Journal of Polymer Engineering
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                Editor-in-Chief: 
    
        Nino Grizzuti
        
About this journal
Objective
Journal of Polymer Engineering publishes reviews, original basic and applied research contributions as well as recent technological developments in polymer engineering. Polymer engineering is a strongly interdisciplinary field and papers published by the journal may span areas such as polymer physics, polymer processing and engineering of polymer-based materials and their applications. The editors and the publisher are committed to high quality standards and rapid handling of the peer review and publication processes. 
Cutting-edge topics such as but not limited to the following:
- Polymer physics
- Polymer processing
- Functional polymers
- Engineering of polymer composites, nanocomposites and blends
- Biopolymer engineering
- Engineering of polymer-based materials for electrical, piezoelectrical and optical applications
- Polymers and renewable energies
- Environmental polymer engineering
- Automotive and aerospace
- Nanotechnology
- Photonics and optoelectronics
Article formats
Original articles, Reviews 
Your Benefits
- State-of-the art knowledge in the broad field of polymer engineering
- Strong interdisciplinary approach
- Renowned international editorial board
- Publication online and print incl. online first mode
History
Journal of Polymer Engineering was previously published by Freund Publishing House Ltd.
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedBiodegradable starch-based bioplastic films with carrot and beetroot peel waste: processing and characterizationLicensedOctober 6, 2025
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                        Issue 9Special issue: Polymer engineering rheology; Issue editors: Peter van Puyvelde and Nino Grizzuti
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| Journal Impact Factor | 1.7 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) | 
| 5-year Journal Impact Factor | 1.8 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) | 
| Journal Citation Indicator | 0.33 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) | 
| CiteScore | 3.7 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) | 
| SCImago Journal Rank | 0.382 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) | 
| Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.538 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) | 
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You can easily submit your manuscript online. Simply go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jpolyeng and you will be guided through the whole peer-reviewing and publishing process. 
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- High quality peer-review
- Short turnaround times
- Color figure publication free of charge
- Prompt online first publication of accepted papers
- Optional open access publication
- Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
- Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
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Submission process
- Submission of your paper via our submission management tool following the Instructions_for_Authors (you will be guided through every step of the submission process)
- Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English
- Before submitting your article please have a look at our Ethical Guidelines and our Copyright Transfer Agreement
- Once your article is accepted you have the option to publish it open access
- Our Repository Policy allows you to distribute 30 PDF copies of your published article to colleagues (the PDF has to include the information that it is an author's copy). Please also feel free to distribute the link to the online abstract
- If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ for authors
 We look forward to receiving your manuscript!
 
Open Access
In this journal, authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. Open access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints. Each article published under an open access license is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €2000.
Editor-in-Chief
Nino Grizzuti, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, nino.grizzuti@unina.it 
Editors
Abdellah Ajji, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, abdellah.ajji@polymtl.ca
Pedro Fardim, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, pedro.fardim@kuleuven.be
Michele Galizia, The University of Oklahoma, USA, mgalizia@ou.edu
Hiroshi Ito, Yamagata University, Japan, ihiroshi@yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Yongjin Li, Hangzhou Normal University, China, yongjin-li@hznu.edu.cn
Shih-Jung Liu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, shihjung@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Ana Vera Machado, University of Minho, Portugal, avm@dep.uminho.pt
Tim A. Osswald, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, tosswald@wisc.edu
Roberto Pantani, University of Salerno, Italy, rpantani@unisa.it 
Advisory Board
Francisco J. Baltá Calleja, Institute for Structure of Matter, CSIC, Spain
Satinath N. Bhattacharya, RMIT University, Australia
Shia-Chung Chen, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
José A. Covas, University of Minho, Portugal
Igor Emri, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Donald L. Feke, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Dino Ferri, Basic Chemical and Plastics Research Centre, Versalis S.p.A., Italy
Walter W. Focke, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Russell E. Gorga, North Carolina State University, USA
Juan P. Hernández Ortiz, National University of Colombia, Colombia
Christian Hopmann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Sadhan C. Jana, The University of Akron, USA
Takeshi Kikutani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Ica Manas-Zloczower, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Han E. H. Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
Ashok Misra, Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
Luiz A. Pessan, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Hans.-J. Radusch, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Tadamoto Sakai, Shizuoka University, Japan
Zehev Tadmor, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Bruno Vergnes, MINES ParisTech, France
Xinling Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 
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