Journal profile · ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
ENGINEERING ECONOMIST
ISSN 0013-791X · eISSN 1547-2701 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES
ENGINEERING ECONOMIST: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.83; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 135 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ENGINEERING ECONOMIST is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Capital Investment and Risk Analysis, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Economic theories and models, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Engineering Economist is a refereed journal published jointly by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and the Engineering Economy Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The journal publishes articles, case studies, surveys, and book and software reviews that represent original research, current practice, and teaching involving problems of capital investment and engineering economic analysis. The journal seeks submissions in a number of areas, including, but not limited to: capital investment analysis, techno-economic assessment, infrastructure economics, energy economics, life-cycle cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, financial risk management, supply chain finance, cost estimation and accounting, cost of capital, design economics, economic decision analysis, engineering economy education, and the analysis of public policy when it is relevant to the economic investment decisions made by engineers and technology managers. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online. Practicing engineers, engineering managers, financial managers, engineering educators and researchers. The journal is a Thomson/ISI citation journal in the Social Science and Science Citation Indexes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Mingzhou JinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Capital Investment and Risk AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance25.3%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting12.8%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences4.1%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Business Periodical Index, Civil Engineering Abstracts, CSA-Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Wilson Web
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
- 0.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 369OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 18,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 18,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,886 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 52 |
| 2024 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | 42 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | 44 |
| 2021 | 18 | 3 | 66 |
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
135 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)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 135 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 135 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Engineering Economist is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; online submission. Model summary
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0013-791X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-2701
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ENGINEERING ECONOMIST
What CAS zone is ENGINEERING ECONOMIST in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ENGINEERING ECONOMIST is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / Engineering, Industrial / Management / Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ENGINEERING ECONOMIST?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.83; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at ENGINEERING ECONOMIST?
The publisher reports about 135 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 7% (2025). 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.
Which databases index ENGINEERING ECONOMIST?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ENGINEERING ECONOMIST is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ENGINEERING ECONOMIST open access, and what is the APC?
ENGINEERING ECONOMIST is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .