Journal profile · ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management
ISSN 0975-6809 · eISSN 0976-4348 · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 3,290; median 254 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 449 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management is published by Springer Nature 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 Software Engineering Research, together about 27.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSAEM) is a multidisciplinary journal for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers dedicated to advancing research on system assurance, engineering management, and risk analysis.The journal promotes excellence in understanding and practice by publishing high-quality research that tackles the theoretical, engineering and practical challenges in achieving reliable, safe, and sustainable complex systems. Its mission is to bridge the gap between engineering and management disciplines.The journal welcomes original research articles, reviews, case studies, and technical notes covering a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: System reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) Safety engineering and risk management in complex systems Human Reliability, Human Error Human Factors Science of Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change mitigation Software reliability and assurance in cyber-physical systems AI, Industrial AI,ML, IIoT, Cybersecurity Fault detection, diagnostics, and Prognostics & Health Management (PHM) Resilience engineering and system recovery strategies Life cycle management and sustainability in system assurance Standards, regulations, and compliance for system assurance Innovation and technology management Risk analysis and decision-making in engineering contexts Quality assurance and control in engineering processes Performance evaluation and optimization of engineering systems Sustainability. Sustainable engineering practices and environmental management Project management methodologies and tools Operations management in engineering sectors Engineering economics and financial management Supply chain management and logistics in engineering fields Data-driven decision making and the use of AI in engineering management, among othersThe Journal is dedicated to fostering a global exchange of knowledge that supports innovative, reliable, and resilient engineering practices, making it an essential resource for those seeking to advance system assurance and management across disciplines.Special issues are periodically published on current topics of interest and emerging areas in system assurance and engineering management.The Journal publishes 12 issues in a year.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Ajit KumarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 60, Sweden 12, Norway 7, United States 6, Australia 6 (109 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationEngineering11.6%
- Software Reliability and Analysis ResearchComputer Science10.1%
- Software Engineering ResearchComputer Science6.2%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences5.9%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences5.3%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics5.3%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignDecision Sciences4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECDBLPPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 933OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 446LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 360,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,317 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 323 | 25 | 77 |
| 2025 | 449 | 20 | 1,085 |
| 2024 | 426 | 32 | 2,321 |
| 2023 | 367 | 15 | 2,299 |
| 2022 | 298 | 28 | 3,212 |
| 2021 | 433 | 37 | 5,448 |
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
254 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 180 days – 374 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 280 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (923 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
- Submission to first decision
- 86 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,290 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0975-6809
- Electronic ISSN
- 0976-4348
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management 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.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 254 days (interquartile range 180–374 days). 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 System Assurance Engineering and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 System Assurance Engineering and Management based?
Of the 109 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (60), Sweden (12) and Norway (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,290.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .