''Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie'' (English: ''Journal of Physical Chemistry'') is a monthly

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covering

physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mecha ...

that is published by

Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. History The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...

. Its English subtitle is "International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics". It was established in 1887 by

Wilhelm Ostwald Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (; 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and German philosophy, philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst, ...

, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and

Svante August Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius ( , ; 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nobe ...

as the first

for publications specifically in the field of physical chemistry. The

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is Klaus Rademann (

Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.408.

References

External links

* Physical chemistry journals Publications established in 1887 Monthly journals De Gruyter academic journals English-language journals Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff {{physical-chemistry-journal-stub