Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing
ISSN 2516-8398 · Wiley · United Kingdom
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,600; median 151 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 58% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing is published by Wiley and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Transformation in Industry, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, together about 37.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing</em> is an open access journal publishing papers covering the full range of collaborative smart manufacturing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering17.3%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering10.9%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering9.3%
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsEngineering8%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering7.7%
- Assembly Line Balancing OptimizationEngineering6.1%
- Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering4%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| 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, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 34Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 71,924Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 266 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 9 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 82 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 289 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 240 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 344 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 1,090 |
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
151 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 210 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 186 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 58%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,600 / GBP 2,010 / EUR 2,360 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,520 / EUR 2,290 / GBP 1,950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,000 / GBP 1,700 / USD 2,200 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2516-8398
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing
What CAS zone is IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial / 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 IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 151 days (interquartile range 102–210 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 58% (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 IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing open access, and what is the APC?
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .