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Journal of Polymer Engineering
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Journal of Polymer Engineering

0334-6447

Published by: Walter de Gruyter

https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/POLYENG/html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 597 48 75 8
Engineering and Technology 1242 9 9 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 79
Documents by Best Scientists*: 102
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.382
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Polymer Engineering?

Journal of Polymer Engineering primarily focuses on research topics in Composite material, Polymer, Chemical engineering, Industrial chemistry and Polymer chemistry. The journal concentrated on Composite material research, specifically Ultimate tensile strength, Nanocomposite, Polypropylene, Composite number and Epoxy. Polymer blend is part of Polymer studies tackled in Journal of Polymer Engineering.

While work presented in Journal of Polymer Engineering provided substantial information on Chemical engineering, it also covered topics in Characterization (materials science) and Membrane. Most of the Polymer chemistry studies addressed also intersect with Copolymer.

  • Composite material (52.69%)
  • Polymer (26.05%)
  • Chemical engineering (20.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Rheological Properties of Suspensions in Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids (129 citations)
  • Dynamic simulation and graphics for the injection molding of three-dimensional thin parts (101 citations)
  • Molecular iodine/polymer complexes (82 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Polymer Engineering:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Composite material, Polymer, Chemical engineering, Industrial chemistry and Polypropylene. The most cited publications focus on Polymer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Characterization (materials science), Crystallinity, Biodegradation and Polymer science. Aside from discussions in Chemical engineering, the journal articles also deal with the subject of Polymer chemistry which intersects with Differential scanning calorimetry, Copolymer and Crystallization disciplines.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Composite material
  • Polymer
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Composite material, Chemical engineering, Polymer, Membrane and Industrial chemistry. Research on Composite material addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Thermal. Journal of Polymer Engineering focuses on Chemical engineering but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Composite number which is concerned with Starch.

Polymer research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Polymer blend. It holds forums on Membrane that merges themes from other disciplines such as Emulsion and Methacrylate. The close relationship between Carbon nanotube and Elastomer and Electrical resistivity and conductivity is one of the points of interest dissected in Nanocomposite research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Fabrication and charge storage capacitance of PPY/TiO2/PPY jacket nanotube array (6 citations)
  • A review on tribo-mechanical properties of micro- and nanoparticulate-filled nylon composites (5 citations)
  • Removal of 17β-estradiol from aqueous systems with hydrophobic microspheres (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Polymer Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dietmar Drummer (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Walter Michaeli (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edmund Haberstroh (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christian Hopmann (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Toshiro Yamada (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Polymer Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Taipei Medical University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • South China University of Technology (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minho (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.59% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 58.82% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • A review on 3D printing in tissue engineering applications

    (2022)
    70 Citations
  • Research progress of low dielectric constant polymer materials

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • Toward the development of polyethylene photocatalytic degradation

    Parisa Kamalian;Saied Nouri Khorasani;Amir Abdolmaleki;Amir Abdolmaleki;Mehdi Karevan

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Polymer genome–based prediction of gas permeabilities in polymers

    Guanghui Zhu;Chiho Kim;Anand Chandrasekarn;Joshua D. Everett

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Effects of talc, kaolin and calcium carbonate as fillers in biopolymer packaging materials

    Karoliina Helanto;Riku Talja;Orlando J. Rojas;Orlando J. Rojas

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Recent developments on polymeric membranes for CO2 capture from flue gas

    Yang Han;W.S. Winston Ho

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Effect of nanodiamond particles on the structure, mechanical, and thermal properties of polymer embedded ND/PMMA composites

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Approach to quantify the resistance of polymeric foams against thermal load under compression

    (2022)
    10 Citations

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