Journal profile · Engineering, Manufacturing
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
ISSN 1063-293X · eISSN 1531-2003 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS: impact factor 2.05; subscription journal; APC about USD 4,150; review about 70 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Product Development and Customization and Design Education and Practice, together about 56.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CERA) provides quality peer-reviewed articles on all aspects computer-aided concurrent engineering (CE). The journal deals with all basic tracks that enable CE, including: information modeling, teaming & sharing, networking & distribution, planning & scheduling, reasoning & negotiation, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Manufacturing
Editor-in-chief Ahmed Al-AshaabPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 12%); most named United States 6, United Kingdom 4, Mainland China 2, India 2, France 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering25.6%
- Product Development and CustomizationBusiness, Management and Accounting17.2%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering13.7%
- Quality Function Deployment in Product DesignBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Business Process Modeling and AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Technology Assessment and ManagementEngineering3.4%
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsEngineering3.3%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE on 20 March 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 2.05LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 482OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.67OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,087 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 21 | 8 | 39 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | 45 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| 2022 | 39 | 1 | 208 |
| 2021 | 42 | 8 | 798 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
70 daysfirst decision after review · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11
- brief communicationOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- editorialOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- letter to the editorOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- letters to the editorOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- opinionOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
- viewpointOriginal Research Article - Manuscripts reporting original research Review - A critical, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art or a major overviews of do…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Email alerts available for latest table of contents and new online articles Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1063-293X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-2003
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
What is the impact factor of CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.05; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS?
The publisher reports about 70 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6.6%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 12%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), United Kingdom (4) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS is indexed in Scopus.
Is CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS open access, and what is the APC?
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .