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Polyolefins Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), DOAJ. Published by Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute.
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ISSN 2322-2212Verify ISSN ↗2345-6868Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry (all) | 277 / 402 | 31st | Q3 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 125 / 168 | 25th | Q3 |
| Catalysis | 64 / 74 | 14th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Polyolefins Journal is Q3 in Chemistry (all) (rank 277 of 402), Q3 in Polymers and Plastics (rank 125 of 168) and Q4 in Catalysis (rank 64 of 74), by CiteScore 2025.
Polyolefins Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3, 31st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.163, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 10.
Polyolefins Journal is published by Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute. Its print ISSN is 2322-2212 and its online ISSN is 2345-6868.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Polyolefins Journal has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #355 of 382 Scopus journals in Chemistry (all).
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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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