Journal profile · Materials Science-Polymers and Plastics
Macromolecular Symposia
ISSN 1022-1360 · eISSN 1521-3900 · Wiley-Blackwell
Macromolecular Symposia: subscription journal; APC about USD 4,020; median 232 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 85% (journal website); 382 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Macromolecular Symposia is published by Wiley-Blackwell. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Polymer crystallization and properties and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Polymers and Plastics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Macromolecular Symposia is an international journal publishing proceedings from international conferences and symposia in the fields of macromolecular chemistry and physics, and polymer and related materials sciences. Our papers represent a wide range of topics such as polymer synthesis, characterization, processing, and applications. All submitted contributions are peer-reviewed. Contributions are selected from international meetings, including those of the International Conference on Design and Technologies for Polymeric and Composite Products (POLCOM) Brazilian Polymer Conference Times of Polymers and Composites (TOP) PolyMerTec ISSN: 1521-3900 (online). Currently 12 issues per year. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef, PubMed, or ISI Web of Knowledge), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "Macromol. Symp." (punctuation may vary according to the style of the citing journal).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science-Polymers and Plastics
Editor-in-chief Alice JensenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationChemistry15.6%
- Polymer crystallization and propertiesMaterials Science13%
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMaterials Science9.1%
- Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationMaterials Science6.3%
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Block Copolymer Self-AssemblyMaterials Science4.2%
- Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesMaterials Science4%
- Polymer Science and ApplicationsEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Chemistry | Q3 | 245/327 | 25th |
| Polymers and Plastics | Q4 | 130/168 | 22nd |
| Condensed Matter Physics | Q4 | 351/446 | 21st |
| Organic Chemistry | Q4 | 183/215 | 15th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,304OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 324Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 167,999Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,652 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 239 | 92 | 3,275 |
| 2025 | 382 | 183 | 4,877 |
| 2024 | 321 | 166 | 5,034 |
| 2023 | 243 | 122 | 4,956 |
| 2022 | 257 | 102 | 4,928 |
| 2021 | 249 | 29 | 5,503 |
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 Crossref · to
232 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 186 days – 308 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 252 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (634 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 85%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 197 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 69 daysPublisher 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 4,020 / EUR 3,350 / GBP 2,730 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1022-1360
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-3900
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 415, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Macromolecular Symposia
How long does peer review take at Macromolecular Symposia?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 232 days (interquartile range 186–308 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 85% (2025). 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.
Which databases index Macromolecular Symposia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Macromolecular Symposia is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Macromolecular Symposia open access, and what is the APC?
Macromolecular Symposia is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,020.
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: .