Polymers and Plastics

893.0k papers and 24.1M indexed citations i.

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893.0k papers covering Polymers and Plastics have received a total of 24.1M indexed citations since 1950. Papers on subfields are most often about the specific topic of Conducting polymers and applications, Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties and Polymer crystallization and properties and also cover the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. Papers citing papers on subfields are usually about Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. Some of the most active scholars covering Polymers and Plastics are Zhong Lin Wang, Alan J. Heeger, Jean M. J. Fréchet, Stephen R. Forrest, Yongfang Li, Alan G. MacDiarmid, Henry J. Snaith, Zhenan Bao, Richard H. Friend and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski.

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