Journal profile · ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURINGMATERIALS SCIENC-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Advances in Production Engineering & Management
ISSN 1854-6250 · eISSN 1855-6531 · Production Engineering Institute (PEI), University of Maribor · SLOVENIA
Advances in Production Engineering & Management: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.16; hybrid open access; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Production Engineering & Management is published by Production Engineering Institute (PEI), University of Maribor and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, Advanced machining processes and optimization and Manufacturing Process and Optimization, together about 29% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main goal of the APEM journal is to present original, high quality, theoretical and application-oriented research developments in all areas of production engineering and production management to a broad audience of academics and practitioners.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURINGMATERIALS SCIENC-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Miran Brezocnik PleasePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering10.3%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering10%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering8.7%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering7.8%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Advanced Machining and Optimization TechniquesEngineering4.5%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 205OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 452 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 27 | 27 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 79 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 214 |
| 2022 | 36 | 35 | 294 |
| 2021 | 36 | 35 | 693 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
Content from published paper in the APEM journal may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Production Engineering Institute (PEI), University of Maribor
- Country or region
- SLOVENIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1854-6250
- Electronic ISSN
- 1855-6531
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Production Engineering & Management
What CAS zone is Advances in Production Engineering & Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Production Engineering & Management is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Engineering, Manufacturing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Production Engineering & Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.16; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 37.
Which databases index Advances in Production Engineering & Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Production Engineering & Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advances in Production Engineering & Management open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Production Engineering & Management is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .