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About this journal
Aims and scope
Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering provides an international forum for the publication of original, peer-reviewed research on the macromolecular engineering of polymeric and related materials and polymer matrix composites. Modern polymer processing is increasingly focused on macromolecular engineering: the manipulation of structure at the molecular scale to control properties and fitness for purpose of the final component. Intimately linked to this are the objectives of predicting properties in the context of an optimised design and of establishing robust processing routes and process control systems allowing the desired properties to be achieved reliably.
The main areas of interest are:
•Processing of single and multiphase polymeric systems in quantified, controlled, or novel ways, across the length scales; novel processing technologies; rheology; process measurement, sensors, and control; formation of polymers by novel routes; recycling; choice and incorporation of additives
•Properties of these materials; tailoring of properties during processing; property-processing relationships; characterisation of products, across the length scales
•Modelling of processing and structure development (melt/solid/multiphase): numerical and analytical modelling; constitutive relationships; validation
•Measurement techniques for process control and materials characterisation
•Design methodologies, including knowledge based engineering design, and performance of end products
The journal's coverage will reflect growing common ground between the processing of polymers and of related materials in the fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biomaterials sectors.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expect referees. All peer-review is single anonymized and submissions can be submitted online via https://www.editorialmanager.com/PRC
Publishing Ethics
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 43K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.0 (2022) Impact Factor
- 2.2 (2022) 5 year IF
- 3.4 (2022) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.580 (2022) SNIP
- 0.359 (2022) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 76 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 230 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 15% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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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.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Abstracting and indexing
Plastics, Rubber and Composites is included in the following services:
Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (ANTE)
Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
Aluminum Industry Abstracts
Ceramic Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts
Civil Engineering Abstracts
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts
Copper Technical Reference Library
Corrosions Abstracts
Current Contents - Engineering, Computing and Technology
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
Electronics and Communications Abstracts
EMBASE
Engineered Materials Abstracts
Engineering Index (Compendex)
Engineering Research Database
HRIS
ICEA
Materials Science Citation Index
Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts
METADEX
Ocean Abstracts
Pollution Abstracts
Polymer Contents
Process and Chemical Engineering
Royal Society of Chemistry Information Services
Science Citation Index
Scopus
Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
Technology Research Database
Textile Technology Digest
WRC Inf.
10 issues per year
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