Journal profile · Materials Science, Composites
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
ISSN 0892-7057 · eISSN 1530-7980 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials: CAS Zone 3 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; review about 1.7 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 226 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials is published by SAGE Publications Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Mechanical Behavior of Composites and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Polymers and Plastics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (JTCM) publishes peer-reviewed research on polymers, nanocomposites, and particulate, discontinuous, and continuous-fiber-reinforced materials in the areas of processing, materials science, mechanics, durability, design, non destructive evaluation, addictive manufacturing and manufacturing science. There is a … | 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, Composites
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 9, Japan 1, France 1, Canada 1, Israel 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesMaterials Science13.1%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering11.5%
- Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesMaterials Science11.3%
- Polymer crystallization and propertiesMaterials Science7.3%
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMaterials Science7%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering6%
- Fiber-reinforced polymer compositesEngineering5.7%
- Tribology and Wear AnalysisEngineering4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Composites | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Composites | Zone 3 |
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, Composites | 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
- 3.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,392OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.2%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 222LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,933 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 226 | 52 | 123 |
| 2025 | 226 | 58 | 778 |
| 2024 | 154 | 50 | 1,525 |
| 2023 | 175 | 36 | 2,085 |
| 2022 | 121 | 17 | 1,771 |
| 2021 | 74 | 7 | 1,615 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1.7 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 29.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted12
- brief communicationPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- letter to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- letters to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- opinionPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- original research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: 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 Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…Length not stated
- viewpointPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials publishes ori…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 peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor 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 rejec…
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
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0892-7057
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-7980
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
What CAS zone is Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials is in Zone 3 of Materials Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Materials Science, Composites. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.8; CiteScore 9.3, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials?
Authors report an average review time of about 1.7 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 29.4%. 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 Thermoplastic Composite Materials?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 Thermoplastic Composite Materials based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Japan (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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: .