Journal profile · ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM
ISSN 2013-8423 · eISSN 2013-0953 · OmniaScience · Spain
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM is published by OmniaScience 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 Quality and Supply Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Supply Chain and Inventory Management, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The aim of Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is to publish theoretical and empirical articles that are aimed to contrast and extend existing theories, and build new theories that contribute to advance our understanding of phenomena related with industrial engineering and industrial management in organizations, from the perspectives of Production Planning/Scheduling/Inventory, Logistics/Supply Chain, Quality Management, Operations Management and Operational Research. The contributions can adopt confirmatory (quantitative) or explanatory (mainly qualitative) methodological approaches. Theoretical essays that enhance the building or extension of theoretical approaches are also welcome. JIEM selects the articles to be published with a double bind, peer review system, following the practices of good scholarly journals. JIEM is published quarterly (on-line and printed versions), following an open access policy. On-line publication allows to reduce publishing costs, and to make more agile the process of reviewing and edition. JIEM defends that open access publishing fosters the advance of scientific knowledge, making it available to everyone. Main topics of interest but not limit to: Supply chainLean manufacturingOperations improvementInnovation management in operations Operations in service industryOperational ResearchTotal Quality ManagementInnovation in Engineering/Management EducationTotal Productive MaintenanceHow to manage workforce in operationsLogistic in general
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Editor-in-chief Juan A. Marin-GarciaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Spain 46, Mexico 7, India 5, Brazil 4, Portugal 4 (97 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting15.7%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering5.2%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering4.7%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering3.7%
- Quality and Management SystemsBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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, Industrial | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: CiteScore, InRecs
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 357OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 806 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 171 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 256 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 403 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 968 |
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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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 | EUR 495 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 495 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 495 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 595 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 595
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 4–7
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Not considered
- Footnotes or endnotes
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Use of Artificial intelligence
The Journal requires that all submitted articles, as well as the research on which they are based, demonstrate the honest and responsible use of available research practices and tools. In particular, the generation and dissemination of synthetic data, text, or graphics without proper disclosure of their nature is considered inappropriate practice. Furthermore, when such materials are generated thr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is a very crucial task in disseminating knowledge and contributes for the scientific development. As a peer-reviewed journal, the rigor of scientific publication is expected to be observed in the course of evaluating papers that are submitted. Therefore, ethical behavior is expected for all parties involved during the publishing process: the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
Authors retain copyright of its works. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management publications are licensed under CC-BY-NC license (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License), granting open access rights to society. Specifically, CC-BY-NC license permits any kind of use, distribution, changes and building upon the article, as long as the original author and source are pro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review REPLY REVIEW PROCESS
JIEM also accepts replies to its published papers. The reply review process will include the following steps:Title of reply submission: “A reply to Authors (year) Main title of Article X: Subtitle”1. REPLY TO AN ARTICLE. The reply document goes into revision. The authors of the original article must be its reviewers (there is no associated payment). If the first invited author refuses to review, y…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism and originality
Authors or contributors are required to properly cite and quote sources of literature that they used in their research articles. Plagiarism may be manifested in variety of ways such as using another’s paper as the author’s own paper, intentional or unintentional copying or paraphrasing parts of another’s paper without citation, claiming results from research conducted by others. In order to minimi…
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
- OmniaScience
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2013-8423
- Electronic ISSN
- 2013-0953
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗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 Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM
What CAS zone is Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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 Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 4–7; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. 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 Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM based?
Of the 97 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (46), Mexico (7) and India (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management-JIEM is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .