Polymer Chemistry
The journal for the most innovative and exciting polymer chemistry, with an emphasis on the synthesis and properties of polymers.
Editor-in-Chief: Christine Luscombe
Open Access: Hybrid
Journal Impact factor
4 (2024)
First decision time (all)
11 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
27 days
Scope
Polymer Chemistry welcomes submissions in all areas of polymer science that have a strong focus on macromolecular chemistry. Manuscripts may cover a broad range of fields, yet no direct application focus is required.
Manuscripts with a strong application focus might be more suitable for RSC Applied Polymers.
Readership
Polymer chemists in industry and academia, plus materials scientists and bioscientists.
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Meet the team
Hatice Mutlu
Associate Editor
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
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Remzi Becer
University of Warwick
Eva Blasco
Heidelberg University
Chris Bowman
University of Colorado
Cyrille Boyer
University of New South Wales
Antoine Buchard
University of York
Changle Chen
University of Science & Technology of China
Mao Chen
Fudan University
Xuesi Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Franck D'Agosto
CNRS-University of Lyon
Priyadarsi De
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
Dagmar D'hooge
Ghent University
Elizabeth Elacqua
Pennsylvania State University
Didier Gigmes
Aix-Marseilles Université
Atsushi Goto
Nanyang Technological University
Sophie Guillaume
Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
Fiona Hatton
Loughborough University
Miao Hong
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Toyoji Kakuchi
Changchun University of Science and Technology
Julia Kalow
Northwestern University
Jacques Lalevée
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse
Timothy Long
Arizona State University
John Matson
Virginia Tech
Amitav Sanyal
Bogazici University
Felix Schacher
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Ben Zhong Tang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kelly Velonia
University of Crete
Nicholas Warren
University of Sheffield
Paul Wilson
University of Warwick
Wei You
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maria Southall
Executive Editor
Sophie Orchard
Deputy Editor
Cara Sutton
Editorial Manager
Molly Colgate
Assistant Editor
Katie Morton
Assistant Editor
Charu Storr-Vijay
Assistant Editor
Alison Winder
Assistant Editor
Basita Javeed
Editorial Assistant
Allison Holloway
Publishing Assistant
Sam Keltie
Publisher
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