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Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN8756-0879eISSN1530-8014

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.713

Total Worksi

1,185

Total Citationsi

10,597

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Coatings & Films; Materials Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics; Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,185

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

8756-0879 / 1530-8014

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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

579

2019

462

2020

241

2021

192

2022

2023

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.

Materials ChemistryQ3

Polymers and PlasticsQ3

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Coatings & Films

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsMaterials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Polymer crystallization and propertiesMaterial Properties and ProcessingRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesAcademic Writing and Publishingbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPublishing and Scholarly CommunicationEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesPolymer Foaming and CompositesNanocomposite Films for Food Packaging

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting

Is Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting: 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 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting?

Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 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 1.63.

Is Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting?