The ''Journal of Elastomers and Plastics'' is a bimonthly

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that covers

materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

elastomer An elastomer is a polymer with viscoelasticity (i.e. both viscosity and elasticity) and with weak intermolecular forces, generally low Young's modulus (E) and high failure strain compared with other materials. The term, a portmanteau of ''ela ...

s and

plastics Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials composed primarily of polymers. Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms. This adaptab ...

. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

is Heshmat A. Aglan (

Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It was founded as a normal school for teachers on July 4, 1881, by the ...

). It was established in 1969 as the ''Journal of Elastoplastics'', obtaining its current name in 1974. The journal is published by

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2020

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is 1.833, ranking it 257th out of 334 journals in the category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary" and 68th out of 91 journals in the category "Polymer Science".

References

External links

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