Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
International Journal of Value Chain Management
ISSN 1741-5357 · eISSN 1741-5365 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Value Chain Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 5 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Value Chain Management is published by Inderscience Publishers 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 Quality and Supply Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting19%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9.2%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Service and Product InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
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 | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | 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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 456 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 23 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3 | 81 |
| 2022 | 46 | 3 | 93 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3 | 89 |
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
- 1741-5357
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-5365
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Value Chain Management
What CAS zone is International Journal of Value Chain Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Value Chain Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index International Journal of Value Chain Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Value Chain Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Value Chain Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Value Chain Management 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: .