Soft Matter (journal) explained

Soft Matter
Cover:	CoverIssueSoftMatter.jpg
Discipline:	Materials science
Abbreviation:	Soft Matter
Website:	http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/sm/index.asp
Link2:	http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/JournalIssues/SM#issues
Link2-Name:	Online archive
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Country:	United Kingdom
History:	2005–present
Frequency:	Weekly
Impact:	3.4
Impact-Year:	2022
Editor:	Alfred Crosby
Issn:	1744-683X
Eissn:	1744-6848
Coden:	SMOABF
Oclc:	60579554
Lccn:	2005252381

Soft Matter is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the science of soft matter. It is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the editor-in-chief is Darrin Pochan (University of Delaware, USA).

The journal was established in 2005. Initially it was published monthly, but as submissions increased it switched to 24 issues a year in 2009^[1] and to 48 issues a year in 2012.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences^[2]
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed^[3]
• Science Citation Index^[2]
• Scopus^[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.046.^[5]

See also

• List of scientific journals in chemistry

Notes and References

1. Gibb . K . Steiner . U . 2009 . Five years on . Soft Matter. 5 . 1 . 20–22 . Royal Society of Chemistry . 10.1039/B820595G. 2009SMat....5...20. .
2. Web site: Master Journal List . . Intellectual Property & Science . 2015-02-10.
3. Web site: Soft Matter . NLM Catalog . . 2015-02-10.
4. Web site: Scopus title list . . . elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview, Scopus coverage lists . 2015-02-10.
5. Book: 2021 . Soft Matter . 2020 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . Web of Science.