Staff: Dahlia Fisch

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AIP Production Office

Authors of accepted manuscripts may contact the AIP Production Office at:

Editorial Supervisor
The Journal of Chemical Physics
American Institute of Physics
Suite 1NO1
2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747-4502, USA

Telephone: 516-576-2640
Fax: 631-396-0060
E-mail: jcp@aip.org

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