Journal profile · Materials Science, Textiles
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
ISSN 1558-9250 · Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry · UNITED STATES · Continuous publication · Founded 2006
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5; fully open access; APC about USD 2,100; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 81 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is published by Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry 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 Textile materials and evaluations, Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, together about 41.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is a peer-reviewed, pure open access journal which aims to facilitate the rapid and wide dissemination of research in the engineering of textiles, clothing and fiber based structures. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Textiles
Editor-in-chief Yordan KyosevPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 10, Germany 6, Mainland China 4, India 4, Türkiye 3 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Textile materials and evaluationsMaterials Science25%
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile FibersEngineering9.2%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering7.5%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering7.1%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMaterials Science6.4%
- Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesMaterials Science6%
- Industrial Vision Systems and Defect DetectionEngineering5%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering2.7%
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 | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 508OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,308 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 12 |
| 2025 | 81 | 81 | 213 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | 528 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 496 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | 770 |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | 1,178 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 36.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,100 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,100 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 / USD 3,800 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted12
- brief communicationOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- editorialOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- letter to the editorOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- letters to the editorOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- opinionOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- research articleOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- special collection articleSpecial Collection Article: This may be an Original Research Article or a Review that is appropriate for the subject matter of the Special Collection.Length not stated
- viewpointOriginal Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1558-9250
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
What CAS zone is Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Materials Science, Textiles. 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 Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.5; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36.5%. 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 Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; 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 Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Germany (6) and Mainland China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .