Journal profile · ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Quality Technology and Quantitative Management
ISSN 1684-3703 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · TAIWAN · Founded 2004
Quality Technology and Quantitative Management: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.77; JCR Q1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 328 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring, Reliability and Maintenance Optimization and Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis, together about 35.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is an international refereed journal publishing original work in quality, reliability, queuing service systems, applied statistics (including methodology, data analysis, simulation), and their applications in business and industrial management. The journal publishes both theoretical and applied research articles using statistical methods or presenting new results, which solve or have the potential to solve real-world management problems. Survey articles are welcomed provided they cover important broad fields. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two (2) independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized. STAR Taylor & Francis/Routledge are committed to the widest possible dissemination of its journals to non-profit institutions in developing countries. Our STAR initiative offers individual researchers in Africa, South Asia and many parts of South East Asia the opportunity to gain one month’s free online access to 1,300 Taylor & Francis journals. For more information, please visit the STAR website.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Chien-Wei WuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Taiwan, China 4, United States 1, Russia 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringDecision Sciences17.6%
- Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationEngineering10.3%
- Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting7.5%
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics7.5%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics7.4%
- Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationDecision Sciences7%
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignDecision Sciences5.8%
- Optimal Experimental Design MethodsDecision Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexPubMedMathSciNetPublisher website
Other: Current Index to Statistics (CIS)
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
- 2.77LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.69Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 386OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 23,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 834 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 38 | 4 | 89 |
| 2024 | 42 | 4 | 215 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3 | 480 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3 | 702 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3 | 313 |
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
328 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 254 days – 403 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 362 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 117 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Quality Technology & Quantitative Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial appraisal by the Editor, then peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees; all peer review is single anonymized. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two (2) independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- TAIWAN
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1684-3703
- Society / sponsor
- National Tsing Hua University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quality Technology and Quantitative Management
What CAS zone is Quality Technology and Quantitative Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Statistics & Probability / Engineering, Industrial / Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.77; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Quality Technology and Quantitative Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 328 days (interquartile range 254–403 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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 JCR quartile is Quality Technology and Quantitative Management in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Engineering.
Where are the editorial board members of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (4), United States (1) and Russia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Quality Technology and Quantitative Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, PubMed and MathSciNet; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Quality Technology and Quantitative Management open access, and what is the APC?
Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .