Polymer
Last updated ISSN 0032-3861
Polymer is published by Elsevier BV in materials science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,980.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Polymer concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
- Material Dynamics and Properties
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0032-3861, 1873-2291 |
| Subject area | Materials Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,980 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 42,003 |
| Publishing since | 1960 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/polymer |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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