Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A

Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A is a monthly peer-reviewed polymer journal founded in 1967 and published by Taylor & Francis in London, covering synthetic and naturally occurring polymers and their applications. It recorded a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.4, a five-year figure of 2.1 and a CiteScore of 3.8.《高分子科学杂志 A 辑》是一本 1967 年创刊的月刊，由 Taylor & Francis 在伦敦出版，聚焦合成高分子与天然高分子及其应用，2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，五年影响因子为 2.1，CiteScore 为 3.8。

Scope

• The journal describes itself as a necessary resource for academic and industrial scientists and engineers whose interests center on synthetic and naturally occurring polymers and on the uses those materials find.该刊自述为学术界与工业界科研人员和工程师的必备资源，读者关注合成高分子、天然高分子以及这些材料的实际用途。
• Synthesis, modification and in-depth characterization of monomers and polymers sit at the center of the coverage, and experimental detail is expected for every new structure reported.单体与高分子的合成、改性和深入表征处于报道核心，凡涉及新结构的稿件都要求给出完整的实验细节。
• Polymerization kinetics covers mechanistic analysis, rate measurement and control strategies for radical, ionic, ring-opening and step-growth systems, including the modeling of conversion and molar mass development.聚合动力学涵盖自由基、离子、开环与逐步聚合体系，关注机理分析、速率测定和控制策略，也包括转化率与分子量演化的建模。
• Morphologic properties are treated at the scale of crystallites, phase-separated domains and oriented structures, usually in relation to how a material was processed and tested.形态学性质的讨论深入到晶粒、相分离畴与取向结构的尺度，并通常联系材料的加工与测试历史来解释。
• Spectroscopic properties appear as tools for establishing chain structure, conformation and dynamics, with nuclear magnetic resonance, vibrational spectroscopy and scattering methods all represented in its pages.高分子光谱性质被当作确定链结构、构象与运动性的手段，核磁共振、振动光谱和散射方法都在刊载范围之内。
• Optical properties cover transparency, refractive index, light scattering and photonic response, and the work often turns on whether clarity and color survive processing and service.光学性质涉及透明度、折射率以及光散射与光子响应，透明性与色稳定性在加工和使用中能否保持，往往是这类研究的落脚点。
• Electro-optical properties address poling, nonlinear optical response and chromophore design for modulators, sensors and displays, a line of work that ties synthesis to device physics.电光性质讨论极化、非线性光学响应以及发色团设计，面向调制器、传感器和显示器件，把合成化学与器件物理连接起来。
• Mechanically adaptive polymers include force-responsive networks, chains carrying mechanophores and materials whose stiffness or toughness shifts under load, with mechanical testing central to the argument.力学自适应高分子包括力响应网络、含力敏基团的链以及受力后刚度或韧性发生变化的材料，力学测试是这类研究的核心证据。
• Smart polymers that respond to temperature, pH, light, electric fields or specific analytes are studied for actuation, separation, sensing and controlled release, and the trigger design usually carries the novelty claim.能对温度与 pH 作出响应，或对光、电场和特定分析物敏感的智能高分子，被研究用于驱动、分离、传感和控释，触发机制的设计往往就是论文的新意所在。
• Biopolymers from plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms are considered alongside synthetic analogs, with attention to modification routes, degradation behavior and biocompatibility in biomedical and packaging settings.来自植物、动物、真菌与微生物的生物高分子，会和合成类似物放在一起讨论，关注改性路线、降解行为和生物相容性在生物医学与包装场景中的表现。
• Adhesives and coatings are handled as formulated polymer systems, so adhesion mechanisms, curing chemistry, weathering and barrier performance on different substrates all fall inside the scope.胶黏剂与涂料被当作配方化的高分子体系处理，从黏附机理、固化化学到耐候性与阻隔性能，不同基材上的表现都在收稿范围之内。
• Polymer self-assembly spans block copolymer morphologies, micelles, vesicles and interfacial organization in solution and thin films, often guided by theory and simulation as much as by experiment.高分子自组装涵盖嵌段共聚物的形态，也包括胶束、囊泡与界面组织，溶液和薄膜中的行为常由实验与理论模拟共同推进。
• Polymer composites and nanocomposites are examined for filler dispersion, interfacial bonding and percolation, together with the balance among stiffness, toughness and processability that decides where a formulation can be used.高分子复合材料与纳米复合材料关注填料分散、界面结合和渗流行为，也关注刚度、韧性与可加工性之间的平衡，这些因素决定一种配方能用在何处。
• Supramolecular polymers built from hydrogen bonding, metal coordination or host-guest recognition receive attention for their reversibility, dynamic exchange and the viscoelastic behavior that follows.由氢键、金属配位或主客体识别构建的超分子高分子也在范围内，重点讨论可逆性、动态交换以及由此产生的黏弹行为。
• Applications run through adhesives, coatings, barriers, membranes, drug delivery and renewable energy, and each is discussed in terms of the polymer chemistry that makes it work.应用面覆盖胶黏剂与涂料，也包括阻隔层与膜材料，以及药物递送和可再生能源，每一类都结合使其成立的聚合化学来讨论。
• What sets the title apart is the pairing of fundamental polymer science with applied contexts, so a single issue may travel from monomer design to a formulation or a finished device.这本刊的独特之处在于把高分子基础科学与应用场景放在一起，同一期里可能从单体设计一直谈到配方或器件。

