Journal of Molecular Structure

Journal of Molecular Structure is a hybrid open-access chemistry journal that Elsevier has published since 1967, reporting new structural information on molecules, intermediates and polymers, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《分子结构杂志》（Journal of Molecular Structure）自 1967 年起由（Elsevier）出版，采用混合开放获取模式，发表分子、中间体与高分子的新结构信息，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• Stable and unstable molecules are covered in every environment, including vapour, molecular beams, liquids, solutions, liquid crystals, solids, matrix-isolated samples and adsorbed surfaces.稳定与不稳定分子在各种环境中均在范围内，包括蒸气、分子束、液体、溶液、液晶、固体、基质隔离样品与吸附表面。
• Chemical intermediates and molecules in excited states are treated as structural objects in their own right.化学中间体与处于激发态的分子，被视为独立的结构研究对象。
• Biological molecules and polymers extend the journal from small molecules to macromolecular and biomolecular systems.生物分子与高分子把刊物从小分子扩展到高分子与生物分子体系。
• Vibrational methods include mid, far and near infrared spectroscopy, Raman scattering and non-linear Raman techniques such as CARS.振动方法包括中红外、远红外与近红外光谱、拉曼散射，以及（CARS）等非线性拉曼技术。
• Electronic methods span absorption spectroscopy, optical rotatory dispersion, circular dichroism, fluorescence and phosphorescence.电子光谱方法涵盖吸收光谱、旋光色散、圆二色、荧光与磷光。
• Electron spectroscopies such as PES and XPS, EXAFS, microwave spectroscopy and electron diffraction are also within scope.（PES）与（XPS）等电子能谱、（EXAFS）、微波光谱与电子衍射同样在范围之内。
• NMR, ESR and Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and charge density analysis complete the methodological range, with computation accepted as a complement to experiment.（NMR）、（ESR）与穆斯堡尔（Mossbauer）光谱、X 射线晶体学与电荷密度分析补足方法谱系，计算仅作为实验的补充被接受。
• Studies of glasses or particles with little molecular structure, routine spectra, purely theoretical work and crystal structures reported alone fall outside the scope.分子结构信息薄弱的玻璃或颗粒研究、常规光谱、纯理论研究，以及仅报告晶体结构的工作不在范围之内。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1967 under the Elsevier imprint, and the journal has used the 10.1016 DOI prefix ever since.首卷于 1967 年在（Elsevier）旗下出版，此后一直使用（10.1016）的（DOI）前缀。
• W. J. Orville-Thomas was the founding editor, and the board page still lists him in that role.（W. J. Orville-Thomas）为创刊编辑，编委页至今仍将他列在这一职位上。
• Publication has grown to about thirty volumes a year, with Volumes 1319 to 1348 assigned to 2025 and 1349 to 1378 to 2026.出版规模已增至每年约 30 卷，2025 年为第 1319 至 1348 卷，2026 年为第 1349 至 1378 卷。
• More than 49,000 DOIs have been deposited, including 3,860 items in 2025, a volume that reflects the journal's breadth across structural chemistry.累计登记（DOI）逾 49,000 个，其中 2025 年有 3,860 篇，这一体量反映出刊物在结构化学各分支的覆盖广度。
• It is a hybrid title, free to publish under the subscription route, with an open-access charge of 3,650 US dollars for authors who want their paper freely available.该刊为混合模式，走订阅路线不向作者收费，选择开放获取的作者需支付 3,650 美元的文章处理费。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.9, up from 4.7 in 2024, with a CiteScore of 8.4 and a Q2 placing at rank 76 of 191 in physical chemistry.2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9，高于 2024 年的 4.7，（CiteScore）为 8.4，在物理化学类别位列（Q2），排名 76/191。

Editors

• Christian Jelsch of the Crystallography, Magnetic Resonance and Modelling laboratory in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy is Editor-in-Chief and works in crystallography.（Christian Jelsch）为主编，任职于（Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy）的晶体学、磁共振与建模实验室，从事晶体学研究。
• Fourteen editors cover the subfields, among them Farukh Arjmand at Aligarh Muslim University, Elangannan Arunan at the Indian Institute of Science and Maofa Ge at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.十四位编辑分担各子领域，包括（Aligarh Muslim University）的（Farukh Arjmand）、（Indian Institute of Science）的（Elangannan Arunan）与（Chinese Academy of Sciences）的（Maofa Ge）。
• Nine associate editors handle manuscripts, including Anna Krawczuk at the University of Gottingen, Kresimir Molcanov at the Ruder Boskovic Institute and Jiadan Xue at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.九位副编辑处理稿件，包括（University of Gottingen）的（Anna Krawczuk）、（Ruder Boskovic Institute）的（Kresimir Molcanov）与（Zhejiang Sci-Tech University）的（Jiadan Xue）。
• The board lists 59 editors and members from 23 countries, with India contributing nine, Poland seven, China six and the United States five.编委会共 59 位编辑与委员，来自 23 个国家，其中印度 9 位、波兰 7 位、中国 6 位、美国 5 位。
• Takamasa Momose of the University of British Columbia is special issues editor, and Michael Schmitt of Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf serves as ethics editor.（University of British Columbia）的（Takamasa Momose）任特刊编辑，（Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf）的（Michael Schmitt）任伦理编辑。
• In 2025 the median time to first decision was four days, to a post-review decision 32 days and to acceptance 86 days, with two further days to online publication.2025 年首次决定中位时间为 4 天，审后决定 32 天，投稿到录用 86 天，录用后 2 天在线发表。