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Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0731-6844Verify ISSN ↗1530-7964Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 202 / 740 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 134 / 408 | 67th | Q2 |
| Materials Chemistry | 131 / 327 | 60th | Q2 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 54 / 133 | 59th | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 71 / 168 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.4.
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites is Q2 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 202 of 740), Q2 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 134 of 408) and Q2 in Materials Chemistry (rank 131 of 327), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.500, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 99.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,400 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 Reinforced Plastics and Composites is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0731-6844 and its online ISSN is 1530-7964.
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 Reinforced Plastics and Composites has an h-index of 111 and a 2-year mean of 2.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #193 of 641 Scopus journals in Mechanical Engineering.
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites published 185 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 244. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32.4%), India (15.6%) and Türkiye (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 13 retracted papers are recorded (2.5 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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