Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
ISSN 2042-6747 · eISSN 2042-6755 · Emerald
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 49 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 13.6% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management is published by Emerald 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 Facility Location and Emergency Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management, together about 58.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishes state-of-the-art research in the field of humanitarian and development aid logistics and supply chain management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting30.1%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting17%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.9%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences6.5%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering4.4%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions3.7%
- Evacuation and Crowd DynamicsEngineering3.6%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering3.2%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 232OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 369 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 17 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 107 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 222 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 476 |
| 2022 | 25 | 10 | 400 |
| 2021 | 35 | 11 | 848 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 48.9 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 46 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewArticle — up to 11000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Practice Forum — up to 11000 words Book Review — up to 1500 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Literatu…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialArticle — up to 11000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Practice Forum — up to 11000 words Book Review — up to 1500 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Literatu…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- literature reviewArticle — up to 11000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Practice Forum — up to 11000 words Book Review — up to 1500 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Literatu…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- viewpointArticle — up to 11000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Practice Forum — up to 11000 words Book Review — up to 1500 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Literatu…main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2042-6747
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-6755
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
The publisher reports about 49 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13.6%. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .