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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
1994–1997 (also 1984–1991, 1976–1978, 1974, 1969–1971)
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
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Plastics World
Plastics World is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Cahners Pub. Co..
ISSN 0032-1273Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cahners Pub. Co.
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
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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 World indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–1997 (also 1984–1991, 1976–1978, 1974, 1969–1971)).
What is the impact factor of Plastics World? Plastics World 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 World in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Plastics World open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex
1
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
0
i10-index
9
works indexed
3
total citations
Plastics World published 2 papers in 1997; its busiest recent year was 1992 with 2. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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 1997
- Retracted papers None recorded
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