Chemistry
The Royal Society journals Philosophical Transactions A, Proceedings A and Royal Society Open Science publish research articles, reviews and theme issues in all areas of chemistry.
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Philosophical Transactions A theme issues
- Green carbon for chemical industry of the future
- Diamond for quantum applications
- Exploring the length scales, timescales and chemistry of challenging materials
- Supercomputing simulations of advanced materials
Royal Society Open Science special collections
Article collections
- Analytical chemistry
- Astrochemistry
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Biogeochemistry
- Chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Environmental chemistry
- Geochemistry
- Green chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Medicinal chemistry
- Nuclear chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Organometallic chemistry
- Photochemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Synthetic chemistry
From the archive
The Royal Society has been publishing scientific articles for 360 years. Take a look at Joseph Priestley's 1772 paper ‘Observations on different kinds of air’, a seminal moment in our early understanding of the chemistry of gases. Priestley provided the first, clear, experimentally articulated statement of ‘air’ as a state, rather than an elemental form, of matter, which like solids and liquids encompasses a variety of chemical species. Browse the Royal Society Journals Archive to discover more key moments in scientific history and fascinating insights into the development of science.
View articles published in Notes and Records about the history of chemistry.
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Journals to know about
Proceedings A publishes research of scientific excellence representing significant advances across the physical sciences including the field of fluid dynamics. Article types include research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, comments and invited replies and evidence synthesis. First published in 1832, the journal archive includes landmark scientific discoveries by Paul Dirac, Erwin Schrödinger and James Clerk Maxwell, making it one of the most important science journals in history.
Philosophical Transactions A publishes high quality theme issues on topics of current importance and general interest within the physical sciences, guest-edited by leading authorities and comprising new research, reviews and opinions from prominent researchers. Each issue aims to create an original and authoritative synthesis, often bridging traditional disciplines, which showcases current developments and provides a foundation for future research, applications and policy decisions.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface publishes research articles and reviews providing a dedicated forum for publication and interaction across scientific boundaries. Articles apply chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics and physics to the biological and medical sciences and highlight discoveries in the life sciences of relevance to the physical sciences.
Royal Society Open Science is an open access journal publishing high-quality original research on the basis of objective peer-review. The journal covers the entire range of science and mathematics and allows the Society to publish all the high-quality work it receives without the usual restrictions on scope, length or impact. It welcomes the submission of all high-quality science including articles which may usually be difficult to publish elsewhere, for example, replications or those that include negative findings.