The scope of the journal is to publish original contributions and reviews on studies, methodologies, instrumentation, and applications involving the analysis and characterization of polymers and polymeric-based materials, including synthetic polymers, blends, composites, fibers, coatings, supramolecular structures, polysaccharides, and biopolymers. The Journal will accept papers and review articles on the following topics and research areas involving fundamental and applied studies of polymer analysis and characterization:

    Characterization and analysis of new and existing polymers and polymeric-based materials.
    Design and evaluation of analytical instrumentation and physical testing equipment.
    Determination of molecular weight, size, conformation, branching, cross-linking, chemical structure, and sequence distribution.
    Using separation, spectroscopic, and scattering techniques.
    Surface characterization of polymeric materials.
    Measurement of solution and bulk properties and behavior of polymers.
    Studies involving structure-property-processing relationships, and polymer aging.
    Analysis of oligomeric materials.
    Analysis of polymer additives and decomposition products.

PEER REVIEW

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees.

Editor in Chief
Josef Janca 
WATREX Prague, s.r.o. 
Drnovská 1112/60 
161 00 Praha 6 - Ruzyně 
Czech Republic 
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and Founder 

Howard G. Barth 


Associate Editor Emeritus 

Jimmy W. Mays 
Associate Editors 

H. N. Cheng 
Southern Regional Research Center 
USDA Agricultural Research Service 
1100 Robert E Lee Blvd. 
New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
Annamaria Visco 
University of Messina 
Contrada di Dio - 98123, Messina (Me), Italy 
Editorial Board
Guy C. Berry -  Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
Adrian Boborodea - Certech, Belgium 
Taihyun Chang -  POSTECH, Korea 
Oscar Chiantore -  University of Torino, Italy 
A. Willem deGroot -  Dow Chemical Company, USA 
Rakesh K. Gupta -  West Virginia University, USA 
Nikos Hadjichristidis -  University of Athens, Greece 
Saravana Kumar Jaganathan - University of Technology, Malaysia 
Georgios Karaiskakis - University of Patras, Greece 
Marek Matlengiewicz -  University of Silesia, Poland 
Sadao Mori -  Mie University, Japan 
Harald Pasch  -  University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 
Olga Philippova  -  Moscow State University, Russia 
Marguerite Rinaudo -  Universite´ Joseph Fourier, France 
Clemens Schwarzinger - Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria 
Amer S. Singha  -  National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P.), India 
Andre´ M. Striegel - National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA 
Vijay K. Thakur - Cranfield University, UK 
Koichi Ute  -  University of Tokushima, Japan 
Jiang Zhao -  Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China