Faraday Discussions

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Impact factor: 3.797*
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

Secretary

Susan Weatherby, Royal Society of Chemistry

Members

David Fermin, University of Bristol

David Lennon, University of Glasgow

Angelos Michaelides, University College London

Jenny Nelson, Imperial College London

Susan Perkin, University of Oxford

Claire Vallance, University of Oxford

Julia Weinstein, University of Sheffield

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

Vikki Pritchard, Deputy Editor

Alexandra Klein, Development Editor

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

Chris Goodall, 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 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 or register your interest in upcoming meetings.

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 get in touch with the Editorial Office here to discuss the requirements.

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 Lectures

The Spiers Memorial Award was first presented in 1929 and ran until 2020. It was awarded to an individual who made an outstanding contribution to the field of a Faraday Discussion. Each Spiers Memorial award winner acted as the introductory lecturer to a Faraday Discussion, and up to 2 awards could be awarded per calendar year.

In 2020, as part of a series of changes introduced following an independent review of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s recognition programmes, this award evolved to the Spiers Memorial Lecture, to be given by the introductory lecturer at each Faraday Discussion meeting. Each lecturer will also receive a token of recognition. A collection of all the past and present Spiers Memorial Introductory Lectures can be found in our themed collection.

Subscription information

Faraday Discussions is part of the collection RSC Gold.

Print + online 2021: ISSN 1359-6640, £1,220 / $2,148
Online only 2021: ISSN 1364-5498, £1,124 / $1,978

*2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)

** Average time from receipt to first decision in 2020