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Polymer
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Polymer

0032-3861

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/polymer

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 114 949 1712 52
Chemistry 145 612 984 44

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1412
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2137
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 33
SCIMAGO H-index: 297
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.843
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Polymer?

The foci of Polymer are Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Composite material, Chemical engineering and Copolymer. The research on Polymer chemistry featured in it combines topics in other fields like Crystallization, Glass transition, Polymerization, Differential scanning calorimetry and Monomer. The presented Crystallization research focuses mostly on Crystallinity and, on occasion, topics in Amorphous solid.

Polymerization study tackled is connected to the field of Photochemistry. Topics in Polymer explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Analytical chemistry, Thermal stability and Thermodynamics. Ultimate tensile strength, Nanocomposite, Polymer blend, Epoxy and Polyethylene are all areas of Composite material tackled in Polymer.

Polymer blend and Miscibility are closely related fields of research discussed in Polymer. The work on Chemical engineering tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Membrane and Phase (matter). It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Copolymer and Micelle.

  • Polymer chemistry (46.18%)
  • Polymer (33.58%)
  • Composite material (23.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Polymer nanotechnology: Nanocomposites (2485 citations)
  • HYDROGELS IN DRUG DELIVERY: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES (2474 citations)
  • Graphene-based polymer nanocomposites (2295 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Polymer:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Polymer chemistry, Composite material, Polymer, Chemical engineering and Nanocomposite. The published papers tackle studies in Glass transition and the interrelated subject of Dynamic mechanical analysis to gain insights into Polymer chemistry. Issues in Polymer were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Analytical chemistry, Phase (matter) and Thermodynamics.

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 Polymer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Donald R Paul (232 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • I. M. Ward (162 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Benjamin S. Hsiao (109 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Feng-Chih Chang (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Garth L. Wilkes (82 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 Polymer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1172 papers) published 64 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (569 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (524 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Akron (466 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (411 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous 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, 5.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.37% of all publications and 61.19% 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

  • Recent development of repairable, malleable and recyclable thermosetting polymers through dynamic transesterification

    Tuan Liu;Baoming Zhao;Jinwen Zhang

    (2020)
    323 Citations
  • 4D printing: Fundamentals, materials, applications and challenges

    Aamir Ahmed;Sandeep Arya;Vinay Gupta;Hidemitsu Furukawa

    (2021)
    306 Citations
  • 4D printing of shape memory polylactic acid (PLA)

    Mehrshad Mehrpouya;Henri Vahabi;Shahram Janbaz;Arash Darafsheh

    (2021)
    219 Citations
  • Design of multifunctional food packaging films based on carboxymethyl chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked network by using citric acid as crosslinker

    Lishan Wen;Yuntong Liang;Zhenhao Lin;Donghong Xie

    (2021)
    196 Citations
  • LCST polymers: Thermoresponsive nanostructured assemblies towards bioapplications

    George Pasparakis;Constantinos Tsitsilianis

    (2020)
    190 Citations
  • Boosting Solar Steam Generation by Photothermal Enhanced Polydopamine/Wood Composites

    Yuan Zou;Peng Yang;Lu Yang;Ning Li

    (2021)
    173 Citations
  • Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)

    Neil B. McKeown

    (2020)
    131 Citations

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