RSC Applied Polymers is now open for submissions

Welcoming your applied polymer research

Are you a polymer researcher working in chemistry, materials science, biology or engineering? Find an impactful platform for your work in RSC Applied Polymers.

We are now open for submissions.

Our gold open access journal is a place for you to publish research on the application of polymers, including experimental and computational studies on both natural and synthetic systems. This journal works across disciplines – we are looking for papers that connect fundamental scientific insights to performance-related metrics in applications across materials, biology, energy and more. Find out more about our scope.

Publish with us for free until mid-2025

Your research could inspire global change. Publishing in a gold open access journal amplifies this potential by making your articles free for people to access and cite. We are covering all article processing charges until mid-2025, so you can publish for free.

We can’t wait to discover your next submission.

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