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International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
ISSN 2217-2661 · eISSN 2683-345X · University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences · Serbia
International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is published by University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences 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 Quality and Supply Management, Product Development and Customization and Manufacturing Process and Optimization, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (IJIEM) is an interdisciplinary international academic journal published quarterly. IJIEM serves researchers in the industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production management fields. The major aims are: To collect and disseminate information on new and advanced developments in the field of industrial engineering and production management; To encourage further progress in engineering and management methodology and applications; To cover the range of engineering and management development and usage in their use of managerial policies and strategies. Thus, IJIEM invites the submission of original, high-quality, theoretical, and application-oriented research; general surveys and critical reviews; educational or training articles including case studies, in the field of industrial engineering and production management. Scope The journal covers all aspects of industrial engineering and production management, particularly: Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and Industry 5.0, Sustainable Production Management, Service Engineering, Application of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Engineering and Management, Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics, ICT for Collaborative Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, and Logistics, Organization and Human Resources, Engineering Management, Project Management, Education and Practices in Industrial Engineering and Production Management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Uglješa MarjanovićPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Serbia 14, Italy 4, Slovenia 3, Mainland China 2, United States 1 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.7%
- Product Development and CustomizationBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering7.2%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering5.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering5.2%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering5.1%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering4.9%
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 |
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 3 |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 495 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 4 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 106 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 116 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 232 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 209 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 337 |
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)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 182 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- IEEE
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright OPEN ACCESS LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
All IJIEM articles are open access and are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This open access license allows authors to copy and redistribute the article in any medium or format for any purpose, including commercial use. It also permits authors to remix, transform, and build upon the article, even for commercial purposes. These freedoms cannot …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Open access under CC BY 4.0 Model summary
All IJIEM articles are open access and are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This open access license allows authors to copy and redistribute the article in any medium or format for any purpose, including commercial use. It also permits authors to remix, transform, and build upon the article, even for commercial purposes. These freedoms cannot …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review THE REVIEW PROCESS
The review process is free of charge. IJIEM uses the following double-blind peer review process: Authors submit their manuscripts electronically. Editor-in-Chief first screens the submission. The EIC evaluates whether the paper (1) addresses a topic and uses a genre that fits with the aims and scope of IJIEM, (2) has achieved a level of quality that justifies further evaluation by a review team, a…
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
- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2217-2661
- Electronic ISSN
- 2683-345X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial. 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.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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 International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: IEEE; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Serbia (14), Italy (4) and Slovenia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .