Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Polymers was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Polymers was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Polymers received its first Impact Factor (1.687). |
| 2014 | Polymers adopted a monthly publication schedule. Polymers announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. |
| 2015 | Polymers published its 500th paper. |
| 2016 | Polymers announced the first edition of the Young Investigators Award. |
| Polymers published its 1,000th paper. | |
| 2018 | The first Polymers conference, Polymers: Design, Function and Application, was held in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2019 | Polymers was indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central. |
| Polymers established the following sections: -Polymer Synthesis; -Polymer Analysis; -Polymer Physics; -Polymer Theory and Simulation; -Polymer Processing and Performance; -Polymer Applications; -Biopolymers. Polymers published its 5,000th paper. |
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| 2020 | Section Biopolymers was renamed as Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers. Section Polymer Synthesis was renamed as Polymer Chemistry. |
| Polymers established the following sections: -Polymer Recycling; -Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites; -Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Polymer Science. |
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| 2021 | Polymers adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. |
| Polymers became an affiliated journal of the European Colloid & Interface Society (ECIS). | |
| Polymers became an affiliated journal of the National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM). | |
| The First International Conference on “Green” Polymer Materials 2020 was held online. | |
| Section Polymer Analysis was renamed as Polymer Analysis and Characterization. Section Polymer Processing and Performance was renamed as Polymer Processing and Engineering. |
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| Sections Polymer Physics was merged with Section Polymer Theory and Simulation to create a new section: Polymer Physics and Theory. | |
| Sections Polymer Recycling was merged with Section Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Polymer Science to create a new section: Circular and Green Polymer Chemistry. | |
| Polymers established the following sections: -Polymer Colloid and Interface; -Smart and Functional Polymers; -Polymer Fibers; -Polymer Membranes and Films. |
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| Polymers published its 10,000th paper. | |
| 2022 | Polymers became an affiliated journal of the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS). The second Polymers conference, “New Trends in Polymer Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People”, was held in Turin, Italy. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker. |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa for the Section on Polymer Chemistry |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli Yusa for the Section on Polymer Analysis and Characterization | |
| Section Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin Kröger and Prof. Dr. Vlasis Mavrantzas for the Section on Polymer Physics and Theory |
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| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia for the Section on Polymer Processing and Engineering | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hyeonseok Yoon for the Section on Polymer Applications | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bikiaris for the Section on Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers | |
| 2020–present | Section Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Pizzi, Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia and Prof. Dr. Frank Wiesbrock for the Section on Circular and Green Polymer Science |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miguel Ángel López Manchado for the Section on Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marcel Popa for the Section on Polymer Colloid and Interface | |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yuekun Lai for the Section on Polymer Membranes and Films |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wei Zhang for the Section on Polymer Fibers Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng for the Section on Smart and Functional Polymers |
