Faraday Discussions
The journal for discussion summaries and research papers that address current and emerging topics at the forefront of the physical sciences.
Chair: Susan Perkin
Open Access: Hybrid

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.
ISSN: 1359-6640
Indexed in: PubMed, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index (SCI)
Journal Impact factor
3.1 (2024)
First decision time (all)
15 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
15 days
Scope
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.
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Meet the team

Vic Arcus
The University of Waikato
Timothy Easun
Cardiff University
Marina Kuimova
Imperial College London
Luis Liz-Marzán
CIC biomaGUNE
Frank Neese
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Michel Orrit
Leiden University
Zhong-Qun Tian
Xiamen University
Siva Umapathy
Indian Institute of Science
Sihai Yang
University of Manchester
Michael A. Rowan
Executive Editor
Edward Gardner
Deputy Editor
Bee Hockin
Development Editor
Andrea Carolina Ojeda-Porras
Development Editor
Gisela Scott
Editorial Manager
Chris Goodall
Associate Editorial Manager
Konoya Das
Publishing Editor
Daphne Houston
Editorial Assistant
Julie Ann Roszkowski
Publishing Assistant
Sam Keltie
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