History

• Volume 1 appeared in 1967 under the title Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry, a name the journal's publication history gives as running through 1991.第 1 卷于 1967 年问世，当时的刊名是 Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry，官网出版史把这一名称的使用期记为 1967 年至 1991 年。
• The current title, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, arrived in 1992, and the volume count continued without a reset at Volume 29.1992 年改用现名 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry，卷号没有重新起算，当年直接出到第 29 卷。
• The 1980s brought a heavier schedule, with two volumes in each of 1981, 1982 and 1983, namely 15 and 16, then 17 and 18, then 19 and 20.1981 年至 1983 年每年出两卷，先后是第 15 卷与第 16 卷，第 17 卷与第 18 卷，第 19 卷与第 20 卷，稿件量的增长由此可见。
• Volumes 45 to 48 each carried a two-year span, covering 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, and Volume 44 had already run through 2007 by itself.第 45 卷至第 48 卷各跨两个年份，依次覆盖 2007 至 2008 年，2008 至 2009 年，2009 至 2010 年，2010 至 2011 年，第 44 卷则已在 2007 年单独出完。
• One volume per calendar year returned with Volume 49 in 2012, and the numbering has held that rhythm ever since, so each January opens a new volume.2012 年第 49 卷恢复为一年一卷，此后编号一直沿用这一节奏，每年一月开启新卷。
• Volume 62 covered 2025 across twelve issues, and Volume 63 is the 2026 volume, which means the journal now appears twelve times a year.2025 年的第 62 卷共 12 期，2026 年进入第 63 卷，刊物目前按月刊出版，每月一期。
• Taylor & Francis publishes the title from London under Informa UK Limited, and manuscripts are accepted in English only. The online platform carries a 2026 copyright line of the same company.该刊由 Taylor & Francis 在伦敦以 Informa UK Limited 的名义出版，只接受英文稿件，平台版权行标注的也是这家公司。
• Open access is optional through the Open Select program, so authors who stay on the subscription route pay no article processing charge, while those who choose open access cover it through a funder or institution.开放获取通过 Open Select 计划自愿选择，走订阅路线的作者不支付文章处理费，选择开放获取的作者则通过基金或所属机构承担这笔费用。
• The impact factor moved from 2.216 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2023, then reached 2.4 in both 2024 and 2025, holding flat after the 2023 dip.影响因子从 2022 年的 2.216 降到 2023 年的 2.1，随后在 2024 年与 2025 年同为 2.4，近两年保持平稳。
• The 2025 Journal Citation Reports place it 61st of 96 titles in Polymer Science, a Q3 position in SCIE, with a JCI of 0.46 and a percentile of 37.2025 年的期刊引证报告把它排在 POLYMER SCIENCE 类 96 种期刊的第 61 位，属于 SCIE 的 Q3，JCI 为 0.46，百分位为 37。
• Scopus assigns a CiteScore of 3.8 and a best quartile of Q2, alongside a SNIP of 0.521 and an SJR of 0.364 in the 2025 release.Scopus 给出的 CiteScore 为 3.8，最佳分区为 Q2，SNIP 为 0.521，SJR 为 0.364。
• Output runs at roughly 96 articles a year, with 3,139 citations recorded and a cited half-life of 10.4 years, figures that suggest a slowly accumulating literature.年发文量约 96 篇，累计被引 3139 次，被引半衰期为 10.4 年，整体呈现稳步积累的文献特征。
• The platform reports 95,000 annual downloads and views, and the title is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Service and Compendex, among other databases.平台统计的年下载与浏览量为 9.5 万次，刊物被 Science Citation Index Expanded 与 Scopus 收录，收录范围还包括 Chemical Abstracts Service 和 Compendex。

