Journal profile · ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
ISSN 2168-1015 · eISSN 2168-1023 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.4 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 225 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain and Inventory Management and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, together about 36.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Editor-in-chief Yu-Chung TsaoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Taiwan, China 5, France 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting14.8%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.4%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering9.6%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering8.9%
- Assembly Line Balancing OptimizationEngineering4.9%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.3%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | 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, Industrial | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
Other: TSSCI
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
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.75Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.18Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 252OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 109,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 662 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 5 | 18 |
| 2025 | 50 | 8 | 99 |
| 2024 | 48 | 6 | 217 |
| 2023 | 44 | 7 | 832 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | 457 |
| 2021 | 65 | 6 | 1,435 |
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
225 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 142 days – 326 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 244 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (90 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Open Select). Model summary
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increas…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
No publication charges. Model summary
JIPE no longer carries publication charges.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2168-1015
- Electronic ISSN
- 2168-1023
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
What CAS zone is Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial. 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 Production Engineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 9.6, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 225 days (interquartile range 142–326 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Engineering.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (5) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .