RSC Applied Polymers journal

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Watch back on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Seb_jj70c0">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7140296565105029120">LinkedIn</a> to discover the journal's highlights from our first issues and meet our editorial board members.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink"> <h2>What would you like to know about this journal?<em><br><br></em></h2> <div class="rsc-ui"> <div class="row"> <div class="column three"> <p style="font-size: 20px; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #D3D3D3; border-left-width: 8px; padding: 10px;">Editor-in-Chief: Emily Pentzer</p> <p style="font-size: 20px; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #D3D3D3; border-left-width: 8px; padding: 10px;">Impact factor: n/a</p> <p style="font-size: 20px; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #D3D3D3; border-left-width: 8px; padding: 10px;">Gold open access, APCs currently waived</p> </div> <div class="column three"> <p style="font-size: 20px; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #D3D3D3; border-left-width: 8px; padding: 10px;">Time to first decision (peer-reviewed only): 30.0 days**</p> <p style="font-size: 20px; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #D3D3D3; border-left-width: 8px; padding: 10px;">Time to first decision (all decisions): 5.0 days***</p> </div> <div class="column three"> <div class="pad-sm"> <p><a class="bg-dk-blue pad-xsm block" href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/lp#!issueid=lp001001&type=current&issnonline=2755-371x" rel="noopener">Read this journal </a></p> <p><a class="bg-dk-blue pad-xsm block" href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rscapplpolym" rel="noopener">Submit your article</a></p> <p><a class="bg-dk-blue pad-xsm block" href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/#alerts" rel="noopener">Sign up for regular email alerts</a></p> <p><a class="bg-dk-blue pad-xsm block" href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/metrics/">View all journal metrics</a></p> <p><a class="bg-dk-blue pad-xsm block" href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/#scope">Journal scope</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink" id="intro"> <h3 style="padding-top: 0.5cm;">Going beyond the traditional boundaries of the chemical sciences</h3> <style></style> <div class="rsc-ui"> <div class="row edge2edge-lg"> <div class="column two pad-sm"> <div class="padh-sm"> <p><img class="center" style="width: 100%; max-width: 300px;" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/00-cover-images/rsc-applied-polymers-journal-cover.jpg?version=b0f3a020" alt="RSC Applied Polymers journal cover"></p> </div> </div> <div class="column two pad-sm"> <div class="padh-sm"> <p><em>RSC Applied Polymers</em> is one of the first of our journals to focus on applied research. The <a href="/policy-evidence-campaigns/discovery-research-and-innovation/discovery-research-innovation-reports-surveys-campaigns/science-horizons/#sciencehorizonsreport">RSC Science Horizons report</a> identifies how the chemical sciences are key to unravelling global and industrial challenges and particularly focuses on how interdisciplinary and applied research can contribute. With this in mind, <em>RSC Applied Polymers</em> offers you an impactful platform for the application of polymers, both natural and synthetic, including experimental and computational studies.</p> <p>This journal is part of our new offering. Scientists can continue to find innovative polymer research in our existing journal, <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/polymer-chemistry/"><em>Polymer Chemistry</em></a>, and discover interdisciplinary, application-focused work in <em>RSC Applied Polymers</em>. Together, these two journals give you more options to explore and publish impactful research across the spectrum of polymer science.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink"> <hr> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink" id="EiC-quote"> <h2>Hear from our Editor-in-Chief: Emily Pentzer</h2> <div class="rsc-ui"> <div class="row edge2edge-sm"> <div class="column pad-sm text-center two" style="vertical-align: middle;"> <p><img style="width: 100%;" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/photo-emily-pentzer-portrait.jpg?version=b41c50d4" alt="photo-emily-pentzer portrait.jpg"></p> </div> <div class="column two pad-sm" style="vertical-align: middle;"> <div class="pull-quote" style="border-left: 8px solid #48A9C5; margin: 0 !important;"><q><em>RSC Applied Polymers</em> will be the leading international journal for the latest advances made possible with polymers, from energy harvesting and management to payload delivery, and beyond.<br><br>The journal will promote the advancement of science by publishing timely and impactful cross-disciplinary research that connects fundamental insights to performance-related metrics.