Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage
ISSN 1479-2494 · eISSN 1479-2753 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage: subscription journal; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Quality and Supply Management, Management and Optimization Techniques and Management Systems and Quality Improvement, together about 72.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting29.2%
- Management and Optimization TechniquesBusiness, Management and Accounting22%
- Management Systems and Quality ImprovementBusiness, Management and Accounting21.6%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions3.5%
- Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringDecision Sciences2.7%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering2.3%
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealth Professions2.3%
- Quality Function Deployment in Product DesignBusiness, Management and Accounting2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q3 | 236/425 | 44th |
| Strategy and Management | Q3 | 327/506 | 35th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 380 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 104 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 204 |
| 2024 | 20 | 0 | 232 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5 | 258 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 251 |
| 2021 | 52 | 0 | 394 |
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1479-2494
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-2753
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage
Which databases index International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage is indexed in Scopus.
Is International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .