Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data主要收录实验和计算数据，这些数据通常被视为补充材料。这是美国化学会出版物中唯一收录已知材料的相变、物理、热力学和传递性质的期刊。尽管本期刊接收环境和生物样品相关的稿件，但他们的成分必须明确且可以重复。因此，天然材料上的吸附通常不属于本期刊的接收范围；虽然涉及反应和传递性质的相平衡是值得关注的，但反应动力学或吸收动力学通常不适合本期刊的收录范围；另外，两亲物的胶束化/聚集行为通常不适合本期刊的收录范围；专注于通过分子或其他宏观性质相关性预测热物理数据的计算方法通常不适合本期刊的收录范围。
本期刊的范围还包括从量子化学、分子模拟和分子力学计算中获得的相行为和热物理性质。但报告的数据必须是通过统计机械方法，并在这些计算中可以被观察到。Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data鼓励对实验或计算技术进行综述，这些不需要包括新数据。
The Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data is a monthly journal devoted to the publication of data obtained from both experiment and computation, which are viewed as complementary. It is the only American Chemical Society journal primarily concerned with articles containing data on the phase behavior and the physical, thermodynamic, and transport properties of well-defined materials, including complex mixtures of known compositions. The Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data encourages manuscripts that report on consequential (relevant, comprehensive, and robust) data and place these data into context by addressing what can be learned from differences and similarities to prior published data on related systems.
