Langmuir is an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles in the following subjectcategories:
Colloids: surfactants and self-assembly, dispersions, emulsions, foams
Interfaces: adsorption, reactions, films, forces
Biological Interfaces: biocolloids, biomolecular and biomimetic materials
Materials: nano- and mesostructured materials, polymers, gels, liquid crystals
Electrochemistry: interfacial charge transfer, charge transport, electrocatalysis, electrokinetic phenomena, bioelectrochemistry
Devices and Applications: sensors, fluidics, patterning, catalysis, photonic crystals
However,when high-impact, original work is submitted that does not fit within the abovecategories, decisions to accept or decline such papers will be based on onecriteria: What Would Irving Do?
Langmuir ranks#2 in citations out of 136 journals in the category of Physical Chemistry with113,157 total citations.
This journal is also indexed in the categories of Materials Science (ranked #1) and Multidisciplinary Chemistry (ranked #5).
Impact Factor (2013): 4.384