Journal profile · Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting
ISSN 8756-0879 · eISSN 1530-8014 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly
Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.61; subscription journal; APC about USD 4,400; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting is published by SAGE Publications Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Polymer crystallization and properties, Material Properties and Processing and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Polymers and Plastics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting is a peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to the research, development, and processing of plastic film and sheeting. Reports by specialists from industry and universities present new developments in polymer science and plastics technology that result in improved films and sheeting... View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Editor-in-chief John R. WagnerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 15, Türkiye 2, Canada 1, Australia 1, Colombia 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Polymer crystallization and propertiesMaterials Science13%
- Material Properties and ProcessingEngineering9%
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesChemical Engineering8.7%
- Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesMaterials Science7.7%
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMaterials Science5.1%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities4.9%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities4.7%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.61LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 298OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,213 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 35 | 8 | 69 |
| 2024 | 32 | 6 | 90 |
| 2023 | 29 | 11 | 98 |
| 2022 | 36 | 1 | 194 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4 | 244 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted10
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- letterPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- letters to the editors3. Letters to the Editors. Readers' letters should address issues raised by published articles or should report significant new findings that merit rapid dissem…Length not stated
- opinionPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- original researchPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- review articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
- review articles2. Review Articles. A critical and comprehensive review of current relevant literature, identifying limitations in knowledge and a rationale for the study.Length not stated
- short communicationPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting publishes original re…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editors Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reje…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 8756-0879
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-8014
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting
What CAS zone is Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Coatings & Films. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.61; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25.5%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), Türkiye (2) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .