Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
25% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
0% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
677 articles
Manuscripts received last year
n/a
Open access status
optional
Manuscript handling fee
none

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
6.59
Five-year impact factor
6.59

Aims and Scope

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters covers all topic areas
Kinetics and Dynamics
Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, and Excited States
Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosol Processes, Geochemistry, and Astrochemistry
Molecular Structure, Quantum Chemistry, and General Theory
Biophysical Chemistry and Biomolecules
Biomaterials, Surfactants, and Membranes
Liquids; Chemical and Dynamical Processes in Solution
Glasses, Colloids, Polymers, and Soft Matter
Energy Conversion and Storage; Energy and Charge Transport
Surfaces, Interfaces, Porous Materials, and Catalysis
Plasmonics, Optical Materials, and Hard Matter
Physical Processes in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
0.8 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.3 months
Decision time immediate rejection
5 days
Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.3 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.4 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 5.0 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
This was my second paper submitted to The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, but my first as the lead author. The editorial process with ACS Publications was exceptionally smooth. The reviewer comments were both timely and constructive, greatly contributing to the quality of the final manuscript. As we opted for transparent peer review, the full reviewer report is available as Supporting Information on the article's journal page.