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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

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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

Susan Perkin

Susan Perkin

University of Oxford

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Vic Arcus

The University of Waikato

Timothy Easun

Cardiff University

Dirk Guldi

University Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Marina Kuimova

Imperial College London

Luis Liz-Marzán

CIC biomaGUNE

Andrew Mount

University of Edinburgh

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Frank Neese

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

Michel Orrit

Leiden University

Zhong-Qun Tian

Xiamen University

Siva Umapathy

Indian Institute of Science

Bert Weckhuysen

Utrecht University

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Julia Weinstein

University of Sheffield

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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

Publisher

Susan Perkin

Susan Perkin

University of Oxford

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Susan Weatherby

Susan Weatherby

Royal Society of Chemistry

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George Booth

George Booth

King’s College London

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Rachel Evans

Rachel Evans

University of Cambridge

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David Fermin

David Fermin

University of Bristol

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Julia Lehman

Julia Lehman

University of Birmingham

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David Lennon

David Lennon

University of Glasgow

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Andrew Mount

Andrew Mount

University of Edinburgh

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Julia Weinstein

Julia Weinstein

University of Sheffield

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