Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 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 Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Polymers and Plastics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites is a fully peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on a broad range of today's reinforced plastics and composites including areas in: Constituent materials: matrix materials, reinforcements and coatings. Properties and performance: The results of testing, predictive models, and in-service evaluation of a wide range of materials are published, providing the reader with extensive properties data for reference. Analysis and design: Frequency reports on these subjects inform the reader of analytical techniques, design processes and the many design options available in materials composition. Processing and fabrication: There is increased interest among materials engineers in cost-effective processing. Applications: Reports on new materials R&D are often related to the service requirements of specific application areas, such as automotive, marine, construction and aviation. Reports on special topics are regularly included such as recycling, environmental effects, novel materials, computer-aided design, predictive modelling, and "smart" composite materials. "The articles in the Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Products are must reading for engineers in industry and for researchers working on leading edge problems" Professor Emeritus Stephen W Tsai National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Composites

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

5.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.96LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

55LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

112OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,632OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.96OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

5.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

184LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 1.3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

ISSN

0731-6844

Electronic ISSN

1530-7964

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub