Faraday Discussions

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Impact factor: 3.712*
Indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE and Science Citation Index
Chair: John Seddon

Scope

Faraday Discussions covers a variety of topics in rapidly developing areas of the physical sciences, with a focus on physical chemistry and its interfaces with other scientific disciplines.

The journal publishes the papers presented and a record of the questions, discussion and debate that took place at the corresponding Faraday Discussions meeting; and provides an important record of current international knowledge and opinions in the relevant field.

Each Faraday Discussion covers a topic in a rapidly developing area of chemistry, and will be of interest to academic and industrial chemists across all areas of the chemical sciences.

Chair

John M. Seddon, Imperial College London

Members

Graeme Day, University of Southampton

David Lennon, University of Glasgow

Angelos Michaelides, University College London

Jenny Nelson, Imperial College London

Susan Perkin, University of Oxford

Ivana Radosavljević Evans, Durham University

Paul Raithby, University of Bath

Pat Unwin, University of Warwick

Claire Vallance, University of Oxford

Vic Arcus, The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Timothy Easun, Cardiff University, UK

Dirk Guldi, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Luis Liz-Marzán, CICbiomaGUNE, Spain

Marina Kuimova, Imperial College London, UK

Andrew Mount, The University of Edinburgh

Frank Neese, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany

Michel Orrit, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Zhong-Qun Tian, Xiamen University, China

Siva Umapathy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Julia Weinstein, University of Sheffield, UK

Sihai Yang, University of Manchester, UK

Anna Simpson, Executive Editor

Heather Montgomery, Deputy Editor

Kathryn Gempf, Development Editor, ORCID 0000-0001-7595-0623

Gisela Scott, Editorial Production Manager, ORCID 0000-0002-2552-982X

William Bergius, Senior Publishing Editor

Alexander Whiteside, Publishing Editor

Daphne Houston, Editorial Assistant

Allison Holloway, Publishing Assistant

Jeanne Andres, Publisher

Article types

Discussion papers

Faraday Discussions papers are submitted by invitation or following selection of an abstract by the scientific committee of the relevant Faraday Discussion. They are presented at a Faraday Discussion meeting, each of which covers a topic within a rapidly developing areas of physical chemistry and its interfaces. Information about the topics of upcoming meetings and the associated deadline for submitting an oral abstract can be found on our Events pages.

Faraday Discussions papers must contain new and unpublished research work. Remarks or questions to encourage interesting scientific discussion at the Faraday Discussion meeting may be included.

A short introductory paragraph should provide the context for the new results; however review-type articles will not be accepted.

Faraday Discussions papers can be between 5,000 and 8,000 words of text, plus tables and figures, or 8–15 journal pages.

Faraday Discussions papers are distributed to all participants before the meeting, and most of the meeting is devoted to discussing the papers. Every delegate may contribute to the discussion – including presenting their own relevant new results.

General discussion

Uniquely Faraday Discussions publishes a record of the discussion comments, questions and responses in a fully citable format, alongside the Faraday Discussions papers as part of the final volume.

Journal specific information

Oral/paper abstracts for consideration should be uploaded via the 'abstract submission' link on the relevant Event's page. Details of upcoming meetings and the associated deadline for submitting an oral/paper abstract can be found on our Events pages.

Invited and selected speakers/authors will receive a submission link directly from the Faraday Discussions editorial office. Please contact us if you have a problem uploading your manuscript.

Further information

Future Faraday Discussions

Find full details about forthcoming discussions, including information on submitting an abstract, registration and the scientific programme on our Events pages.

If you are unfamiliar with the Faraday Discussions format, please read the information provided in our Faraday Discussion faqs.

Suggest a Discussion

We welcome proposals for new Faraday Discussion meetings in rapidly developing areas of the physical sciences, with a focus on physical chemistry and its interfaces with other scientific disciplines. If you have an idea for a topic and would be willing to act as the scientific committee chair, please complete the form and return it to us.

Buy an individual volume

Each Faraday Discussions volume is published in the form of a book. Copies can be purchased from our Online Bookshop.

Spiers Memorial Award

Find out about the Spiers Memorial Award presented each year to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of his/her Faraday Discussion.

Subscription information

Faraday Discussions is part of the collection RSC Gold.

Print + online 2020: ISSN 1359-6640, £1,220 / $2,148
Online only 2020: ISSN 1364-5498, £1,162 / $2,046

*2018 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

**Average time from receipt to first decision for peer reviewed manuscripts in 2019