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E-Polymers

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · France · Est. 2001

ISSN1618-7229

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 5.8. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.582

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

5.8

SNIPi

0.746

Total Worksi

2,123

Total Citationsi

18,941

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

e-Polymers is an open access, single-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal. The aim of e-Polymers is to publish, in an ongoing way, pure and applied polymer-science-related original research articles, reviews, and feature articles. It includes synthetic methodologies, characterization, and processing techniques for polymer materials. Reports on interdisciplinary polymer science and on applications of polymers in all areas are welcome.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Frequencycontinuous publication model

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,123

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1618-7229

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.3k

2019

2.3k

2020

1.4k

2021

1.4k

2022

830

2023

386

2024

2025

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ2

Polymers and PlasticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Polymer Science

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer crystallization and propertiesSynthesis and properties of polymersAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationConducting polymers and applicationsSilicone and Siloxane ChemistryAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsPolymer composites and self-healingElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Frequently asked questions about E-Polymers

Is E-Polymers a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for E-Polymers: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 E-Polymers?

E-Polymers 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8.

Is E-Polymers indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

E-Polymers is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.