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"I am very satisfied with all stages of paper submission including critical reading of the referees, re-submission and proof reading which have been processed rapidly. I will recommend polymers to my colleagues."

Article in Polymers: Systematic Limitations in Concentration Analysis via Anomalous Small-Angle X-ray Scattering in the Small Structure Limit

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"Like most authors, we are greatly impressed in the manuscript handing process in Polymers. The editors were very efficient and friendly. The reviewers gave us some valuable comments which contributed to our article very much. Thank them very much. We strongly recommend Polymers to the interested authors, and don’t hesitate to know about Polymers."

Article in Polymers: Improved Stability of Emulsions in Preparation of Uniform Small-Sized Konjac Glucomanna (KGM) Microspheres with Epoxy-Based Polymer Membrane by Premix Membrane Emulsification

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"Although it is my first time to submit and publish article in Polymers, I am very satisfactory with the whole procedure of reviewing, editing and proofreading. As well, I am impressed with the seriousness of academic attitude of Polymers, the instant and sincere service, as well as the excellent efficiency of the editors. I am very willing to have more research works published in Polymers."

Article in Polymers: Comb-Type Grafted Hydrogels of PNIPAM and PDMAEMA with Reversed Network-Graft Architectures from Controlled Radical Polymerizations

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"It is a pleasure for me to testify the very positive experience I had in publishing in Polymers. Recently, I have been invited to publish a paper in a special issue, after submission of the manuscript I have been impressed by the very fast and competent review process and the high speed of publication of the journal. The competent reviewers' comments contributed to improve the quality of the paper and the assistant editors were very friendly and helped us with very quick and professional answers to our questions."

Article in Polymers: Terpolymerization of Substituted Cycloolefin with Ethylene and Norbornene by Transition Metal Catalyst

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"This was my first contribution to Polymers, upon invitation for a special issue dedicated to Controlled Radical Polymerization. I was pleasantly surprised by the efficient online submission system and by the speed of the reviewing process and final manuscript composition, correction and publication."

Article in Polymers: Coordination Chemistry inside Polymeric Nanoreactors: Metal Migration and Cross-Exchange in Amphiphilic Core-Shell Polymer Latexes

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"I am extremely honored and my experience publishing in Polymers has been fantastic. Review process was efficient and comments and suggestions by editors greatly enhanced manuscript content. Editing and publications team deserves well earned praise for their efforts and efficiently putting publication in final format. It is one of the best publishing experience and would really like to work again with Polymers. I wish entire editorial team all the best and thank you."

Article in Polymers: 3D Printing of Scaffold for Cells Delivery: Advances in Skin Tissue Engineering

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"It is my pleasure to submit a manuscript for publication in a Special Issue of Polymers. The editors are very patient and nice and they deal with the manuscript very fast. Furthermore, the editorial board informed us about any change in the state of progress and this is very important for me. It is really a good journal for Polymers and I wish it would become better and better."

Article in Polymers: Immortal Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Using Polymeric Alcohol as Initiator to Prepare Graft Copolymer

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"In our opinion, Polymers provides an appealing opportunity to publish good quality research works, mainly due to the increasing visibility and impact of this journal, but also because of the rapid and efficient communication with the editorial office. "

Article in Polymers: Aerogels of 1D Coordination Polymers: From a Non-Porous Metal-Organic Crystal Structure to a Highly Porous Material

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"Once again, let me say how glad I am to have chosen MDPI Polymers to disseminate my work. This was my third submission to Polymers and I served also as reviewer, and my relationship with the editorial staff was positive, from submission to publication, all in about one month. The genuine peer review process was very fast and efficient and reviewers' suggestions helped to improve the quality of the manuscript. The overall quality and impact of the journal is good. I will definitely recommend this open access journal to my colleagues working in Composites for Structural Engineering."

Article in Polymers: Simplified Model for Strengthening Design of Beam–Column Internal Joints in Reinforced Concrete Frames

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"I would like to share my experience for publishing paper in Polymers. The editors of Polymers are very strict and nice, and they deal with the manuscript in a quick manner. If the paper submitted is innovative, complete, and well-prepared, it has great chance to be accepted and publish within a month. It is a good choice to publish papers in Polymers."

Article in Polymers: Preparation and Properties of Cellulose Laurate (CL)/Starch Nanocrystals Acetate (SNA) Bio-nanocomposites

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"Our experience of publishing manuscript for high impact work in Polymers has been excellent. We were very impressed with the editorial process particular in speed of handling, professional and friendly staff. We will definitely consider to publish in Polymers for future works. I wish the journal every success."

Article in Polymers: Improved Method for Preparation of Amidoxime Modified Poly(acrylonitrile-co-acrylic acid): Characterizations and Adsorption Case Study

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"The publication process with Polymers is from the submission of the manuscript to the publication of the article very fast—a definite benefit of the journal. Open access is certainly the future of academic dissemination, and as the nicely increasing IF of Polymers shows, the journal has already found its place in the changing publishing environment."

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"We submitted our second article to Polymers within one year. The online submission portal is clearly arranged and easy to use. The reviewers’ comments were very helpful for improving our articles. Both the review and the subsequent publishing process were very fast. Furthermore, the editorial board informed us about any change in the state of progress and was available for questions and supplementary information at any time."

Article in Polymers: Influence of pH, Temperature and Sample Size on Natural and Enforced Syneresis of Precipitated Silica

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"We are very grateful that our work can be efficiently published in Polymers. In detail, only 31 days is taken from submission to acceptance, and only 1 week is spent for final publication. I am willing to share this delightful experience with other interested contributors. 1. Before submission, the manuscript should be carefully prepared, including English, presentation, figure production, formats, etc., according to the requirements of Polymers. 2. Graphical abstract is necessary to highlight the work and attract the wide attention of readers. 3. All steps, such as revision and proofreading, should be accelerated to shorten the publication date."

Article in Polymers: Epirubicin-Complexed Polypeptide Micelle Effectively and Safely Treats Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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"We are greatly impressed in the manuscript handling process at Polymers for the professionalism and -most importantly- prompt peer review process. The reviewer's comments improved the manuscript. We are very much interested to collaborate again with Polymers in future and will certainly recommend the journal to our colleagues."

Article in Polymers: Seismic Behavior of Substandard RC Columns Retrofitted with Embedded Aramid Fiber Reinforced Polymer (AFRP) Reinforcement

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"It is a great pleasure to publish our research article in Polymers. We were invited to submit a manuscript for publication in a Special Issue of Polymers. The online submission system was clear and easy, and the reviewing process was fast and fair. My experience with publication in this Journal was very positive. We would like to consider submitting our research again to this journal."

Article in Polymers: Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymeric Material from Epoxidized Soybean Oil and Polycaprolactone

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"My publication experience in Polymers is efficient progress, kindly proofreading and good reputation. I will recommend this journal to my colleague."

Article in Polymers: Magnesium Pyrazolyl-Indolyl Complexes as Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide

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"I am quite satisfied with all your sincere service. I really appreciated that you edited my paper during Christmas, and thank you very much for your rapid response. I am also very happy with the changes you made and information you provided to help me. With your great effort and support, Polymers will become better and better in the future."

Article in Polymers: Improving the Performances of Random Copolymer Based Organic Solar Cells by Adjusting the Film Features of Active Layers Using Mixed Solvents

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"Publishing our manuscript titled ”Facile Cellulose Dissolution and Characterization in the Newly Synthesized 1,3-Diallyl-2-ethylimidazolium Acetate Ionic Liquid” in Polymers was definitely a great experience. We were very impressed with the editorial team and their efficiency in handling our article at every stage. The peer review process was very fast and reviewers' comments were quite helpful to enhance our research. In addition, the manuscript has been polished by editors and the proof-reading process was thus very fast. Thanks."

Article in Polymers: Facile Cellulose Dissolution and Characterization in the Newly Synthesized 1,3-Diallyl-2-ethylimidazolium Acetate Ionic Liquid

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"Handling Process of a manuscript submitted to Polymers can be generally completed within one month. We are really impressed by the very efficient work of the Editorial staff. The reviewers invited are experts in related area and their comments are very helpful for us to improve our works. We are also the readers of Polymers and we found the articles are in high quality indeed. This is definitely attributed to the high criteria and rigorous reviewing. Because of these features, the impact factor of Polymers is increasing. We believe Polymers will become one of the top Journals in polymer science."

Article in Polymers: Mechanism of Base-Catalyzed Resorcinol-Formaldehyde and Phenol-Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Condensation Reactions: A Theoretical Study

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