Soft Matter (journal)

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 and to 48 issues a year in 2012.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
 * Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
 * Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed
 * Science Citation Index
 * Scopus

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