Journal profile · Chemistry, Physical
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS
ISSN 1364-5498 · Royal Society of Chemistry · ENGLAND · Semiannual
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS: CAS Zone 2 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.76; hybrid open access; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 220 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS is published by Royal Society of Chemistry and is in Zone 2 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 29.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Discussion summary and research papers from discussion meetings that focus on rapidly developing areas of physical chemistry and its interfaces
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Physical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesPhysics and Astronomy11.1%
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhysics and Astronomy10.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.2%
- Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry5.8%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science5.2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.4%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.76LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,191OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 66.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 144LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,014 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 220 | 159 | 78 |
| 2025 | 220 | 152 | 479 |
| 2024 | 270 | 189 | 1,655 |
| 2023 | 235 | 147 | 1,975 |
| 2022 | 287 | 151 | 2,813 |
| 2021 | 185 | 71 | 2,165 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Front cover Open Access
Faraday Discuss. (2026) 267: 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6FD90045C Abstract View articletitled, Front cover Open the PDF for Front cover in another window
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1364-5498
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about FARADAY DISCUSSIONS
What CAS zone is FARADAY DISCUSSIONS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS is in Zone 2 of Chemistry, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Physical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of FARADAY DISCUSSIONS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.76; CiteScore 6, h-index 144.
How long does peer review take at FARADAY DISCUSSIONS?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index FARADAY DISCUSSIONS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is FARADAY DISCUSSIONS open access, and what is the APC?
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .