Since the Journal of Renewable Materials first started publishing in 2013, it has continued to grow and in 2018 it will be expanded to 7 issues per year. We are proud to have grown to the position where we are sustainable and attract a core following. In 2017 we published our first peer-reviewed gold Open Access supplement. Please go to http://jrm.msubmit.net and submit. SCOPE The Journal of Renewable Materials (JRM) publishes high quality peer reviewed original research and review articles on macromolecules and additives obtained from renewable/biobased resources. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, JRM introduces cutting-edge research on biobased monomers, polymers, additives (both organic and inorganic), their blends and composites. JRM showcases both fundamental aspects and applications of renewable materials. The fundamental topics include the synthesis and polymerization of biobased monomers and macromonomers, the chemical modification of natural polymers, as well as the characterization, structure-property relationships, processing, recycling, bio and environmental degradation and life cycle analysis of the ensuing materials, in view of their potential applications. Within this sustainability approach, green chemistry processes and studies falling within biorefinery contexts are strongly favored. ABSTRACT & INDEXING • IMPACT FACTOR of 0.812 • Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences • Science Citation Index-Expanded • Scopus • Chemical Abstracting Services • Polymer Library • Google Scholar • AGRICOLA • Meta • Baidu (China) • JCR in the subject categories Materials Science, Composites; Polymer Science; and the new subject category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. EDITORS Alessandro Gandini ([email protected]) is a physical chemist who has taught and conducted research for the last fifty years at academic and other institutions in Switzerland, UK, Canada, USA, Cuba, France, Brazil and Portugal, after his first degree in Italy. His main scientific interests are polymer synthesis and characterization, with a special emphasis on polymers from renewable resources, photochemistry, and the physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces. He has published more than 400 scientific contributions and is an Honorary Doctor of the Saint Petersburg Forestry Academy and of Havana University, and was invested with the Ermine decoration of Grenoble National Polytechnic Institute. Ramaswamy Nagarajan ([email protected]) is a Professor of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and has a science and engineering background with bachelor degrees in chemistry and rubber technology from India and a doctoral degree in polymer science from the University of Massachusetts. His research interest is in the development of “greener”/sustainable routes to advanced functional materials (polymers, additives and surfactants). Working at the interface of science and engineering his research group has been involved in translating fundamental research into engineering applications for advancing technology in new and emerging areas. He has published more than 55 papers in peer- reviewed journals and holds 17 U.S. patents. ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mirta Aranguren, University of Mar del Plata, Argentina Hyoe and Tatsuko Hatakeyama, Fukui University of Technology, Japan Katja Loos, University of Groningen, The Netherlands David Plackett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada EDITORIAL BOARD Naceur Belgacem, Grenoble Polytechnic, France Sami Boufi, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax, Tunisia Virginia Cadiz, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain Antonio Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Brazil Annamaria Celli, University of Bologna, Italy Craig Clemons, Forest Service, Madison, USA Henri Cramail, ENSCBP, France Pedro Fardim, Åbo Academy, Turku, Finland Juan Galbis, University of Seville, Spain Peter Halley, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Alfonso Jiménez, University of Alicante, Spain David Kaplan, Tufts University, USA Vimal Katiyar Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India Robert Mathers, Penn State University, USA Michael Meier, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada, Ravi Mosurkal, Materials Science and Engineering Branch, US Army Natick Soldier RDEC, Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University, USA Anil Netravali, Cornell University, USA Riko Ozao,SONY Institute of Higher Education, Kanagawa,Japan Jean-Pierre Pascault, INSA, Lyon, France Carlos Peniche, University of Havana, Cuba IMPACT FACTOR 0.812