Aims and scope
Discover Polymers is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across the field of polymer science, polymer processing, engineering and its applications. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in polymer science and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and Climate Action.
Topics
Topics welcomed at Discover Polymers include but are not limited to the following:
- Polymer materials
- Polymer analysis, structures and characterization
- Polymer synthesis and reactions
- Polymer processing and engineering
- Polymer modification and self-assembly
- Polymer chemistry
- Polymer physics and theory
- Polymer surface and interfaces
- Stimuli-responsive polymers
- Polymer applications
- Renewable and sustainable polymers
- Supramolecular polymers
- Biomacromolecules, biobased and biodegradable polymers
- Circular and green polymer science
- Polymer composites and nanocomposites
- Polymer networks
- Polymer membranes and films
- Polymer fibres
- Smart and functional polymers
- Carbohydrate polymers
Content types
Discover Polymers welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with Polymers. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of Polymers. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.