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Best Polymers and Plastics journals

167 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Polymers and Plastics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 42 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Progress in Polymer Science 46.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Advanced Fiber Materials 35.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Journal of Materials Science and Technology 29.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 27.8 97th Q1 SCIE No
5 Polymer Reviews 25.7 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research 25.4 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
7 Cleaner Materials 23.4 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 Carbohydrate Polymers 23.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
9 Accounts of Materials Research 22.7 94th Q1 ESCI No
10 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
11 Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 18.3 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Acta Materialia 16.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
13 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 14.9 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 14 91th Q1 SCIE No
15 ACS Materials Au 12.7 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Composites Communications 12.1 90th Q1 SCIE No
17 Materials Today Chemistry 11.9 90th Q1 SCIE No
18 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
19 European Polymer Journal 11.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
20 Polymer Testing 11.1 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Polymers 11 87th Q1 SCIE No
22 Journal of Polymers and the Environment 10.9 87th Q1 SCIE No
23 Gels 10.3 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Hybrid Advances 10.1 86th Q1 Yes
25 Giant 9.5 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
26 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 9.2 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Cellulose 9.1 84th Q1 SCIE No
28 International Journal of Polymer Science 9.1 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 ES Materials and Manufacturing 8.9 83th Q1 No
30 Macromolecules 8.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
31 Advances in Manufacturing 8.8 81th Q1 SCIE No
32 Biomacromolecules 8.8 81th Q1 SCIE No
33 ACS Macro Letters 8.8 80th Q1 SCIE No
34 Reactive and Functional Polymers 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE No
35 Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 8.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
36 Polymer Bulletin 8.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
37 Water Emerging Contaminants and Nanoplastics 8.4 78th Q1 No
38 Journal of Industrial Textiles 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Macromolecular Bioscience 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE No
40 Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 8.3 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 7.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
42 SPE Polymers 7.8 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 Polymer International 7.8 74th Q2 SCIE No
44 Polymer Composites 7.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
45 ACS Polymers Au 7.5 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Macromolecular Rapid Communications 7.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
47 Polymer Chemistry 7.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
48 Polymer 7.4 71th Q2 SCIE No
49 Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology 7.2 71th Q2 SCIE No
50 ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7.1 70th Q2 SCIE No
51 Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition) 7 69th Q2 SCIE No
52 E-Polymers 7 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
53 Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 7 69th Q2 SCIE No
54 Journal of Materials Science 7 68th Q2 SCIE No
55 Polymers and Polymer Composites 6.9 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
56 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 6.8 66th Q2 SCIE No
57 Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials 6.6 66th Q2 SCIE No
58 Journal of Polymer Science 6.3 65th Q2 SCIE No
59 Journal of Cellular Plastics 6.2 65th Q2 SCIE No
60 Advances in Polymer Technology 6.2 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
61 Polymers for Advanced Technologies 5.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
62 Polymers from Renewable Resources 5.9 63th Q2 No
63 Macromolecular Research 5.9 62th Q2 SCIE No
64 Plasma Processes and Polymers 5.8 62th Q2 SCIE No
65 Designed Monomers and Polymers 5.8 61th Q2 SCIE Yes
66 Polymer Journal 5.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
67 Polymer Engineering and Science 5.7 60th Q2 SCIE No
68 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 5.6 59th Q2 SCIE No
69 Journal of Polymer Research 5.6 59th Q2 SCIE No
70 Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 5.5 58th Q2 SCIE No
71 Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 5.4 58th Q2 SCIE No
72 Clothing and Textiles Research Journal 5.4 57th Q2 SSCI No
73 Fire and Materials 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE No
74 Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition) 5.4 56th Q2 SCIE No
75 Textile Research Journal 5.1 55th Q2 SCIE No
76 Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer and Composites Science 4.9 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
77 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 54th Q2 SCIE No
78 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 4.6 53th Q2 SCIE No
79 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 4.5 53th Q2 SCIE No
80 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
81 Fibers and Polymers 4.4 52th Q2 SCIE No
82 International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering 4.4 51th Q2 ESCI No
83 Colloid and Polymer Science 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE No
84 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE No
85 Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry 4.3 49th Q3 No
86 Materials Research Express 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE Yes
87 Journal of the Textile Institute 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE No
88 High Performance Polymers 4 47th Q3 SCIE No
89 Journal of Elastomers and Plastics 3.9 47th Q3 SCIE No
90 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE No
91 Journal of Polymer Engineering 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE No
92 Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE No
93 RSC Applied Polymers 3.8 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
94 Nano Express 3.7 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
95 Green Materials 3.4 43th Q3 SCIE No
96 Rubber Chemistry and Technology 3.4 43th Q3 SCIE No
97 International Polymer Processing 3.3 42th Q3 SCIE No
98 International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization 3.2 41th Q3 SCIE No
99 Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 3.2 41th Q3 SCIE No
100 Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals 3.2 40th Q3 ESCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Polymers and Plastics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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