Macromolecular Reaction Engineering is a peer-reviewed

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 scientific journal

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 published monthly by Wiley-VCH

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. The journal covers academic and industrial research in the field of polymer reaction engineering, which includes polymer science

Polymer science

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. It emerged from a section that was part of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering is a peer-reviewed monthly journal covering polymer science. It publishes Reviews, Feature Articles, Communications, and Full Papers on design, modification, characterization, and processing of advanced polymeric materials...

. The journal publishes reviews, feature articles, communications, and full papers in the entire field of polymer

Polymer

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 reaction engineering, including polymer reaction modeling, reactor optimization, and control. Its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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 is 1.701.

The journal also produces special issues. The 2009 and 2010 topics included "New Frontiers in Polymer Engineering" and "Controlled Radical Polymerization".

Aims and scope

Macromolecular Reaction Engineering is intended for polymer scientists, chemists

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, physicists, materials scientists

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, theoreticians, and chemical engineers

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. The journal covers recent and significant results of academic and industrial research in the field of interest, encompassing all related topics - this includes polymer reaction modeling, reactor optimization and control, polyolefin

Polyolefin

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s, polymer production, sensors

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, process control

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, polymers

Polymer

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, macromolecular materials, polymer reaction engineering, modelling, reactor optimization, polymeric materials, and polymer engineering

Polymer engineering

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service

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, Chemistry Citation Index

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, Compendex

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, Current Contents

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/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences, Inspec

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, Journal Citation Reports

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/Science Edition, Materials Science Citation Index

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, and the Science Citation Index Expanded

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