Gels

Gels is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on physical and chemical gels, published monthly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Polymer Science) / CiteScore - Q1 (Organic Chemistry)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 13 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Polymer and Macromolecular Science: Polymers, Membranes, Gels, Polysaccharides, Textiles, Macromol, Microplastics and Adhesives.