Journal Citation Studies. 46. Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Journals. Part 3. The Evolution of Physical Chemistry to Chemical Physics

In Part 2 of this studyl we discussed the difficulties that we encountered in defining a “core” list of physical chemistry journals. Modern chemists will appreciate the futility of trying to separate that field from chemical physics. Consequently, we chose a core list of 31 journals that encompassed the high-impact periodicals from both disciplines. That list is reprinted in Table 1 for convenience. However, I will not repeat the explanation of the process used to select these journals. In thk thkd part of the study, we examine the field of physical chemistry/chemical physics by treating all 31 core journals as one “macrojournal. ”