Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Management Information Systems
Logistics Research
ISSN 1865-035X · eISSN 1865-0368 · Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) · Germany
Logistics Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 13 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 6% (journal website); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Logistics Research is published by Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Quality and Supply Management, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Logistics Research publishes research from an interdisciplinary perspective in management, theory, and engineering of logistics applications and practices.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Management Information Systems
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.7%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.7%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Transport and Logistics InnovationsEngineering9%
- Logistics and Transportation SystemsBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering6.3%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering5.5%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Systems Engineering | Q2 | 189/390 | 51st |
| Information Systems | Q2 | 251/519 | 51st |
| Computer Science Applications | Q3 | 531/1022 | 48th |
| Management Information Systems | Q3 | 76/143 | 47th |
| Management Science and Operations Research | Q3 | 126/225 | 44th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 176 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 249 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 305 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 375 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 458 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 492 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 538 |
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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45.1 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | |
| 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)
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- editorialResearch Paper — up to 10000 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more inf…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- research paperResearch Paper — up to 10000 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more inf…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access options
This is a diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
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
- Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL)
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1865-035X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1865-0368
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 1 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Logistics Research
How long does peer review take at Logistics Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6%. 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 Logistics Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Logistics Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Logistics Research open access, and what is the APC?
Logistics Research 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .