Journal profile · Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)
Journal of Management Science and Engineering
ISSN 2096-2320 · eISSN 2589-5532 · KeAi Communications Co. · China
Journal of Management Science and Engineering: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.5 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Management Science and Engineering is published by KeAi Communications Co. and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Market Dynamics and Volatility, Supply Chain and Inventory Management and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, together about 26% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Management Science and Engineering (JMSE) is an international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that publishes scientific research...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Lieyun DingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 21 in mainland China (about 49%); most named Mainland China 21, United States 10, Hong Kong, China 5, Canada 2, Singapore 2 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 270 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 5 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 48 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 189 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 292 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 284 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 1,656 |
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
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-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted4
- original research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews. Please ensure that you select the app…Length not stated
- original research papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews.Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews. Please ensure that you select the app…Length not stated
- reviewsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language of the manuscr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement. If excerpts from oth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access publication Model summary
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. The author does not have any publication charges for open access permanently. A CC user license manages the reuse of the article (see https://www.els…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. Please note that author information and acknowledgments are only allowed to appear on the tittle page file. Any submission with author information or acknowledgments in the manuscript file will be desk rejected due to potential Conflicts of Interest. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- KeAi Communications Co.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2096-2320
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-5532
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Management Science and Engineering
What CAS zone is Journal of Management Science and Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Management Science and Engineering is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics / Management / Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Management Science and Engineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Management Science and Engineering?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Management Science and Engineering based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 21 (about 49%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (21), United States (10) and Hong Kong, China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Management Science and Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Management Science and Engineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Management Science and Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Management Science and Engineering 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, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .