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Polymers
H-index 103

Polymers

2073-4360

Published by: MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 35 1542 3524 93
Chemistry 66 1120 2032 66

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 3267
Documents by Best Scientists*: 5646
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 54
SCIMAGO H-index: 167
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.918
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Polymers?

Polymers is mainly concerned with subjects like Composite material, Chemical engineering, Polymer, Composite number and Ultimate tensile strength. The journal focuses on different Composite material studies like Epoxy, Fiber, Flexural strength, Scanning electron microscope and Polypropylene. Polymers dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Chemical engineering and Membrane.

Topics in Polymer explored in Polymers were investigated in conjunction with research in Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology and Polymer chemistry. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study tackled is connected to the field of Nuclear chemistry. Polymers connects the study in Thermogravimetric analysis with the closely related area of Differential scanning calorimetry.

Many of the studies tackled connect Polymerization with a similar field of study like Monomer.

  • Composite material (27.74%)
  • Chemical engineering (27.57%)
  • Polymer (24.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA) as Biodegradable Controlled Drug Delivery Carrier (2408 citations)
  • Cellulosic Bionanocomposites: A Review of Preparation, Properties and Applications (839 citations)
  • Thermoresponsive Polymers for Biomedical Applications (723 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Polymers:

The journal articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Polymer, Composite material, Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology and Polymer chemistry. The published articles link adjacent topics like Polymer with Self-healing hydrogels. Membrane and Scanning electron microscope are some topics wherein Chemical engineering research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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 Polymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • S.M. Sapuan (35 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shujahadeen B. Aziz (34 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rushdan Ahmad Ilyas (34 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 24 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dimitrios N. Bikiaris (33 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mohammad Jawaid (27 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous 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 Polymers (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (223 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (182 papers) published 80 papers at the last edition, 18 more than at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia (165 papers) published 89 papers at the last edition, 43 more than at the previous edition,
  • King Saud University (153 papers) published 69 papers at the last edition, 16 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (141 papers) published 45 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 4.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.61% of all publications and 69.86% 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

  • Fundamental Concepts of Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, and Their Applications

    Shahid Bashir;Maryam Hina;Javed Iqbal;A H Rajpar

    (2020)
    982 Citations
  • A Comparative Review of Natural and Synthetic Biopolymer Composite Scaffolds.

    M Sai Bhargava Reddy;Deepalekshmi Ponnamma;Rajan Choudhary;Rajan Choudhary;Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

    (2021)
    905 Citations
  • Recent Developments of Carboxymethyl Cellulose.

    Md. Saifur Rahman;Md. Saif Hasan;Ashis Sutradhar Nitai;Sunghyun Nam

    (2021)
    727 Citations
  • The Importance of Poly(ethylene glycol) Alternatives for Overcoming PEG Immunogenicity in Drug Delivery and Bioconjugation.

    Thai Thanh Hoang Thi;Emily H Pilkington;Dai Hai Nguyen;Jung Seok Lee

    (2020)
    598 Citations
  • Preparations, Properties, and Applications of Polyaniline and Polyaniline Thin Films-A Review.

    Mahnoush Beygisangchin;Suraya Abdul Rashid;Suhaidi Shafie;Amir Reza Sadrolhosseini

    (2021)
    569 Citations
  • Poly(lactic Acid): A Versatile Biobased Polymer for the Future with Multifunctional Properties-From Monomer Synthesis, Polymerization Techniques and Molecular Weight Increase to PLA Applications.

    Evangelia Balla;Vasileios Daniilidis;Georgia Karlioti;Theocharis Kalamas

    (2021)
    563 Citations
  • Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Theragnosis.

    Sabya Sachi Das;Priyanshu Bharadwaj;Muhammad Bilal;Mahmood Barani

    (2020)
    497 Citations
  • Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polylactic Acid, Polylactic Acid Blends and Their Composites for Advanced Applications

    Unknown

    (2022)
    443 Citations

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