Faraday Discussions is a scientific journal
publishing original research papers presented
at a long-running series of conferences on
physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical
chemistry which are also called Faraday Discussions,
together with a record of the comments made
at the meeting.
The journal was originally published by the
Faraday Society.
The journal has been published by the Royal
Society of Chemistry (RSC) since that society
merged into the RSC.
From 1972 to 1991, it was known as the Faraday
Discussions of the Chemical Society.
Traditionally there have been three Faraday
Discussions a year, however, from 2014 around
eight conferences (and therefore eight volumes
of the journal) are organised annually.
Philippa Ross is the editor of Faraday Discussions
and the present chairman of the Standing Committee
on Faraday Conferences is John Seddon (Imperial
College London).
The journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.427.
== History ==
The majority of Faraday Discussions are held
in the United Kingdom, although an increasing
number are held overseas, with the first Discussion
in China in 2014 and the first in India in
2015.
Proofs of the 20-25 invited and contributed
selected papers are circulated to participants
well in advance of the meeting.
Since each paper has been read in advance,
the actual meeting is able to concentrate
on discussion and debate.
The whole of the proceedings is subsequently
published including submitted discussion remarks
which include those that "the contributors
said, think they said, or wished they had
said!".
There are well established links with a number
of European societies, including the Division
de Chimie Physique of the Société Française
de Chimie, the Deutsche Bunsen Gesellschaft,
and the Società Chimica Italiana.
Joint European meetings are held and there
are international relationships worldwide
both at Divisional and Specialist Interest
Group level
