Carbohydrate Polymers

Carbohydrate Polymers (Carbohydr. Polym.) is a journal of polysaccharide science and technology published by Elsevier. Founded in September 1981, it was conceived from the outset as a venue for industrially relevant polysaccharide research, concentrates on the structure, modification, function and application of polysaccharides, appears as twenty-four volumes a year, and had a 2025 impact factor of 13.2.《碳水化合物聚合物》（Carbohydrate Polymers''''，缩写 Carbohydr. Polym.''）是爱思唯尔出版的多糖科学与技术刊物，1981 年 9 月创刊，创刊定位即为工业相关的多糖研究提供园地。该刊以多糖的结构、改性、功能与应用为主，现为每年二十四卷，二〇二五年影响因子为 13.2。

Scope

The journal's editorial stance is that a paper must address the science and technology of polysaccharides themselves: however appealing the application, it has to give a sound characterisation of polysaccharide structure, properties or processing behaviour and show how that bears on an industrial or biomedical setting. Coverage runs from fundamental carbohydrate science to application and concentrates on:本刊的取稿立场是「面向多聚糖的科学与技术本身」：一篇论文不论应用设想多么吸引人，都要给出多糖的结构、性质或加工行为的可靠表征，并说明它与工业或生物医用场景的关系。收文覆盖从基础糖科学到应用开发的完整链条，重点包括：

• Carbohydrate science and characterisation: isolation and purification of polysaccharides, determination of primary and higher-order structure, molecular weight and conformational characterisation, and structure-property relationships.糖科学与结构表征： 多糖的分离纯化、一级与高级结构解析、分子量与构象表征、结构与性质关系的建立。

• Renewable and bio-based polymers: biomass-derived polysaccharides such as cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and chitin, bio-based and degradable materials, and biorefinery routes.可再生与生物基聚合物： 纤维素、半纤维素、木质素与甲壳素等生物质来源多糖、生物基材料与可降解聚合物、生物炼制路线。

• Food science and hydrocolloids: rheology and texture of food polysaccharides, hydrocolloid interactions, emulsification and stabilisation, and food packaging and edible films.食品科学与亲水胶体： 食品用多糖的流变与质构、亲水胶体的相互作用、乳化与稳定、食品包装与可食膜。

• Chemical modification and organic chemistry: esterification, etherification and grafting, crosslinking and derivatisation, introduction of functional groups and reaction mechanisms, and green modification routes.化学改性与有机化学： 酯化、醚化与接枝改性、交联与衍生化、功能基团的引入与反应机理、绿色改性路线。

• Drug delivery and biomedical materials: polysaccharide-based carriers and micro- and nanoparticles, hydrogels and wound dressings, tissue engineering scaffolds, and biocompatibility and degradation behaviour.药物递送与生物医用材料： 多糖基载体与微纳米粒、水凝胶与伤口敷料、组织工程支架、生物相容性与降解行为。

• Functional materials and biochemical applications: polysaccharide-based adsorbents and separation materials, conductive and responsive materials, enzyme immobilisation and biocatalysis, and prebiotics and bioactive polysaccharides.功能材料与生化应用： 多糖基吸附与分离材料、导电与响应性材料、酶固定化与生物催化、益生元与生物活性多糖。

The journal is hybrid and the gold open access article processing charge is 5,230 US dollars. The publisher reports six days to first decision, thirty-one days to a decision after review and 89 days to acceptance, the first-decision figure including editorial screening本刊为混合出版，金色开放获取的文章处理费为五千二百三十美元；出版方公布投稿至首次决定六天、复审后决定三十一天、投稿至接收八十九天，其中首次决定包含编辑部初筛，录用比例未公布；本刊自 2012 年第 89 卷第 1 期起被 MEDLINE 收录。 no acceptance rate is published. The journal has been indexed in MEDLINE since volume 89, issue 1, in 2012.^[1]

