Journal profile · OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
ISSN 1750-9653 · eISSN 1750-9661 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 235 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Quality and Supply Management, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management (IJMSEM) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that provides an international forum for researchers and practitioners of management science and engineering management. IJMSEM focuses on identifying management science problems in engineering and business, and using innovative management theories and methods to provide solutions. IJMSEM prefers papers with practical background, clear problem description, innovative methods, and successful practical applications. IJMSEM has 4 sections: Section A. Production Management, Scheduling and Supply Chain Management; Section B. Optimization, Operations Management; Section C. Engineering Management, Decision Making in Engineering; Section D. Data-Driven Decision Making and Analytics, Big Data Analytics. Topics covered in IJMSEM include, but are not limited to: Civil Engineering Management Supply Chain Management Optimization Algorithm Design and Applications Data-Driven Decision Making Uncertain Decision Making Project Management Transportation Optimization Industrial Management and Industrial Engineering Risk Management Business Analytics Applications Decision Support System Scheduling and Control
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Jiuping XuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 75%); most named Mainland China 6, United States 1, Japan 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting14.4%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.5%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences6.7%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering6.3%
- Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingEngineering6.3%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering5.8%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.48Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.87Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 272OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 32.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 29,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 689 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 3 | 13 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3 | 224 |
| 2024 | 27 | 2 | 185 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | 105 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3 | 572 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3 | 600 |
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
235 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 192 days – 292 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 256 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher 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
No APC for non-open access publishing Model summary
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management 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 choos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Rigorous peer review for every open access article Model summary
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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 & Francis
- ISSN
- 1750-9653
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-9661
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.2, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 235 days (interquartile range 192–292 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 JCR quartile is International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 75%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (6), United States (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .