Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Journal of Supply Chain Management
ISSN 1523-2409 · eISSN 1745-493X · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Supply Chain Management: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 10.67; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,700; median 487 days to acceptance (52 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 3% (journal website); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Supply Chain Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Quality and Supply Management, Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mission Statement The mission of the Journal of Supply Chain Management is to be the journal of choice among supply chain management scholars across disciplines, by attracting high-quality, high-impact behavioral research focusing on theory building and empirical methodologies. Research should... Extend or test existing theoretical bases in supply management or contribute to theory building in supply chain management; Use rigorous empirical methodologies and analyses which address the multiple dimensions of validity; and Clarify and enhance understanding of the role of various aspects of supply chain management in the global competitiveness of organizations. Criteria for Publication An article published in JSCM is expected to make contributions in three areas. First, it must make a strong contribution to supply chain management theory. This contribution can occur through an inductive, theory-building process, a deductive, theory-testing approach, or an abductive theory elaboration approach. All of these approaches can occur in a variety of ways including, falsification of conventional understanding, theory-building through inductive or qualitative research, empirical testing of a theory, theoretically based meta-analysis, constructive replication that clarifies the boundaries or range of a theory, interpretive approaches, or social-constructionist studies. Manuscripts should explicitly convey the theoretical contribution relative to the existing supply chain management literature and, where appropriate, the existing literature outside of the supply chain management discipline (for example, management theory, psychology, economics, ecology). Second, supply chains function within larger social-ecological systems. Therefore, research published in JSCM is expected to make contributions that positively impact these systems (e.g., the environment, communities, workers, governance). Research published in the journal is also expected to produce useful knowledge for managers, policy makers or both. Hence, the third area where research published in JSCM is expected to contribute is to practice and/or policy. For example, a manuscript addressing the implications of novel supply chain practices in the context of climate crisis should also articulate contributions to policy and social-ecological systems. With the exception of conceptual articles, these contributions need to be based on the empirical results, not conjecture. While all manuscripts are expected to contrib
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Davide LuzziniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 144, United Kingdom 25, Germany 15, France 15, Mainland China 13 (314 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 Accounting20.2%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting16.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9.5%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Public Procurement and PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
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 | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 10.67LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 13.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 13.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 699OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 31Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 315,005Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 17 | 30 |
| 2025 | 39 | 28 | 288 |
| 2024 | 26 | 22 | 430 |
| 2023 | 22 | 18 | 674 |
| 2022 | 20 | 10 | 418 |
| 2021 | 28 | 12 | 959 |
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
487 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 381 days – 579 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (52 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 512 days
- Sample
- 52 articles with submission and acceptance dates (63 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)
- 3%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 489 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,700 / EUR 3,070 / GBP 2,450 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted1
- reviewA Co-Editor-in-Chief initially evaluates a submission concerning the appropriateness of the manuscript for JSCM. If the submission does not fit the Journal’s mi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship
Author name change policy: Wiley updates and republishes paper, redelivers metadata, no correction notice, no co-author notification. Model summary
In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors must declare any conflict of interest caused by financial support or relationships by disclosing at the time of submission any arrangements they have with an organization whose conduct figures prominently in the submitted manuscript. Such information will be treated confidentially while the paper is under review. If the journal accepts the article for publication, the editor will usually d…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data protection statement for authors and reviewers. Model summary
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Member of COPE; uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection. Model summary
JSCM is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note that this journal uses iThenticate's CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley's Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley's Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
A Co-Editor-in-Chief initially evaluates a submission concerning the appropriateness of the manuscript for JSCM. If the submission does not fit the Journal’s mission, or if it is deemed to lack theoretical or methodological strength, it will be rejected at this point. If the submission passes this initial review stage, it will undergo a mutually anonymous (“double blind”) review process. The initi…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1523-2409
- Electronic ISSN
- 1745-493X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Supply Chain Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Supply Chain Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Supply Chain Management is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Supply Chain Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.67; CiteScore 14.6, h-index 156.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Supply Chain Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 52 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 487 days (interquartile range 381–579 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 3% (2025). 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 Supply Chain Management based?
Of the 314 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (144), United Kingdom (25) and Germany (15). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Supply Chain Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Supply Chain Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Supply Chain Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Supply Chain Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,700.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .