Journal rankings · indicator year 2000
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Subfield ranking · 2000
Polymers and Plastics journal rankings 2000
50 ranked journals · Subfield in Materials Science
Polymers and Plastics has 50 ranked journals in 2000. The median journal has an OJR of 0.61, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.81. The top three are Macromolecules, Polymer Composites, and International Nonwovens Journal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2000. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Materials Science (8)
50 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 1999. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1997–1999 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2000. | Compare |
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1MacromoleculesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.14Q1 | 2.69no 1999 value | 4,004 | 4% | $4,500 | — | |
2Polymer CompositesWiley · United States | 1.76Q1 | 0.79no 1999 value | 244 | 4% | $4,480 | — | |
3International Nonwovens JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.44Q1 | 0.51no 1999 value | 39 | 61% | — | — | |
4PolymerElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 1.40no 1999 value | 2,555 | 4% | $3,980 | — | |
5Polymer Engineering and ScienceWiley · United States | 1.22Q1 | 0.86no 1999 value | 672 | 5% | $4,270 | — | |
6Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsWiley · Germany | 1.13Q1 | 0.79no 1999 value | 706 | 8% | $4,550 | — | |
7Journal of Coatings TechnologySpringer Nature · United States | 1.05Q1 | 0.98no 1999 value | 131 | 4% | — | — | |
8International Polymer ProcessingDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.04Q1 | 0.55no 1999 value | 160 | 1% | $2,712 | — | |
9Progress in Organic CoatingsElsevier BV · Switzerland | 0.97Q1 | 0.97no 1999 value | 251 | 2% | $4,350 | — | |
10Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer PhysicsWiley · United States | 0.94Q1 | 0.84no 1999 value | 1,346 | 12% | $3,200 | — | |
11Rubber Chemistry and TechnologyAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 0.94Q1 | 0.50no 1999 value | 182 | 2% | — | — | |
12Journal of Macromolecular Science Part BTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.83Q1 | 0.68no 1999 value | 206 | 7% | — | — | |
13Journal of Thermoplastic Composite MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.81Q1 | 0.50no 1999 value | 105 | 13% | $4,400 | — | |
14Journal of Polymer EngineeringDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.80Q2 | 0.42no 1999 value | 82 | 3% | $2,712 | — | |
15Advances in Polymer TechnologyOAWiley · United States | 0.78Q2 | 0.41no 1999 value | 134 | 39% | $2,160 | — | |
16Reactive and Functional PolymersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.77Q2 | 0.97no 1999 value | 327 | 0% | $3,920 | — | |
17Computational and Theoretical Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.73Q2 | 0.91no 1999 value | 105 | 2% | — | — | |
18Polymer Degradation and StabilityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.73Q2 | 0.92no 1999 value | 685 | 3% | $4,190 | — | |
19Polymer JournalSpringer Nature · Japan | 0.71Q2 | 0.86no 1999 value | 619 | 3% | $4,390 | — | |
20Polymer InternationalWiley · United States | 0.69Q2 | 0.59no 1999 value | 786 | 2% | $3,890 | — | |
21Polymer TestingOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.69Q2 | 0.51no 1999 value | 154 | 3% | $3,370 | — | |
22Polymer BulletinSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.69Q2 | 0.53no 1999 value | 576 | 3% | $3,790 | — | |
23European Polymer JournalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.65Q2 | 0.60no 1999 value | 820 | 1% | $4,330 | — | |
24High Performance PolymersSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.63Q2 | 0.65no 1999 value | 116 | 2% | $4,150 | — | |
25Journal of Applied Polymer ScienceWiley · United States | 0.63Q2 | 0.58no 1999 value | 4,789 | 3% | $4,140 | — | |
26Textile Research JournalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.60Q3 | 0.65no 1999 value | 397 | 4% | $4,150 | — | |
27Polymers for Advanced TechnologiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.59Q3 | 0.57no 1999 value | 467 | 3% | $4,800 | — | |
28Journal of Macromolecular Science Part ATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.57Q3 | 0.53no 1999 value | 491 | 5% | — | — | |
29Chinese Journal of Polymer ScienceSpringer Nature · United States | 0.43Q3 | 0.34no 1999 value | 32 | 0% | $3,990 | — | |
30Journal of Cellular PlasticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.43Q3 | 0.46no 1999 value | 98 | 44% | $4,400 | — | |
31International Journal of Polymer Analysis and CharacterizationTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.39Q3 | 0.37no 1999 value | 75 | 0% | — | — | |
32Plastics Rubber and Composites Macromolecular EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.39Q3 | 0.22no 1999 value | 68 | 1% | $4,150 | — | |
33Polymer-Plastics Technology and EngineeringMarcel Dekker · United States | 0.32Q3 | 0.36no 1999 value | 183 | 0% | — | — | |
34Journal of the Textile InstituteTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.30Q3 | 0.21no 1999 value | 225 | 2% | — | — | |
35Journal of Elastomers & PlasticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.26Q3 | 0.25no 1999 value | 64 | 49% | $4,150 | — | |
36International Journal of Clothing Science and TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.26Q3 | 0.14no 1999 value | 107 | 0% | — | — | |
37Polymers and Polymer CompositesOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.23Q3 | 0.17no 1999 value | 343 | 0% | $2,000 | — | |
38KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHUOASociety of Polymer Science · Japan | 0.23Q3 | 0.20no 1999 value | 352 | 99% | — | — | |
39Cellular PolymersSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.23Q4 | 0.12no 1999 value | 119 | 0% | $4,150 | — | |
40Journal of Plastic Film & SheetingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.21Q4 | 0.05no 1999 value | 80 | 15% | $4,400 | — | |
41Journal of Polymer ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Taiwan | 0.21Q4 | 0.17no 1999 value | 97 | 0% | $3,890 | — | |
42Designed Monomers & PolymersOATaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.20Q4 | 0.28no 1999 value | 68 | 87% | $1,533 | — | |
43Journal of Vinyl and Additive TechnologyWiley · United States | 0.17Q4 | 0.08no 1999 value | 147 | 0% | $3,800 | — | |
44PolimeryOAIndustrial Chemistry Research Institute · Poland | 0.15Q4 | 0.09no 1999 value | 341 | 100% | — | — | |
45Journal of Industrial TextilesOASAGE Publishing · United States | 0.14Q4 | 0.06no 1999 value | 64 | 52% | — | — | |
46Research Journal of Textile and ApparelEmerald Publishing Limited | 0.11Q4 | 0.10no 1999 value | 46 | 18% | — | — | |
47Progress in Rubber and Plastics TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.09Q4 | 0.04no 1999 value | 44 | 0% | — | — | |
48PolímerosOAAssociação Brasileira de Polímeros · Brazil | 0.04Q4 | 0.07no 1999 value | 153 | 100% | $152 | — | |
49Macromolecular ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 0.01Q4 | 0.01no 1999 value | 95 | 0% | $3,390 | — | |
50Acta Polymerica SinicaOAScience Press · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no 1999 value | 272 | 0% | — | — |
Subfields of Materials Science, with Polymers and Plastics highlighted.
- Materials Chemistry147
- Polymers and Plastics50
- Biomaterials16
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films5
- Ceramics and Composites3
- General Materials Science0
- Metals and Alloys0
Journals
Citations made in 2000. Corpus-wide, 66.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
11 additional Polymers and Plastics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1997–1999, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2000. Publication window: 1997–1999. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 50
- Window papers (baseline)
- 21,710 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Median OJR
- 0.61 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Rising journals (2025)
- 12
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1997–1999 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 80 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 21,710 | 23,128 | 25,063 | 26,684 | 28,497 | 30,159 | 32,318 | 34,762 | 37,357 | 39,274 | 41,007 | 42,360 | 44,839 | 46,841 | 48,915 | 49,356 | 48,928 | 46,837 | 45,002 | 44,515 | 46,282 | 48,422 | 49,976 | 50,050 | 50,400 | 53,160 | |
| Median OJR | 0.61 | 0.5844 | 0.518 | 0.539 | 0.56 | 0.544 | 0.523 | 0.5492 | 0.514 | 0.631 | 0.54868 | 0.577 | 0.627 | 0.6190 | 0.6187 | 0.57 | 0.508 | 0.54870 | 0.511 | 0.513 | 0.53 | 0.600 | 0.597 | 0.589 | 0.5839 | 0.590 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.