Journal of Catalysis

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Journal of Catalysis

description Peer-reviewed journal
Area of ​​Expertise chemistry
language English
publishing company Elsevier ( Netherlands )
First edition 1962
Web link Journal of Catalysis at Elsevier
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The Journal of Catalysis usually starts with J. Catal. abbreviated, is a scientific chemical journal that has been published since 1962.

The peer-reviewed journal, published in English, is published by Elsevier . The articles published in the journal deal primarily with the field of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis .

In addition to the original scientific papers, the journal also contains letters to the editor , short communications to recently published articles, research notes , articles without scientific priority and priority communications , articles with new findings that have a clear requirement for rapid publication .

The impact factor in 2014 was 6,921. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks 23rd out of 139 journals in the physical chemistry category and fifth out of 134 journals in the chemical engineering category.

The editor-in-chief of the Journal of Catalysis is Johannes A. Lercher from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich .

The topics of the publications range from studies of catalytic elementary processes on surfaces or metal complexes to analytical methods and theoretical aspects of catalysis.

According to its own information, the magazine is counted among the top ten chemical journals in terms of relevance and impact factor.

Individual evidence

  1. 2014 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).
  2. ^ Editorial Board, Journal of Catalysis . elsevier.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.