Journal profile · Engineering, Industrial
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN 0263-5577 · eISSN 1758-5783 · Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · ENGLAND · Monthly
Industrial Management & Data Systems: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.11; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 183 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Industrial Management & Data Systems is published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 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 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Quality and Supply Management and Digital Marketing and Social Media, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Industrial Management & Data Systems brings operations management and information systems research together. Focusing on the impact of new technology within businesses it covers; green information systems, sustainable supply chains, big data and social media.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Industrial
Editorial board by country: 51 in mainland China (about 43%); most named Mainland China 51, United Kingdom 16, United States 10, Australia 8, Hong Kong, China 7 (120 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences10%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9.2%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences8.5%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
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 | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | 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 | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 6.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 160OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,974OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 180LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 399,752Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,316 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 110 | 11 | 48 |
| 2025 | 183 | 18 | 779 |
| 2024 | 120 | 21 | 1,502 |
| 2023 | 119 | 22 | 2,357 |
| 2022 | 134 | 24 | 3,496 |
| 2021 | 106 | 23 | 3,933 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 38.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 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)
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- editorialEditorial — up to 3000 words Research Paper — up to 10000 words Practitioner Paper — up to 5000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on th…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- practitioner paperPractitioner Paper — up to 5000 wordsLength not stated
- research paperEditorial — up to 3000 words Research Paper — up to 10000 words Practitioner Paper — up to 5000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on th…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Up to 6 keywords required. Model summary
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access options
Hybrid journal; open access option available for all authors. Model summary
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review; at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers per submission. Model summary
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
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
- Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0263-5577
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-5783
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 126, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Industrial Management & Data Systems
What CAS zone is Industrial Management & Data Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Industrial Management & Data Systems is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Engineering, Industrial. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Industrial Management & Data Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.11; CiteScore 10.1, h-index 160.
How long does peer review take at Industrial Management & Data Systems?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9.1%. 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 Industrial Management & Data Systems based?
Of the 120 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 51 (about 43%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (51), United Kingdom (16) and United States (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Industrial Management & Data Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Industrial Management & Data Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Industrial Management & Data Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Industrial Management & Data Systems 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: .