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Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1083-5601Verify ISSN ↗1548-0585Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,800 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 64 / 270 | 76th | Q1 |
| Chemistry (all) | 98 / 402 | 75th | Q1 |
| Materials Chemistry | 90 / 327 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 49 / 168 | 71st | Q2 |
| Marketing | 77 / 221 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1989), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.2.
Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology is Q1 in Chemical Engineering (all) (rank 64 of 270), Q1 in Chemistry (all) (rank 98 of 402) and Q2 in Materials Chemistry (rank 90 of 327), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology 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 7.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.594, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,800 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 Vinyl and Additive Technology is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1083-5601 and its online ISSN is 1548-0585.
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 Vinyl and Additive Technology has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 4.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #66 of 246 Scopus journals in Chemical Engineering (all).
Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology published 121 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (41.1%), India (13.6%) and Türkiye (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (2 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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