《物理化学学报》成立于1985年，由中国化学学会和北京大学主办，北京大学化学与分子工程学院主办。1997年以来，《物理化学学报》已在美国科学院（ISI）收录。《物理化学学报》致力于向物理化学家、生物物理化学家和材料物理化学家报告新的和原始的实验和理论基础研究。基本上报告数据、数据应用或文献综述的手稿不适合发表在《物理化学学报》上。
Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, founded in 1985, is sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society and Peking University, and organized by the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, PekingUniversity. Since 1997, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica has been indexed in SCI of ISI (US).Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists, and material physical chemists. Manuscripts that are essentially reporting data, applications of data, or reviews of the literature are not suitable for publication in Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica.