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Photochemistry and Photobiology is a peer-reviewed

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scientific journal

Scientific journal

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that publishes original research papers, rapid communications, research notes, technical notes, invited articles, and reviews covering photochemistry

Photochemistry

Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of chemical reactions that proceed with the absorption of light by atoms or molecules.. Everyday examples include photosynthesis, the degradation of plastics and the formation of vitamin D with sunlight.-Principles:Light is a type of...

and photobiology

Photobiology

Photobiology is the scientific study of the interactions of light and living organisms. The field includes the study of photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, visual processing, circadian rhythms, bioluminescence, and ultraviolet radiation effects...

. These topics relate to the interaction of light with living systems, the resulting biological reactions, related chemical and physical processes, and the relation of these to medicine and other disciplines.

The editor in chief of Photochemistry and Photobiology is Jean Cadet.

History

The journal's name was decided in Copenhagen at the 1960 International Congress on Photobiology. The journal has been published since 1962, originally by Pergamon Press (Oxford)

Pergamon

Pergamon , or Pergamum, was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, today located from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus , that became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC...

under the direction of Robert Maxwell

Robert Maxwell

Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...

. Maxwell personally agreed to give the journal to the American Society for Photobiology

American Society for Photobiology

The American Society for Photobiology is a scientific society for the promotion of research in photobiology, integration of different photobiology disciplines, dissemination of photobiology knowledge, and provides information on photobiological aspects of national and international...

(ASP), soon after its formation in 1972, and it has been the Society's official journal ever since.

In 1986, the 38th Council of the ASP established a committee to investigate the proposal that the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) share the operation of P&P with the ASP. Financial and contractual problems prevented agreement and, instead, ESP contracted with Elsevier

Elsevier

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leading to the publication of the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals covering the fields of photochemistry and photobiology, published by Elsevier...

in 1987.

In response to the widespread challenge of falling journal subscription revenues, P&P was an early participant in the not-for-profit

Non-profit organization

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publishing initiative, BioOne

BioOne

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Abstracting and indexing

Photochemistry and Photobiology is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search

EBSCO Publishing

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, Biological Abstracts

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, BIOSIS Previews

BIOSIS Previews

BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge suite. Content that was originally integrated from the BIOSIS company before the merger in 2004 is now part of the Web of Knowledge...

, CAB HEALTH, CABDirect

CAB Direct (database)

CAB Direct is a source of references for the applied life sciences It incorporates two bibliographic databases: CAB Abstracts and Global Health. CAB Direct is an access point for multiple bibliographic databases produced by CABI. This database contains 8.8 million bibliographic records, which...

, Chemical Abstracts Service

Chemical Abstracts Service

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, CSA Biological Sciences Database

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, Current Contents

Current Contents

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/Life Sciences, GeoRef

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, Index Medicus

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/MEDLINE

MEDLINE

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/PubMed

PubMed

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, ProQuest

ProQuest

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Health & Medical Complete, Proquest Medical Library, and the Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index

The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...

.

According to the Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of 2.253, ranking it 48th out of 74 journals in the category "Biophysics" and 174th out of 283 in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".

External links

American Society for Photobiology - Publications

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History

Abstracting and indexing

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