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Polymer Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN1759-9954eISSN1759-9962

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.

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📊 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

0.726

H-Indexi

167

SNIPi

0.799

Total Worksi

12,113

Total Citationsi

320,536

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Polymer Chemistry welcomes submissions in all areas of polymer science that have a strong focus on macromolecular chemistry. Manuscripts may cover a broad range of fields, yet no direct application focus is required. Manuscripts with a strong application focus might be more suitable for RSC Applied Polymers .

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,113

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1759-9954 / 1759-9962

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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

881

22k

2019

898

19k

2020

790

13k

2021

740

9.9k

2022

630

5.7k

2023

619

3.7k

2024

573

1.5k

2025

393

106

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.

Organic ChemistryQ1

BiochemistryQ2

BioengineeringQ2

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Polymers and PlasticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Polymer Science

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBioengineeringPolymers and PlasticsBiomedical EngineeringOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterizationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesConducting polymers and applicationsSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersPolymer composites and self-healing

Frequently asked questions about Polymer Chemistry

Is Polymer Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Polymer Chemistry: 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 Chemistry?

Polymer Chemistry 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 2.79.

Is Polymer Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Polymer Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.