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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
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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
Plastics Engineering published 203 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 220. 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. 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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