About this journal
Aims and scope
Devoted to the publication of significant fundamental contributions to the physics of macromolecular solids and liquids, both synthetic and natural, this international journal publishes original research in all of the areas generally included in both polymer solid state and liquid physics. This authoritative journal contains papers reporting research in transition mechanisms and structure-property relationships, the physics of polymer solutions and melts, of glassy and rubbery amorphous solids, and the physics of individual polymer molecules.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 55K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.426 (2023) SNIP
- 0.259 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside 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 never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
Phillip H. Geil
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Illinois, 1304 West Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
telephone: (217) 333-0149, fax: (217) 333-2736
email: [email protected]
ADVISORY BOARD
E. Atkins - University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Francisco J. Balta´ Calleja - Institute for Structure of Matter, Spain
David C. Bassett - University of Reading, United Kingdom
John D. Blackwell - Case Western Reserve University, USA
R. A. Bubeck - RAB Consulting, Michigan, USA
Show-An Chen - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Stephen Z. D. Cheng - University of Akronn, Ohio, USA
Michael M. Coleman - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Buckley Crist - Northwestern University, USA
Athene Donald - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ulf Gedde - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Benjamin S. Hsiao - State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA
Richard A. L. Jones - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Kanji Kajiwara - Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
Takeshi Kikutani - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Colette Lacabanne - University Paul Sabatier, France
Frantisek Lednicky´ - Institute of Macromolecular, Chemistry, Czech Republic
Bernard A. Lotz - Institut Charles Sadron, France
R. St. J. Manley - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Ashok Misra - Indian Institute of Technology, India
Hari Singh Nalwa - Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, California, USA
R. Qian - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Anthony J. Ryan - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Arnon Siegmann - Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Gert Strobl - Albert Ludwigs University, Germany
M. Tsuji - Kyoto University, Japan
I. M. Ward - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Robert J. Young - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Giuseppe Zerbi - Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Macromolecular Science is abstracted/indexed in:
- Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts (Online)
- EBSCOhost (various)
- Elsevier BV
Chimica
Compendex
Scopus - FIZ Technik e.V.
TEMA - Technology and Management
- Genamics JournalSeek
- International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS Collection Search (International Nuclear Information System)
- OCLC
ArticleFirst
Electronic Collections Online - Ovid
Inspec
- Personal Alert (Email)
- ProQuest (various)
- The Engineering Index Monthly (DVD)
- Clarivate Analytics
Current Chemical Reactions Database
Current Contents
Reaction Citation Index (Online)
Science Citation Index Expanded
Web of Science - World Ceramic Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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