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Polymers and Polymer Composites is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by RAPRA Technology Ltd..
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ISSN 0967-3911Verify ISSN ↗1478-2391Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: RAPRA Technology Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Chemistry | 96 / 327 | 70th | Q2 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 40 / 133 | 70th | Q2 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 55 / 168 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.9.
Polymers and Polymer Composites is Q2 in Materials Chemistry (rank 96 of 327), Q2 in Ceramics and Composites (rank 40 of 133) and Q2 in Polymers and Plastics (rank 55 of 168), by CiteScore 2025.
Polymers and Polymer Composites 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 6.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.482, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 46.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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.
Polymers and Polymer Composites is published by RAPRA Technology Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0967-3911 and its online ISSN is 1478-2391.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Polymers and Polymer Composites has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 1.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #188 of 301 Scopus journals in Materials Chemistry.
Polymers and Polymer Composites published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 151. 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (11%), India (10.2%) and Bangladesh (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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.
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