The scope of the journal is to publish original contributions and reviews on studies, methodologies, instrumentation, and applications involving the analysis and characterization of polymers and polymeric-based materials, including synthetic polymers, blends, composites, fibers, coatings, supramolecular structures, polysaccharides, and biopolymers. The Journal will accept papers and review articles on the following topics and research areas involving fundamental and applied studies of polymer analysis and characterization:
Characterization and analysis of new and existing polymers and polymeric-based materials.
Design and evaluation of analytical instrumentation and physical testing equipment.
Determination of molecular weight, size, conformation, branching, cross-linking, chemical structure, and sequence distribution.
Using separation, spectroscopic, and scattering techniques.
Surface characterization of polymeric materials.
Measurement of solution and bulk properties and behavior of polymers.
Studies involving structure-property-processing relationships, and polymer aging.
Analysis of oligomeric materials.
Analysis of polymer additives and decomposition products.
PEER REVIEW
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
34K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.649 (2023) SNIP
0.376 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
51 days avg. from submission to first
decision
74 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
19 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
23% acceptance rate
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other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editors in Chief Adrian Boborodea, Certech, Belgium
Associate Editors Roberto Simonutti, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and Founder Howard G. Barth
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Josef Janca Clemens Schwarzinger
Associate Editor Emeritus Jimmy W. Mays H. N. Cheng Annamaria Visco
Editorial Board Taihyun Chang, POSTECH, Korea Rakesh K. Gupta, West Virginia University, USA Nikos Hadjichristidis, University of Athens, Greece Saravana Kumar Jaganathan, University of Technology, Malaysia Hiroshi Jinnai, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Albena Lederer, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa & Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany Gloria S. Oporto-Velásquez, West Virginia University, USA Harald Pasch, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Olga Philippova, Moscow State University, Russia Gerald Pinter, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria Marguerite Rinaudo, Universite´ Joseph Fourier, France Clemens Schwarzinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Amer S. Singha, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P.), India Andre M. Striegel, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA Vijay K. Thakur, Cranfield University, UK Annamaria Visco, University of Messina, Italy Jiang Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China
Updated 05-04-2024
Abstracting and indexing
The International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization is currently abstracted/indexed in:
Chemical Abstracts Service Chemical Abstracts (Online)
EBSCOhost (various)
Elsevier BV Compendex Scopus
Genamics JournalSeek
OCLC ArticleFirst Electronic Collections Online
Ovid Inspec
ProQuest (various)
Clarivate Analytics Current Contents Science Citation Index Expanded Web of Science
World Ceramics Abstracts (Online)
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