</q><footer class="caption"><a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_pentzer">Emily Pentzer</a>, Editor-in-Chief, <em>RSC Applied Polymers</em></footer></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink"> <hr> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink" id="scope"> <h2>Journal scope</h2> <p><em>RSC Applied Polymers</em> is a leading international journal for the application of polymers, including experimental and computational studies on both natural and synthetic systems.</p> <p>The journal is a premier cross-disciplinary publishing home for scientific research that leverages polymeric materials in a range of applications, welcoming high-impact advances made possible with polymers across materials, biology, energy applications, and beyond.</p> <p>Polymer researchers across chemistry, materials science, biology, and engineering, are all welcome to share timely and impactful contributions, connecting fundamental scientific insights to performance-related metrics. The journal welcomes research on the application of polymers in different areas, and the relationship to structure and/or composition, as afforded by synthesis and/or processing.</p> <p>Topics include but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Materials: inks, packaging, coatings, membranes, textiles, dyes/pigments, flame retardants, reprocessable/recyclable, etc.</li> <li>Biology: bioinspired/biomimicking, biointerfacing, bioresponsive, therapeutic, etc.</li> <li>Energy: harvesting, storage, interconversion, management, separations, etc.</li> </ul> <p>Consistent with the vision and values of the RSC, the journal welcomes and celebrates research that supports the advancement of several <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals">UN Sustainable Development Goals</a> (SDGs), including but not limited to <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3">SDG3</a>: good health and well-being, <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal6">SDG6</a>: clean water and sanitation, <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal7">SDG7</a>: affordable and clean energy, and <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12">SDG12</a>: including responsible production and consumption.</p> <p>Our RSC Applied journal portfolio also includes <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-interfaces/"><em>RSC Applied Interfaces</em></a> which publishes cutting-edge research on the applications of surfaces and interfaces. These journals are dedicated to science research with a strong applied focus. As such, work focusing on fundamental polymer science characterisation and properties will not be considered for publication in <em>RSC Applied Polymers</em>. The journal complements our portfolio of <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/materials/">materials</a>, <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/nanoscience/">nanoscience</a> and <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/multidisciplinary/">multidisciplinary</a> journals where fundamental polymer research is welcomed for submission, subject to individual journal scopes.</p> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink"> <hr> </div> </div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink" id="editorial"> <h2>See who's on the team</h2> <p>Meet <em>RSC Applied Polymers</em>' Editor-in-Chief and board members.</p> </div> </div><div class="block tabsblock "><div class="tabs hashtaglink" id="boards"> <div><div class="block tabsinnerblock "><div class="tabs__content hashtaglink" id="boards-staff"> <span class="tab__heading" style="display: none;">Editorial board</span> <div><div class="block logobankblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink"> <h2></h2> <div class="content-block__logo-bank contentArea"><figure class="block logobanklogoblock "> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_pentzer"> <noscript data-slimmage="true" data-img-class="slimmage" data-img-data-slimmage="" data-img-src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/photo-emily-pentzer.jpg?version=b41c60c5&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" data-img-alt="Emily Pentzer"><img class="slimmage" data-slimmage="" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/photo-emily-pentzer.jpg?version=b41c60c5&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" alt="Emily Pentzer"></noscript> </a> <figcaption> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_pentzer">Emily Pentzer</a> <p> Editor-in-Chief<em><br>Texas A&M University, USA</em> </p> </figcaption> </figure><figure class="block logobanklogoblock "> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_auzely-velty"> <noscript data-slimmage="true" data-img-class="slimmage" data-img-data-slimmage="" data-img-src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/rachel-auzely_ra-3x4-resize.jpg?version=b684417d&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" data-img-alt="Rachel Auzély-Velty"><img class="slimmage" data-slimmage="" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/rachel-auzely_ra-3x4-resize.jpg?version=b684417d&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" alt="Rachel Auzély-Velty"></noscript> </a> <figcaption> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_auzely-velty">Rachel