History

• Founding (1981): volume 1 appeared in September 1981 under Applied Science Publishers, with the stated aim of being a journal devoted to the industrially relevant science and technology of polysaccharides. The publisher records neither the founder nor a founding rationale.创刊（1981年）： 1981 年 9 月出版第 1 卷，创刊时由（Applied Science Publishers）出版，创刊定位为「一本致力于工业相关多糖科学与技术的期刊」；具体的创办人与创刊动因出版方未予记载。^[2]

• Publisher: launched in 1981 by Applied Science Publishers, published from 1992 by Elsevier Applied Science, and later folded into Elsevier's current journal portfolio. The title has not changed since founding, so the founding year is also the year the present name took effect.出版方沿革： 1981 年由（Applied Science Publishers）创刊，1992 年起由（Elsevier Applied Science）出版，其后归入爱思唯尔现行期刊体系；刊名自创刊起未变，创刊年即现名启用年。

• Frequency and scale: the journal moved up from quarterly at founding and now appears as twenty-four volumes a year, reaching volumes 347 to 370 in 2025, making it the largest specialist title in polysaccharide research.刊期与体量： 本刊由创刊时的季刊逐步加密，现为每年二十四卷，2025 年卷号排至第 347 至 370 卷，是多糖领域体量最大的专门刊物。^[3]

• Metrics and indexing: the impact factor is 13.2 and the CiteScore 23.1, and the publisher explicitly lists Scopus, MEDLINE and the Science Citation Index Expanded. The journal has long ranked near the top of the polysaccharide and polymer materials categories.指标与收录： 影响因子 13.2、引用分数 23.1，出版方明确列出 Scopus、MEDLINE 与科学引文索引扩展版；在多糖与高分子材料相关类别中长期处于前列。^[1]

Editors

The journal is run by three co-editors-in-chief based in France, Portugal and the United States, working respectively on polysaccharide physical chemistry, bio-based materials and cellulose derivatives, a combination that matches the journal's dual orientation from fundamental characterisation to industrial application. The publisher also lists founding editors.本刊现由三名共同主编主持，三人分处法国、葡萄牙与美国，研究方向分别为多糖物理化学、生物基材料与纤维素衍生物，这一组合对应本刊「从基础表征到工业应用」的双重取向；出版方另设创刊主编名单。^[4]

• Present co-editors-in-chief: Tatiana Budtova of Mines Paris – PSL works on polysaccharide gels and aerogels, Manuel Coimbra of the University of Aveiro on food polysaccharides and carbohydrate chemistry, and Kevin J. Edgar of Virginia Tech on cellulose derivatives and renewable polymers. The publisher does not state the year of any of the appointments.现任共同主编： （Tatiana Budtova）供职于法国（Mines Paris – PSL），研究多糖凝胶与气凝胶；（Manuel Coimbra）供职于阿威罗大学，研究食品多糖与糖化学；（Kevin J. Edgar）供职于弗吉尼亚理工大学，研究纤维素衍生物与可再生聚合物；出版方未公布三人的就任年份。

• Founding editors: the founding editors listed by the publisher are John R. Mitchell, John Blanchard and John F. Kennedy, all now deceased or no longer active. The three set the journal's editorial tone towards industrial polysaccharide science and technology.创刊主编： 出版方列出的创刊主编为（John R. Mitchell）、（John Blanchard）与（John F. Kennedy）三人，均已去世或不再在职；三人确立了本刊面向工业多糖科学与技术的取稿基调。^[4]

• Role in the field: the journal was among the first specialist titles devoted solely to polysaccharides. The characterisation methods and modification routes it publishes are routinely taken up in materials, food and drug delivery research, and it carries the largest submission load in the field.学科角色： 本刊是国际上最早以多糖为唯一主题的专门刊物之一，其刊载的结构表征方法与改性路线常被材料、食品与药物递送领域的研究直接沿用，也是多糖领域投稿量最大的刊物。