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Polymer Composites

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States

ISSN0272-8397eISSN1548-0569

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.762

H-Indexi

132

SNIPi

1.311

Total Worksi

12,686

Total Citationsi

226,140

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Composites; Polymer Science; Ceramics and Composites; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Materials Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1986-

StatusActive

Total Publications12,686

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0272-8397 / 1548-0569

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

325

8.4k

2019

452

12k

2020

561

14k

2021

754

15k

2022

859

12k

2023

1.4k

14k

2024

1.5k

5.3k

2025

789

253

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.

Ceramics and CompositesQ1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Materials ChemistryQ2

Polymers and PlasticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, CompositesPolymer Science

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsChemistry (miscellaneous)Materials ChemistryCeramics and Composites

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mechanical Behavior of CompositesNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesFiber-reinforced polymer compositesEpoxy Resin Curing Processes

Frequently asked questions about Polymer Composites

Is Polymer Composites a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Polymer Composites: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Polymer Composites?

Polymer Composites is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.08.

Is Polymer Composites indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Polymer Composites is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Polymer Composites?