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Plastics Engineering

Plastics Engineering is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Society of Plastics Engineers.

ISSN 0091-9578Verify ISSN ↗1941-9635Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Society of Plastics Engineers

Scopus · Inactive
0
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major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2023 (also 1993–2021, 1973–1991)
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Plastics Engineering indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2023 (also 1993–2021, 1973–1991)).

What is the impact factor of Plastics Engineering? Plastics Engineering has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Plastics Engineering in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Plastics Engineering open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

15
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
33
i10-index
2,843
works indexed
1,964
total citations
Papers published per year
02505002012: 174 papers17420122013: 174 papers17420132014: 190 papers19020142015: 202 papers20220152016: 195 papers19520162017: 200 papers20020172018: 162 papers16220182019: 184 papers18420192020: 220 papers22020202021: 203 papers2032021

Plastics Engineering published 203 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 220. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Polymer Science and PVCPolymer Foaming and CompositesRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesRecycling and Waste Management Techniques

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2023
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

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