Journal profile · Engineering, Manufacturing
Production and Operations Management
ISSN 1059-1478 · eISSN 1937-5956 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Production and Operations Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 223 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: As of January 2024, Production and Operations Management will no longer be published by Wiley. More information can be found on the new publisher’s website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/paoa Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Production and Operations Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Production and Operations Management is to serve as the flagship research journal in operations management in manufacturing and services. The journal publishes scientific research into the problems, interest, and concerns of managers who manage product and process design, operations, and supply chains. It covers all topics in product and process design, operations, and supply chain management and welcomes papers using any research paradigm.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Manufacturing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting21.4%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting10.7%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences6.2%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Digital Platforms and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 4.32LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 186OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,334OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 249LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,941 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 167 | 49 | 26 |
| 2025 | 223 | 61 | 521 |
| 2024 | 268 | 76 | 2,658 |
| 2023 | 173 | 79 | 2,724 |
| 2022 | 295 | 112 | 7,442 |
| 2021 | 315 | 67 | 10,494 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1059-1478
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-5956
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Production and Operations Management
What CAS zone is Production and Operations Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Production and Operations Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Manufacturing / Operations Research & Management Science. 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 Production and Operations Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.32; CiteScore 11.3, h-index 186.
How long does peer review take at Production and Operations Management?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Production and Operations Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Production and Operations Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Production and Operations Management open access, and what is the APC?
Production and Operations Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .