Chemical reactions are constantly occurring in the world we live in and the universe we gaze upon, transforming energy, altering the environment, and sparking life. Reaction kinetics describe the pathways, rates, and outcomes of chemical reactions, while reaction mechanisms reveal the processes involved and the competition and cooperation present. Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, founded in 1961 by George Porter, laureate of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to reaction kinetics and mechanisms. It primarily publishes research results on the reaction kinetics and mechanisms in simple and complex systems within gas-phase, liquid-phase, surface, and interfacial environments. The journal primarily publishes research articles, review papers, commentaries, and perspectives.

Its scope is very broad, encompassing, but not limited to:

● Gas-phase reaction kinetics and mechanism research

covering fields such as combustion chemistry, gas-phase catalysis, atmospheric chemistry, radical chemistry, interstellar chemistry, astrochemistry, and plasma chemistry.

● Liquid-phase reaction kinetics and mechanism research

covering fields such as organic chemistry, liquid-phase catalysis, liquid-phase environmental chemistry, enzyme chemistry, and electrochemistry. 

● Surface reaction kinetics and mechanism research

covering fields such as surface catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, nanocatalysis, adsorption kinetics, and corrosion and protection studies.

● Interfacial reaction kinetics and mechanism research

covering fields such as gas-liquid interface chemistry, liquid-solid interface chemistry, and gas-solid interface chemistry.

●Theoretical chemistry, computational chemistry, and numerical simulation research related to reaction kinetics and mechanisms

including quantum chemical calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, statistical kinetics calculations, chemical kinetics simulations, and reactive flow simulations.