Journal of Catalysis is a peer reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 devoted to catalysis

Catalysis

Catalysis is the change in rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of a substance called a catalyst. Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself. A catalyst may participate in multiple chemical transformations....

 published by Elsevier

Elsevier

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 since it was founded in 1962 by J.H. de Boer and P.W. Selwood. It covers the fields of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis.

The current editor-in-chief is J.A. Lercher (Technische Universität München). Former editors-in-chief were F.S. Stone, W.K. Hall, G.L. Haller, W.N. Delgass, E. Iglesia.

Scope

The journal covers publishes papers related to catalysis

Catalysis

Catalysis is the change in rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of a substance called a catalyst. Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself. A catalyst may participate in multiple chemical transformations....

that relate:http://ees.elsevier.com/jcat/

• synthesis and catalytic function of novel inorganic solids and complexes
• spectroscopic methods for structural characterization
• theoretical methods of direct interest and impact in the science and applications of catalysts and catalytic processes
• novel concepts in surface chemistry
• catalytic function to fundamental chemical processes at surfaces and in metal complexes

Article types

The Journal of Catalysis publishes the following four types of papers:

• Letters to the Editor: are short priority publications related to a statement made in a recently published article.
• Research Notes: are articles that do not warrant priority publication.
• Priority Communications is a research article that contains original scientific work with a requirement for rapid publication.
• Research paper: is a full scientific article which contains original scientific work.