塑料橡膠和復合材料：高分子工程為發表聚合物及其相關材料和聚合物基復合材料的高分子工程的原始同行評審研究提供了一個國際論壇。現代聚合物加工越來越關注高分子工程：在分子尺度上操縱結構，以控制最終成分的性質和適用性。與此密切相關的目標是在優化設計的背景下預測性能，建立可靠的處理路線和過程控制系統，從而可靠地實現所需的性能。主要關注領域有：?通過長度尺度以量化、控制或新穎的方式處理單相和多相聚合物系統；新穎的處理技術；流變學；過程測量、傳感器和控制；通過新穎路徑形成聚合物；回收；添加劑的選擇和加入?這些材料的特性；加工過程中特性的裁剪；特性處理關系；產品特性，跨越長度尺度?加工和結構開發建模（熔/固/多相）：數值和分析建模；本構關系；驗證?過程控制和材料特性的測量技術?設計方法，包括基于知識的工程設計和最終產品的性能該期刊的報道將反映出精細化工、制藥和生物材料領域中聚合物加工和相關材料之間日益增長的共同點。

Plastics Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering provides an international forum for the publication of original, peer-reviewed research on the macromolecular engineering of polymeric and related materials and polymer matrix composites. Modern polymer processing is increasingly focused on macromolecular engineering: the manipulation of structure at the molecular scale to control properties and fitness for purpose of the final component. Intimately linked to this are the objectives of predicting properties in the context of an optimised design and of establishing robust processing routes and process control systems allowing the desired properties to be achieved reliably.The main areas of interest are:?Processing of single and multiphase polymeric systems in quantified, controlled, or novel ways, across the length scales; novel processing technologies; rheology; process measurement, sensors, and control; formation of polymers by novel routes; recycling; choice and incorporation of additives ?Properties of these materials; tailoring of properties during processing; property-processing relationships; characterisation of products, across the length scales ?Modelling of processing and structure development (melt/solid/multiphase): numerical and analytical modelling; constitutive relationships; validation ?Measurement techniques for process control and materials characterisation ?Design methodologies, including knowledge based engineering design, and performance of end productsThe journal's coverage will reflect growing common ground between the processing of polymers and of related materials in the fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biomaterials sectors.