Auzély-Velty</a> <p> Associate Editor<em><br>University Grenoble Alpes, France</em> </p> </figcaption> </figure><figure class="block logobanklogoblock "> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_cao"> <noscript data-slimmage="true" data-img-class="slimmage" data-img-data-slimmage="" data-img-src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/pengfei-cao-photo.jpg?version=b56f8e36&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" data-img-alt="Pengfei Cao"><img class="slimmage" data-slimmage="" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/pengfei-cao-photo.jpg?version=b56f8e36&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" alt="Pengfei Cao"></noscript> </a> <figcaption> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_cao">Pengfei Cao</a> <p> Associate Editor<em><br>Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China</em> </p> </figcaption> </figure><figure class="block logobanklogoblock "> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_wich"> <noscript data-slimmage="true" data-img-class="slimmage" data-img-data-slimmage="" data-img-src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/peter-wich-photo.jpg?version=b56f8941&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" data-img-alt="Peter Wich"><img class="slimmage" data-slimmage="" src="https://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/globalassets/05-journals-books-databases/our-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/editorial-board-members/peter-wich-photo.jpg?version=b56f8941&width=800&format=jpg&quality=80" alt="Peter Wich"></noscript> </a> <figcaption> <a href="/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-applied-polymers/rsc-applied-polymers-editorial-board-members/#lp_wich">Peter Wich</a> <p> Associate Editor<em><br>University of New South Wales, Australia</em> </p> </figcaption> </figure></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div><div class="block tabsinnerblock "><div class="tabs__content hashtaglink" id="AB"> <span class="tab__heading" style="display: none;">Advisory Board</span> <div><div class="block a2maintextblock "> <div class="content-block hashtaglink" id="AB-list"> <p><strong>Friederike Adams</strong>, University Stuttgart, Germany</p> <p><strong>Kristi Anseth</strong>, University of Colorado, Boulder, Canada</p> <p><strong>Jason Bara</strong>, The University of Alabama, USA</p> <p><strong>Matthew L. Becker</strong>, Duke University, USA</p> <p><strong>Sidi A. Bencherif</strong>, Northeastern University, USA</p> <p><strong>Emiliano Bilotti</strong>, Imperial College London, UK</p> <p><strong>Eva Blasco</strong>, Heidelberg University, Germany</p> <p><strong>Stefan A. F. Bon</strong>, University of Warwick, UK</p> <p><strong>Antoine Buchard</strong>, University of York, UK</p> <p><strong>Kelly A. Burke</strong>, University of Connecticut, USA</p> <p><strong>Delphine Chan-Seng</strong>, CNRS - Institut Charles Sadron, France</p> <p><strong>Jiayao Chen</strong>, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China</p> <p><strong>Nathaniel Corrigan</strong>, University of New South Wales, Australia</p> <p><strong>Patricia Dankers</strong>, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands</p> <p><strong>Anindita Das</strong>, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India</p> <p><strong>Bruno De Geest</strong>, University of Ghent, Belgium</p> <p><strong>Guillaume Delaittre</strong>, University of Wuppertal, Germany</p> <p><strong>Sabyasachi Gaan</strong>, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland</p> <p><strong>Matthew Gibson</strong>, University of Manchester, UK</p> <p><strong>Jean François Gohy</strong>, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium</p> <p><strong>Craig Hawker</strong>, UC Santa Barbara, USA</p> <p><strong>Manickam Jayakannan</strong>, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India</p> <p><strong>Kristian Kempe</strong>, Monash University, Australia</p> <p><strong>Sébastien Lecommandoux</strong>, University of Bordeaux, France</p> <p><strong>Koon-Yang Lee</strong>, Imperial College London, UK</p> <p><strong>Meike N. Leiske</strong>, University of Bayreuth, Germany</p> <p><strong>Yiwen Li</strong>, Sichuan University, China</p> <p><strong>Guoliang (Greg) Liu</strong>, Virginia Tech, USA</p> <p><strong>Wei Lu</strong>, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China</p> <p><strong>João F. Mano</strong>, University of Aveiro, Portugal</p> <p><strong>Heather D. Maynard</strong>, UCLA, USA</p> <p><strong>David Mecerreyes</strong>, POLYMAT University of the Basque Country, Spain</p> <p><strong>Phillip Messersmith</strong>, University of California, Berkeley, USA</p> <p><strong>Alshakim Nelson</strong>, University of Washington, USA</p> <p><strong>David Y. W. Ng</strong>, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany</p> <p><strong>Julien Nicolas</strong>, CNRS, University Paris-Saclay, France</p> <p><strong>Lutz Nuhn</strong>, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany</p> <p><strong>Keiji Numata</strong>, Kyoto University, Japan</p> <p><strong>Moon J. 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