Journal of Chemical Physics

the most highly cited journal in atomic, molecular, and chemical physics (thomson reuters, 2012)* impact factor = 3.33 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. http://jcp.aip.org/jcp/about/about_the_journal * *data from the 2012 science edition of thomson reuters's journal citation rep