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Supply Chain Management An International Journal
ISSN 1359-8546 · eISSN 1758-6852 · Emerald
Supply Chain Management An International Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 10.17; hybrid open access; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Supply Chain Management An International Journal is published by Emerald 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, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management, together about 52.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting22%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting17.2%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.4%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
- Public Procurement and PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting2.8%
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 | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 10.17LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 20.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 185OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,177OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,395 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 26 | 78 |
| 2025 | 57 | 18 | 368 |
| 2024 | 49 | 28 | 1,250 |
| 2023 | 52 | 28 | 1,684 |
| 2022 | 32 | 16 | 1,603 |
| 2021 | 87 | 40 | 4,653 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1359-8546
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-6852
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Supply Chain Management An International Journal
What CAS zone is Supply Chain Management An International Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Supply Chain Management An International Journal is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business / Management. 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 Supply Chain Management An International Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.17; CiteScore 20.1, h-index 185.
Which databases index Supply Chain Management An International Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Supply Chain Management An International Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Supply Chain Management An International Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Supply Chain Management An International Journal is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .