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Plastics Technology

Gardner Business Media Inc. · United States

ISSN0032-1257

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.1

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

157

Total Citationsi

116

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Materials Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications157

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Gardner Business Media Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0032-1257

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2012

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ4

Materials ChemistryQ4

Polymers and PlasticsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsMaterials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesManufacturing Process and OptimizationAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesPolymer Foaming and Compositesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMaterial Selection and Properties

Frequently asked questions about Plastics Technology

Is Plastics Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plastics Technology: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Plastics Technology?

Plastics Technology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.1.

Is Plastics Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plastics Technology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plastics Technology?