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ACS Applied Polymer Materials

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN2637-6105eISSN2637-6105

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.889

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.908

Total Worksi

7,303

Total Citationsi

94,001

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Polymer Science; Organic Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics; Process Chemistry and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,303

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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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?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2637-6105 / 2637-6105

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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

461

15k

2019

655

19k

2020

692

17k

2021

960

18k

2022

16k

2023

1.4k

15k

2024

1.6k

6.8k

2025

1.2k

634

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

Polymers and PlasticsQ1

Process Chemistry and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryPolymer Science

Scopus Categories

Process Chemistry and TechnologyPolymers and PlasticsOrganic Chemistry

Frequently asked questions about ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Is ACS Applied Polymer Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Applied Polymer Materials: 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 ACS Applied Polymer Materials?

ACS Applied Polymer Materials 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 4.31.

Is ACS Applied Polymer Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Applied Polymer Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Applied Polymer Materials?