The International Journal for the Science and Technology of Polymers

Polymer is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing innovative and significant advances in Polymer Physics, Chemistry and Technology. We welcome submissions on polymer hybrids, nanocomposites, characterisation and self-assembly. Polymer also publishes work on the technological application of polymers in energy and optoelectronics.

The main scope is covered but not limited to the following core areas:

Polymer Materials
Nanocomposites and hybrid nanomaterials
Polymer blends, films, fibres, networks and porous materials
Physical Characterization
Characterisation, modelling and simulation* of molecular and materials properties in bulk, solution, and thin films
Polymer Engineering
Advanced multiscale processing methods
Polymer Synthesis, Modification and Self-assembly
Including designer polymer architectures, mechanisms and kinetics, and supramolecular polymerization
Technological Applications
Polymers for energy generation and storage
Polymer membranes for separation technology
Polymers for opto- and microelectronics



*Theory and simulation papers should include or reference previously published experimental results.


The scope of Polymer no longer includes the biomedical applications of polymers. We would strongly recommend that authors consider submitting these papers to our excellent sister title European Polymer Journal https://www.journals.elsevier.com/european-polymer-journal

Article Types and Submission


Polymer publishes the following article types: original research papers, review articles, featured articles, short communications and Research Insights.

Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center


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Editor-in-Chief
Stephen Z.D. Cheng
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States Email Stephen Z.D. Cheng
Senior Editor
Benny Freeman
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States Email Benny Freeman
Yanchun Han
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China Email Yanchun Han
Editors
Qiang Fu
Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Email Qiang Fu
Kohzo Ito
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Chiba, Japan Email Kohzo Ito
Hiroshi Jinnai
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Email Hiroshi JinnaiDongsheng Liu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Email Dongsheng Liu
Alejandro Müller
University of the Basque Country Polymer Science and Technology Department, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain Email Alejandro Müller
Michael S Silverstein
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Email Michael S Silverstein
Chuanbing Tang
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States Email Chuanbing Tang
Tsutomu Yokozawa
Kanagawa University Faculty of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Yokohama, Japan Email Tsutomu Yokozawa
Executive Board
Wen-Hua Sun, Ph.D
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dong Wang, PhD
Beijing University of Chemical Technology College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing, China
Wen-Bin Zhang
Peking University, Beijing, China
Editorial Advisory Board
Lijia An
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, Jilin, China
Wolfgang Binder
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Timothy Bunning
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, United States
Neil Cameron
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Er-Qiang Chen
Peking University, Beijing, China
Yongming Chen
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Claudio De Rosa
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Jan Genzer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Mark Geoghegan
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Charles C Han
Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Benjamin Hsiao
Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States
Shinzaburo Ito
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Georg Krausch
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Christopher Li
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Zichen Li
Peking University, Beijing, China
Mingjie Liu, PhD
Beihang University, Beijing, China
Katja Loos
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Christopher Macosko
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Axel Mueller
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Petra Pötschke
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany
Robert Prud'homme
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey Pyun
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Richard Register
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Mitsuhiro Shibayama
The University of Tokyo Institute for Solid State Physics Neutron Science Laboratory, Naka-Gun, Japan
Sindee Simon
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, Texas, United States
Brent Sumerlin
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
Benzhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Chemistry, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Kohji Tashiro
Toyota Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Department of Future Industry Oriented Basic Science and Materials, Nagoya, Japan
Thomas Thurn- Albrecht
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Vladimir Tsukruk
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Richard Turner
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Mathias Ulbricht
University of Duisburg-Essen Department of Technical Chemistry II, Essen, Germany
Zhi Yuan Wang
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Karen Winey
University of Pennsylvania Hillel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Chi Wu
Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry, New Territories, Hong Kong
Yusuf Yagci
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
Xi Zhang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Lei Zhu
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Meifang Zhu, PhD
Donghua University, Shanghai, China