Journal profile · ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering
ISSN 0218-5393 · eISSN 1793-6446 · World Scientific
International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering is published by World Scientific 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 Reliability and Maintenance Optimization, Software Reliability and Analysis Research and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationEngineering22.4%
- Software Reliability and Analysis ResearchComputer Science14.5%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics10.8%
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignDecision Sciences8.2%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences7.2%
- Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringDecision Sciences5.4%
- Software Engineering ResearchComputer Science5.3%
- Optimal Experimental Design MethodsDecision Sciences2.3%
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, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | 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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 295OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 42.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,301 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 65 | 0 | 78 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2 | 210 |
| 2023 | 44 | 1 | 135 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2 | 281 |
| 2021 | 40 | 1 | 185 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- World Scientific
- ISSN
- 0218-5393
- Electronic ISSN
- 1793-6446
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering
What CAS zone is International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .