Journal profile · Engineering, Industrial
International Journal of Production Research
ISSN 0020-7543 · eISSN 1366-588X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Semimonthly
International Journal of Production Research: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.46; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 225 days to acceptance (120 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 509 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Production Research is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization and Manufacturing Process and Optimization, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Established in 1961, the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) is a leading journal in the areas of manufacturing, industrial engineering, operations research and management science. The International Journal of Production Research aims to disseminate research on decision aid in manufacturing, operations management and logistics. The International Journal of Production Research publishes convincing scientific results with clear, real-life applications as well as fundamental techniques developed in computer, decision and mathematical sciences to solve complex decision problems that arise in design, measurement, management and control of production and logistics systems. The International Journal of Production Research covers the following topics: Design of products and manufacturing processes Production system and supply network engineering Essential behaviour of production resources and systems Production strategies and related economics issues Production policy formulation and evaluation Production planning and scheduling Contribution of new technologies to production and logistics Applications of production research to services The journal seeks original research articles, discussion or technical notes, and review articles presenting the state of the art. IJPR papers should feature following elements: an exhaustive analysis of related Production Research publications; a novel decision aid model for design or management of production systems and logistics, the model should be explained for a large audience in production research; comparisons with the state of the art; discussion on real life applications of the proposed approach in production systems and logistics; managerial insights for decision makers in industry; research perspectives. The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. The International Journal of Production Research is currently participating in a project to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of our editorial policies, and some authors may receive an additional email during the manuscript evaluation process providing guidance on Open Research practices. If you do not want your manuscript to be included, please let us know by emailing datasharing@tandf.co.uk including your Manuscript ID. Your decision to participate or not will have no impact on the editorial decision regarding your submission. Authorship Changes As a rule, the journal does not
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Industrial
Editor-in-chief Alexandre DolguiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering14.9%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering12.5%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering10.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Assembly Line Balancing OptimizationEngineering8.1%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · 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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECzbMATHDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, British Library Inside, Cabell’s Management Directory, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO Databases, Electronic Collections Online, Engineering Information Inc, INSEAD, International Abstracts in Operations Research, ISI CompuMath Citation Index®, New Jour, OCLC ArticleFirst, Recent Advances in Manufacturing Database (RAM), Zetoc
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
- 8.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 18.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 2.22Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 115LetPub ·
- h-index
- 256OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10,074OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 493LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,385 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 387 | 111 | 294 |
| 2025 | 509 | 143 | 3,491 |
| 2024 | 347 | 118 | 6,019 |
| 2023 | 349 | 122 | 10,802 |
| 2022 | 386 | 117 | 14,814 |
| 2021 | 424 | 110 | 23,326 |
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
225 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 159 days – 296 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (120 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 245 days
- Sample
- 120 articles with submission and acceptance dates (994 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 6.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted3
- discussion or technical notesThe journal seeks original research articles, discussion or technical notes, and review articles presenting the state of the art.Length not stated
- original research articlesThe journal seeks original research articles, discussion or technical notes, and review articles presenting the state of the art.Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal seeks original research articles, discussion or technical notes, and review articles presenting the state of the art.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available. Model summary
International Journal of Production Research 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 choose open access? Increase th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- ISSN
- 0020-7543
- Electronic ISSN
- 1366-588X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 18 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Production Research
What CAS zone is International Journal of Production Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Production Research is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science / Engineering, Industrial / Engineering, Manufacturing. 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 International Journal of Production Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.46; CiteScore 18.1, h-index 256.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Production Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 120 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 225 days (interquartile range 159–296 days); authors report an average review time of about 6.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12%. 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 Production Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (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 2 of Engineering.
Which databases index International Journal of Production Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Production Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Production Research open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Production Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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: .