Journal profile · Engineering, Manufacturing
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries
ISSN 1090-8471 · eISSN 1520-6564 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 197 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Occupational Health and Safety Research, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety and Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders, together about 34.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The purpose of HFEMSI: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is to facilitate discovery, integration, application and translation of scientific knowledge within Human Factors and Ergonomics(HFE). HFE is formally defined as “the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimise human well-being and overall system performance” (International Ergonomics Association, 2019). Accordingly, we invite submissions covering all dimensions of HFE, including physical, cognitive, organizational, and systems HFE. Whilst the Journal retains an interest in understanding and optimising the Manufacturing & Service Industries, this focus is not exclusive and as the field of HFE evolves we encourage submissions which cover a broad range of contemporary HFE issues in any domain. These include theoretical and methodological development, testing and evaluation of HFE methods, the translation of HFE theory and methods in practice, and novel HFE applications in new areas. We are also interested in HFE theory, methods, and studies that can be translated in the Manufacturing and Service Industries. The inter- and cross-disciplinary nature of the journal allows for a wide scope of issues relevant to system design and engineering, social, organizational, and system behaviour and safety, and health and wellbeing. Note, submitted articles should involve the application of HFE theory and/or methods, and should have a clear and substantive contribution to knowledge in HFE specifically. Examples of specific subject areas of interest include: Work design and analysis Training and education Teamwork Risk assessment, accident analysis and investigation Physical HFE (e.g., anthropometrics) Cognitive HFE (e.g., situation awareness, workload, decision making) Systems HFE (e.g., systems design and analysis, complexity, accident causation) The design and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies Human aspects of computer-aided design and engineering Agile manufacturing, Human factors in total quality management, safety and the prevention of work-related injuries Worker health and wellbeing Ergonomics of workplace, equipment and tool design Automation and robotics The internet of things Artificial intelligence Systems analysis and design Out of scope Whilst the discipline of HFE covers a broad ra
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Manufacturing
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 16%); most named United States 26, Mainland China 9, South Korea 5, Australia 4, United Kingdom 2 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions13.7%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology10.7%
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal DisordersPsychology10.2%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine8.5%
- Ergonomics and Human FactorsEngineering7.9%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences5.3%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Color perception and designPsychology3.6%
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 | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | 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 4 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | 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 CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 579OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 31Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 86,947Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,459 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 41 | 23 | 87 |
| 2024 | 44 | 26 | 184 |
| 2023 | 47 | 30 | 335 |
| 2022 | 40 | 11 | 318 |
| 2021 | 64 | 29 | 913 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
197 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 320 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 248 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,840 / GBP 2,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver updated metadata to indexing services for author name changes Model summary
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Expects data sharing; authors should review Wiley's Data Sharing policy and select a data availability statement Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints PREPRINT POLICY
Considers for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Model summary
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established pre-print servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts which have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply becau…
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1090-8471
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-6564
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries
What CAS zone is Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Manufacturing / Ergonomics. 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 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 197 days (interquartile range 83–320 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 16%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (26), Mainland China (9) and South Korea (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries open access, and what is the APC?
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .