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Best Polymers and Plastics journals

167 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Polymers and Plastics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 42 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Progress in Polymer Science 46.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Advanced Fiber Materials 35.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Journal of Materials Science and Technology 29.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 27.8 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Polymer Reviews 25.7 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research 25.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 Cleaner Materials 23.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Carbohydrate Polymers 23.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Accounts of Materials Research 22.7 94th Q1 ESCI – No
10 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 18.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Acta Materialia 16.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
13 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 14.9 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
14 Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 14 91st Q1 SCIE – No
15 ACS Materials Au 12.7 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Composites Communications 12.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Materials Today Chemistry 11.9 90th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
19 European Polymer Journal 11.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Polymer Testing 11.1 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Polymers 11 87th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Journal of Polymers and the Environment 10.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Gels 10.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Hybrid Advances 10.1 86th Q1 – – Yes
25 Giant 9.5 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 9.2 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Cellulose 9.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
28 International Journal of Polymer Science 9.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 ES Materials and Manufacturing 8.9 83rd Q1 – – Yes
30 Macromolecules 8.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Advances in Manufacturing 8.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
32 Biomacromolecules 8.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
33 ACS Macro Letters 8.8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Reactive and Functional Polymers 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 8.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Polymer Bulletin 8.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Water Emerging Contaminants and Nanoplastics 8.4 78th Q1 – – No
38 Journal of Industrial Textiles 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Macromolecular Bioscience 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 8.3 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 7.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
42 SPE Polymers 7.8 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Polymer International 7.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
44 Polymer Composites 7.7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
45 ACS Polymers Au 7.5 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Macromolecular Rapid Communications 7.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
47 Polymer Chemistry 7.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
48 Polymer 7.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology 7.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
50 ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition) 7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
52 E-Polymers 7 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
53 Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Journal of Materials Science 7 68th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Polymers and Polymer Composites 6.9 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
56 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 6.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials 6.6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Journal of Polymer Science 6.3 65th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Cellular Plastics 6.2 65th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Advances in Polymer Technology 6.2 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
61 Polymers for Advanced Technologies 5.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
62 Polymers from Renewable Resources 5.9 63rd Q2 – – No
63 Macromolecular Research 5.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
64 Plasma Processes and Polymers 5.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
65 Designed Monomers and Polymers 5.8 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
66 Polymer Journal 5.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
67 Polymer Engineering and Science 5.7 60th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 5.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Journal of Polymer Research 5.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 5.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 5.4 58th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Clothing and Textiles Research Journal 5.4 57th Q2 SSCI – No
73 Fire and Materials 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition) 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Textile Research Journal 5.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer and Composites Science 4.9 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 54th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 4.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
79 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
80 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
81 Fibers and Polymers 4.4 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
82 International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering 4.4 51st Q2 ESCI – No
83 Colloid and Polymer Science 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry 4.3 49th Q3 – – No
86 Materials Research Express 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
87 Journal of the Textile Institute 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE – No
88 High Performance Polymers 4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Journal of Elastomers and Plastics 3.9 47th Q3 SCIE – No
90 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
91 Journal of Polymer Engineering 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
92 Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE – No
93 RSC Applied Polymers 3.8 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
94 Nano Express 3.7 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
95 Green Materials 3.4 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
96 Rubber Chemistry and Technology 3.4 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
97 International Polymer Processing 3.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
98 International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
99 Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
100 Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals 3.2 40th Q3 ESCI – No
101 Colorants 3.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
102 Advances in Civil Engineering Materials 3.1 39th Q3 ESCI – No
103 Cellular Polymers 3 38th Q3 SCIE – No
104 Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 3 38th Q3 SCIE – No
105 International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology 3 37th Q3 SCIE – No
106 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics 2.9 37th Q3 SCIE – No
107 Mechanics of Composite Materials 2.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Engineering Solid Mechanics 2.7 36th Q3 – – No
109 Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures 2.6 35th Q3 – – Yes
110 Advanced Nanocomposites 2.4 34th Q3 – – No
111 Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing and Chemistry 2.4 34th Q3 – – No
112 AATCC Journal of Research 2.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
113 Advances in Materials Research (South Korea) 2.1 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
114 Acta Polymerica Sinica 2.1 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
115 Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics 2.1 32nd Q3 – – No
116 Polymer Science - Series B 2.1 31st Q3 SCIE – No
117 Journal of Nanostructures 2 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
118 Tekstilec 2 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Polymer Science - Series A 2 29th Q3 SCIE – No
120 Advances in Polymer Science 2 28th Q3 – – No
121 Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering 1.9 28th Q3 – – No
122 Materials Performance and Characterization 1.8 27th Q3 ESCI – No
123 Tire Science and Technology 1.8 27th Q3 ESCI – No
124 Journal of Materials Engineering 1.7 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Polymer Science - Series C 1.7 25th Q3 SCIE – No
126 Polyolefins Journal 1.7 25th Q3 – – Yes
127 Industria Textila 1.6 24th Q4 SCIE – No
128 Journal of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials 1.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
129 Polimery/Polymers 1.6 23rd Q4 SCIE – Yes
130 Macromolecular Symposia 1.6 22nd Q4 – – No
131 Materiali in Tehnologije 1.5 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
132 Materiale Plastice 1.4 21st Q4 SCIE – No
133 Polymer (Korea) 1.3 21st Q4 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Functional Polymers 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
135 Fangzhi Xuebao/Journal of Textile Research 1.2 19th Q4 – – No
136 Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 1.2 19th Q4 – – No
137 Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 1.2 18th Q4 SCIE – No
138 Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research 1 18th Q4 SCIE – Yes
139 Fangzhi Gaoxiao Jichukexue Xuebao/Basic Sciences Journal of Textile Universities 1 17th Q4 – – No
140 Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Seriya Teknologiya Tekstil'noi Promyshlennosti 1 16th Q4 – – No
141 Gaofenzi Cailiao Kexue Yu Gongcheng/Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
142 Journal of Donghua University (English Edition) 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
143 Vlakna a Textil 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
144 Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik/Journal of Plastics Technology 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
145 Polymer Science - Series D 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
146 Iranian Journal of Polymer Science and Technology 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
147 China Rubber Industry 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
148 Sorbtsionnye i Khromatograficheskie Protsessy 0.6 12th Q4 – – Yes
149 Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
150 Journal of Tiangong University 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
151 KGK Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe 0.4 10th Q4 SCIE – No
152 Journal of Fiber Science and Technology 0.2 9th Q4 SCIE – No
153 Journal of the Textile Association 0.2 9th Q4 – – No
154 Hecheng Shuzhi Ji Suliao/China Synthetic Resin and Plastics 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
155 Journal of Composites and Biodegradable Polymers 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
156 Man-Made Textiles in India 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
157 RSC Polymer Chemistry Series 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
158 Adhaesion Kleben und Dichten 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
159 Rubber World 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
160 Plastics Technology 0 4th Q4 – – No
161 Advances in Textiles Technology 0 3rd Q4 – – No
162 Melliand International 0 2nd Q4 – – No
163 Nonwovens Industry 0 2nd Q4 – – No
164 Technische Textilien 0 2nd Q4 – – No
165 British Plastics and Rubber 0 0th Q4 – – No
166 Revista de Quimica e Industria Textil 0 0th Q4 – – No
167 Textile Rental 0 0th Q4 – – No

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