Research Journal of Textile and Apparel

Research Journal of Textile and Apparel is a peer-reviewed quarterly from Emerald Publishing Limited that treats textiles at once as materials, as manufactured goods and as a consumer market.《纺织服装研究杂志》是 Emerald Publishing Limited 出版的同行评议季刊，把纺织品同时当作材料、制成品与消费市场来考察。

Launched in 1997 with its editorial roots in Hong Kong's textile teaching institutions, it has kept a working link between laboratory findings and what mills and brands can actually use.该刊 1997 年创刊，编辑根基在香港的纺织院校，长期把实验室结论与工厂、品牌能够落地的做法连在一起。

The 2025 Journal Impact Factor stands at 1.9, ranking 14th among 31 titles in MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES, and Scopus reports a CiteScore of 4.9.2025 年影响因子为 1.9，在材料科学（纺织）类目 31 种期刊中列第 14 位，Scopus 给出的 CiteScore 为 4.9。

Scope

• Papers on fibre and yarn science form the historical core, covering natural and man-made fibres, spinning, yarn structure and the mechanics that decide how a cloth will behave.纤维与纱线研究是刊物历来的核心，从天然纤维与人造纤维、纺纱工艺，到纱线结构与决定织物性能的力学问题都涵盖。
• Fabric formation, knitted and woven structures, and the geometry of seams and pattern blocks appear regularly, often carrying test data rather than modelling alone.织物成形与针织机织结构，以及缝口和纸样的几何关系经常出现，稿件多附实测数据，不止于建模推演。
• Dyeing, printing and finishing are handled as chemistry under industrial constraint, from colorant formulation and colour tolerance to plasma treatment and enzymatic processing.染色与印花整理被当作受工业条件约束的化学问题，从配色计算与色差容限，到等离子处理与酶法加工，都在范围内。
• Functional and smart textiles make up a growing share of recent issues, including moisture management, far-infrared reflection, antibacterial nonwoven linings and wearable sensing.功能与智能纺织品所占篇幅逐年上升，导湿、远红外反射与抗菌非织造衬里，以及可穿戴传感均属常见选题。
• Sustainability is pursued through concrete routes such as biodegradable buttons grown from bacterial cellulose, jute-cotton denim blends, recycled feedstock and low-water dyeing.可持续议题走的是具体路径，例如细菌纤维素可降解纽扣、黄麻棉牛仔混纺，以及再生原料与低水耗染色。
• Circular economy research reaches past fibre recovery into consumer practice, including the gap between stated green attitudes and actual purchase or disposal behaviour.循环经济研究不限于纤维回收，也追问消费实践，包括口头环保态度与实际购买、废弃行为之间的落差。
• Garment manufacturing receives close attention, from sewing damage and seam strength to line balancing, scheduling and the digitalisation of production planning.服装制造环节受到细致关注，从缝纫损伤与缝口强力，到流水线平衡、生产排程与计划环节的数字化。
• Comfort, fit and body-related design questions are handled with anthropometric and biomechanical methods, with work on intimate apparel and orthopaedic supports alongside.舒适性与合体性等人体相关的设计问题，借助人体测量与生物力学方法处理，内衣和矫形支撑用品的稿件同列。
• Design research covers pattern construction, embroidery parameters, aesthetic perception and historical study of garments as designed objects.设计研究涉及纸样构成、刺绣参数与审美感知，也把服装当作设计物来做历史考察。
• Consumer behaviour and retail papers examine product and place-of-origin image, virtual try-on, store display and the purchasing decisions of younger shoppers.消费行为与零售研究考察产品与原产地形象、虚拟试衣与店铺陈列，也追问年轻消费者的购买决策。
• Supply chain and operations contributions address sourcing, stakeholder barriers in emerging fibre chains, social sustainability auditing and the finances of small textile firms.供应链与运营类稿件讨论采购、新兴纤维链条中的利益相关方障碍，以及社会可持续审核与小企业的财务状况。
• Quality assurance, standard test methods and instrumental evaluation run through the journal, from tensile and compression testing of seams to colour measurement and fleece characterisation.质量保证与标准测试方法贯穿全刊，从缝口拉伸压缩测试，到颜色测量与毛被表征都有涉及。
• Reviews and bibliometric surveys sit beside empirical work, giving readers a map of where apparel technology and fashion management research is heading next.综述与文献计量类稿件和实证研究并重，为读者标出服装技术与时尚管理研究下一步的去向。

History

• Volume 1, number 1 appeared in 1997, and the opening issue drew largely on Hong Kong's polytechnic textile school, with papers on plasma modification of wool, colour formulation and fabric drape.第 1 卷第 1 期于 1997 年面世，创刊号作者大多来自香港理工大学的纺织院系，题目涉及羊毛等离子改性、配色计算与织物悬垂。
• The first article of that issue, on the dyeing of polyester microfibres, set a pattern of reading process chemistry through measurable fabric properties.创刊号首篇讨论聚酯超细纤维染色，奠定了以可测织物性能解读工艺化学的取稿习惯。^[1]
• Publication began with a single issue a year, moved to two issues from volume 3 in 1999, and settled at four from volume 9 in 2005.最初每年只出一期，第 3 卷（1999 年）起改为一年两期，第 9 卷（2005 年）起固定为一年四期。
• The imprint has changed its name twice without changing owner, as Bradford-based MCB University Press became Emerald in 2001 and the company now trades as Emerald Publishing Limited.出版方名称变过两次而东家未变，位于布拉德福德的 MCB University Press 于 2001 年更名 Emerald，如今以 Emerald Publishing Limited 名义经营。
• Crossref still carries the legacy label Emerald (MCB UP) on the journal record, a fossil of that transition.Crossref 的刊物记录里还留着 Emerald 的旧标签 MCB UP，是那次更名的残留。
• Back issues were digitised and given DOIs, so the whole run since 1997, roughly a thousand papers, can now be retrieved through Emerald Insight.过刊完成数字化并补配 DOI，1997 年以来的全部论文约一千篇，现可在 Emerald Insight 检索。
• Volume numbering has never been broken, and volume 30 was reached in 2025, which lets a reader walk three decades of textile research in sequence.卷号从未中断，2025 年出到第 30 卷，三十年的纺织研究因此可以顺着卷次读下来。
• Recent volumes publish each article online before assigning it to an issue, so the quarterly rhythm now sits on top of a continuous stream.近年的卷期先在线发布单篇，再把文章编入期号，季刊的节奏叠在持续不断的发文流之上。
• Subject matter has drifted with the industry, since the 1997 papers were dominated by wet processing and yarn mechanics while 2026 issues carry circular fashion, virtual try-on and supply chain governance.选题随产业迁移，1997 年的稿件以湿加工与纱线力学为主，2026 年的期号则在讨论循环时尚、虚拟试衣与供应链治理。
• Citation metrics have moved modestly, with a Journal Impact Factor of 1.5 in 2023 and 1.9 in both 2024 and 2025.引用指标变化平稳，2023 年影响因子为 1.5，2024 年与 2025 年均为 1.9。
• The title sits in the Emerging Sources Citation Index rather than the core Science Citation Index Expanded, and its impact factor is reported from that position.该刊收录于 Emerging Sources Citation Index，尚未进入 SCIE 正刊，影响因子正是在这一收录状态下发布的。
• Scopus coverage is older and wider in subject terms, listing the journal under industrial engineering, materials science and management categories at the same time.Scopus 的覆盖更早也更宽，把它同时列在工业工程、材料科学与管理类目之下。

Editors

• Editorial responsibility sits with an editor-in-chief, supported by associate editors and a board that divides manuscripts by subject.编辑责任由主编承担，副编辑与编委按学科分担稿件评审。
• Board membership reflects the reach of the journal, textile chemistry and materials on one side and garment technology, design and fashion business on the other.编委构成呼应刊物的跨度，一侧是纺织化学与材料，另一侧是服装工艺、设计与时尚经营。
• Manuscripts enter through Emerald's online submission system, and authors are expected to follow the journal's guidelines on structure, length and referencing.稿件经 Emerald 的在线投稿系统提交，作者须按期刊的作者指南处理结构、篇幅与参考文献格式。
• Every accepted paper has been read by independent referees, with the review organised by the editorial team rather than by production staff.录用的每篇论文都经过独立评审人阅读，评审由编辑团队组织，生产部门不介入判断。
• Production, typesetting and hosting are handled by Emerald's team in Bingley, West Yorkshire, which also registers the journal's DOIs.生产、排版与托管由 Emerald 位于西约克郡宾利的团队负责，DOI 登记同样由该公司办理。
• Editorial taste leans toward work that can be acted on, so mill trials, plant data and consumer surveys find room that purely theoretical papers struggle to obtain.编辑口味偏向能够落地的工作，中试、车间数据与消费者调查常占篇幅，纯理论稿件较难挤进来。
• Corresponding authors deal with a single editorial office, and decisions arrive with referee reports that are answered point by point.通讯作者只对接一个编辑部，决定信随评审意见一并寄回，作者须逐条答复。
• Publication ethics follow the Committee on Publication Ethics, of which Emerald is a member, covering authorship disputes, data integrity and conflict of interest.出版伦理遵循出版伦理委员会（COPE）的规范，Emerald 是该组织成员，署名争议、数据完整性与利益冲突均照此处理。
• Referees come from universities and from industry laboratories, which is how the journal keeps its double audience of academics and practising technologists.评审人来自高校，也来自企业的实验部门，刊物因此在学者与一线技术人员之间维持双重读者群。