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Journal of Applied Polymer Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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ISSN 0021-8995Verify ISSN ↗1097-4628Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$4,140 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry (all) | 135 / 402 | 66th | Q2 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 48 / 141 | 66th | Q2 |
| Materials Chemistry | 129 / 327 | 60th | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 69 / 168 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1959–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.6.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science is Q2 in Chemistry (all) (rank 135 of 402), Q2 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 48 of 141) and Q2 in Materials Chemistry (rank 129 of 327), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 66th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.524, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 206.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,140 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 0021-8995 and its online ISSN is 1097-4628.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science has an h-index of 245 and a 2-year mean of 2.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #146 of 382 Scopus journals in Chemistry (all).
Journal of Applied Polymer Science published 1,928 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 1,946. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (53.8%), India (9%) and Saudi Arabia (3.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 41 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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