Journal profile · Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization
ISSN 1547-5816 · eISSN 1553-166X · American Institute of Mathematical Sciences · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.35; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 208 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization is published by American Institute of Mathematical Sciences 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 Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Optimization and Variational Analysis and Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research, together about 31.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JIMO is an international journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers on the non-trivial interplay between numerical optimization methods and practically significant problems in industry or management so as to achieve superior design, planning and/or operation. Its objective is to promote collaboration between optimization specialists, industrial practitioners and management scientists so that important practical industrial and management problems can be addressed by the use of appropriate, recent advanced optimization techniques.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.5%
- Optimization and Variational AnalysisComputer Science10.4%
- Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMathematics9.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering5.2%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Risk and Portfolio OptimizationDecision Sciences4.1%
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 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
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 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2023 edition (medium risk); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.35LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 585OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 180LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,660 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 157 | 157 | 18 |
| 2025 | 208 | 208 | 243 |
| 2024 | 196 | 196 | 681 |
| 2023 | 166 | 166 | 680 |
| 2022 | 275 | 275 | 1,772 |
| 2021 | 218 | 218 | 1,385 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1547-5816
- Electronic ISSN
- 1553-166X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization
What CAS zone is Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Multidisciplinary / Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.35; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Industrial and Management Optimization?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization is a fully open-access 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: .