Soft Materials

Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1539445X, 15394468
SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
1.6
SJR
0.320
CiteScore
2.9
Categories
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
Areas
Chemistry
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2004-2025
journal names
Soft Materials
SOFT MATER
Publications
709
Citations
7 033
h-index
32
Publications
183
Citations
3 642
Top-3 citing journals
Soft Materials
Soft Materials (179 citations)
Polymers
Polymers (159 citations)
RSC Advances
RSC Advances (119 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (137 publications)
India (62 publications)
Germany (41 publications)
China (57 publications)
India (35 publications)
Russia (9 publications)

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Soft Materials
179 citations, 2.55%
Polymers
159 citations, 2.26%
RSC Advances
119 citations, 1.69%
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113 citations, 1.61%
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75 citations, 1.07%
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45 citations, 0.64%
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36 citations, 0.51%
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32 citations, 0.45%
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30 citations, 0.43%
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30 citations, 0.43%
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29 citations, 0.41%
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29 citations, 0.41%
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28 citations, 0.4%
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28 citations, 0.4%
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27 citations, 0.38%
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26 citations, 0.37%
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26 citations, 0.37%
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25 citations, 0.36%
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24 citations, 0.34%
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18 citations, 0.26%
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18 citations, 0.26%
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18 citations, 0.26%
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16 citations, 0.23%
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16 citations, 0.23%
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16 citations, 0.23%
Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials
16 citations, 0.23%
Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
16 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Polymers and the Environment
16 citations, 0.23%
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15 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
15 citations, 0.21%
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14 citations, 0.2%
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14 citations, 0.2%
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14 citations, 0.2%
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14 citations, 0.2%
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13 citations, 0.18%
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13 citations, 0.18%
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13 citations, 0.18%
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13 citations, 0.18%
Smart Materials and Structures
13 citations, 0.18%
Reactive and Functional Polymers
13 citations, 0.18%
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13 citations, 0.18%
Physics of Fluids
13 citations, 0.18%
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
13 citations, 0.18%
Sensors
13 citations, 0.18%
Polymer Science - Series A
12 citations, 0.17%
Nanoscale
12 citations, 0.17%
Surfaces and Interfaces
12 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Materials Research
12 citations, 0.17%
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