Editors

• Two co-editors-in-chief share the lead, Priyadarsi De at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in India and Rana Sanyal at Bogazici University in Turkey.刊物设两位联席主编，分别由印度科学教育与研究所的 Priyadarsi De 与土耳其海峡大学的 Rana Sanyal 担任。
• Hui Zhao of Sichuan University in China is the only associate editor named, a post that links the co-editors with the wider board.副编辑只有一位，即四川大学的 Hui Zhao，这一职位连接两位联席主编与编委会。
• The editorial board lists 32 members drawn from 17 countries, with India contributing seven, the United States six, China four and Turkey two.编委会名单上有 32 位成员，来自 17 个国家，其中印度 7 位，美国 6 位，中国 4 位，土耳其 2 位。
• Indian members form the largest single group, which includes Anindita Das at IACS, Dibakar Dhara at IIT Kharagpur, Tushar Jana at Hyderabad and Asha S. K. at CSIR-NCL.印度成员构成最大的单一群体，包括印度科学培养协会的 Anindita Das 与印度理工学院卡拉格普尔分校的 Dibakar Dhara，以及海得拉巴大学的 Tushar Jana 和 CSIR 国家化学实验室的 Asha S. K.。
• European representation includes Richard Hoogenboom at Ghent University, Patrick Theato at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Sergei V. Kostjuk at Sorbonne Université - CNRS, Dario Pasini at Pavia and Tony McNally at Warwick.欧洲成员来自根特大学的 Richard Hoogenboom 与卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院的 Patrick Theato，以及帕维亚大学的 Dario Pasini 和华威大学的 Tony McNally，索邦大学与法国国家科学研究中心的 Sergei V. Kostjuk 也在其中。
• The Asia-Pacific group gathers Makoto Ouchi at Kyoto University, Hyung-il Lee at the University of Ulsan, Kristian Kempe at Monash University and Daniel Crespy at VISTEC in Thailand.亚太地区的编委有京都大学的 Makoto Ouchi 与蔚山大学的 Hyung-il Lee，也有莫纳什大学的 Kristian Kempe 和泰国 VISTEC 的 Daniel Crespy。
• The North American group takes in Thomas H. Epps III at Delaware, Scott M. Grayson at Tulane, Brent S. Sumerlin at Florida, Yoan C. Simon at Southern Mississippi, Jung Kwon Oh at Concordia and Hoyong Chung at FAMU-FSU.北美成员包括特拉华大学的 Thomas H. Epps III 与杜兰大学的 Scott M. Grayson，佛罗里达大学的 Brent S. Sumerlin 与南密西西比大学的 Yoan C. Simon，以及康考迪亚大学的 Jung Kwon Oh 和 FAMU-FSU 工学院的 Hoyong Chung。
• The remaining seats bring in Bert Klumperman from Stellenbosch in South Africa, Omar Azzaroni from La Plata in Argentina, Ranjan Tripathy from ExxonMobil Chemical and Debmalya Roy from the DMSRDE laboratory.其余席位由南非斯泰伦博斯大学的 Bert Klumperman 与阿根廷拉普拉塔国立大学的 Omar Azzaroni 占据，工业界与研究机构同样有代表，即 ExxonMobil Chemical 的 Ranjan Tripathy 和印度 DMSRDE 实验室的 Debmalya Roy。
• Every manuscript first receives an appraisal by the editor-in-chief and, if suitable, goes to independent expert referees under single anonymized review, with the editorial office promising timely personal service.所有稿件先由主编作初步评估，合适的稿件再送独立专家进行单匿名评审，编辑部承诺为每位作者提供及时且个性化的服务。
• Taylor & Francis belongs to COPE, runs Crossref Similarity Check across the list and maintains an appeals and complaints policy that authors can invoke after a decision.Taylor & Francis 是 COPE 成员，全刊使用 Crossref Similarity Check 查重，并设有作者在决定之后可以援引的申诉与投诉政策。
• There is only one article type, Articles, which requires an unstructured abstract of 150 words and a main text ordered as introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion.刊物只有一种稿件类型，即 Articles，要求 150 词的非结构式摘要，正文依次为引言，材料与方法，结果，讨论。
• Submission is format-free, so Word, RTF, ODT, PDF and LaTeX files are all accepted, any consistent citation style is allowed and the house style is applied after acceptance.投稿实行格式自由，Word 与 RTF 文件可以直接提交，ODT、PDF 和 LaTeX 同样接受，参考文献只要体例一致即可，录用后由出版社套用本刊格式。
• The platform reports 3 days to a first decision, 14 days to a first post-review decision, 15 days from acceptance to online publication and a 30 percent acceptance rate, and the journal also runs an Early Career Researcher Prize.官网给出投稿到首次决定平均 3 天，首轮审后决定平均 14 天，录用后上线平均 15 天，录用率 30%，另设 JMS-PAC 早期职业研究者奖。