ACS Applied Polymer Materials

ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal of the American Chemical Society publishing original research on polymers for applications, launched in 2019, issued monthly, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《ACS应用高分子材料》是（American Chemical Society）出版的跨学科期刊，刊载面向应用的聚合物原创研究，2019 年创刊，按月出版，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• It publishes original experimental and theoretical work that integrates materials science, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into polymer applications.该刊发表原创实验与理论研究，把材料科学、工程、物理、生物科学、高分子科学与化学的基础知识整合到聚合物应用中。
• Structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, property and function relationships are the journal's central concern.结构、加工、形态、化学、性能与功能之间的关系是期刊的核心关切。
• Work that supplies mechanistic insight into the performance of a polymer in service is especially welcome.尤其欢迎对聚合物实际使用性能给出机理层面解释的工作。
• Energy storage and conversion are major application areas.储能与能量转换是主要应用领域之一。
• Separations, membranes, adhesives and functional coatings are covered.分离、膜、胶黏剂与功能涂层均在报道范围内。
• Sensing, adaptive and reconfigurable materials, electronics and photonics also feature.传感、自适应与可重构材料、电子学与光子学同样占有一席之地。
• Biomaterials and nanocomposites, together with new synthetic routes to tailored polymers, complete the scope.生物材料与纳米复合材料，以及面向特定应用定制聚合物的新合成路线，构成收稿范围的其余部分。

History

• It was launched in 2019 as one of the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces family of sister journals that ACS rolled out from 2018.该刊于 2019 年创刊，是（ACS）自 2018 年起陆续推出的（ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces）姊妹刊之一。
• The first articles were posted online in late 2018, ahead of the first volume in 2019.首批论文于 2018 年末在线发表，2019 年正式进入首卷。
• It is published online only, in twelve issues a year.该刊仅有在线版，每年出版十二期。
• Its impact factor climbed from 4.089 in 2021 to 4.855 in 2022, 4.7 in 2024 and 5.2 in 2025.其影响因子从 2021 年的 4.089 升至 2022 年的 4.855，2024 年为 4.7，2025 年达 5.2。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it is Q1 in Polymer Science, ranking 22 of 96, and Q2 in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary.在 2025 年度《期刊引证报告》中，该刊在高分子科学位列一区，排名 22/96，在材料科学综合位列二区。
• ACS reports a median of 34.1 days from submission to the first peer review decision.（ACS）公布的中位数据显示，从投稿到首次同行评审决定约需 34.1 天。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Xing Yi Ling, a professor of chemistry at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.主编为新加坡南洋理工大学的化学教授 Xing Yi Ling。
• Her research uses surface-enhanced Raman scattering and plasmonic nanostructures for chemical and biological sensing.其研究利用表面增强拉曼散射与等离激元纳米结构开展化学与生物传感。
• She took charge of the title in January 2024, when she also became Editor-in-Chief of the wider ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces portfolio.她于 2024 年 1 月接手该刊，同时出任（ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces）整个期刊系列的主编。
• Jodie L. Lutkenhaus of Texas A&M University is Deputy Editor.副主编为（Texas A&M University）的 Jodie L. Lutkenhaus。
• Hongzheng Chen of Zhejiang University was appointed Executive Editor in 2025, after serving as an associate editor since 2018.浙江大学的陈红征于 2025 年获任执行编辑，此前自 2018 年起担任副编辑。
• The journal runs on ACS Manuscript Central, and all articles are peer reviewed.该刊使用（ACS Manuscript Central）投稿系统，所有文章均经同行评审。