Journal profile · Decision Sciences-Management Science and Operations Research
Sustainable Operations and Computers
ISSN 2666-4127 · KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. · China
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Sustainable Operations and Computers: fully open access; APC about USD 700; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sustainable Operations and Computers is published by KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain and Inventory Management and Environmental Sustainability in Business, together about 41.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sustainable Operations and Computers is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on topics that manage the balances, tradeoffs and synergies associated...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Management Science and Operations Research
Editor-in-chief Yongjian LiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 16 in mainland China (about 37%); most named Mainland China 16, United Kingdom 6, United States 4, Italy 4, France 3 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting22.4%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering4.5%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering4%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences3.6%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering3.6%
- Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q1 | 1/425 | 99th |
| Computer Science Applications | Q1 | 2/1022 | 99th |
| Management Science and Operations Research | Q1 | 1/225 | 99th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q1 | 1/134 | 99th |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | Q1 | 3/345 | 99th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 50.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 50.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 1,140 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 2,404 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 2,455 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1,483 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 560 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 176 |
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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 700 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 700 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 700 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted15
- book reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- book reviewsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- case reportContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- case reportsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- editorialsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- full length articlesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- ooriginal research papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- opinionContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- opinion papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- reviews articlesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- short communicationContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
- short communicationsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Full length articles, Ooriginal research papers, reviews articles, short…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Generative AI not allowed by reviewers or editors Model summary
Authors are encouraged to declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we encourage corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include: EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics approval and consent Model summary
Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must (i) include a statement on ethics approval and consent (even where the need for approval was waived) and (ii) include the name of the ethics committee that approved the study and the committee's reference number if appropriate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
License agreement upon acceptance Model summary
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a License Agreement (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
ORCID supported Model summary
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution. The open access publication fee for this journal is usually USD 700…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editorial office to determine suitability for publication in this journal. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected will b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
iThenticate CrossCheck screening Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint posting on SSRN
Free preprint posting service on SSRN Model summary
In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service. Preprints provide early registration and dissemination of your research, which facilitates early citations and collaboration.<P>During submission to Editorial Manager, you can choose to release your manuscript publicly as a preprint on the preprint server SSRN once it enters peer-review with the journal. Y…
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Sustainable Operations and Computers
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain and Inventory Management.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatReference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesUSD 700 (DOAJ), waivers availableFee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 11 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-4127
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sustainable Operations and Computers
How long does peer review take at Sustainable Operations and Computers?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Sustainable Operations and Computers?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Sustainable Operations and Computers based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 16 (about 37%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (16), United Kingdom (6) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sustainable Operations and Computers?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sustainable Operations and Computers is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Sustainable Operations and Computers open access, and what is the APC?
Sustainable Operations and Computers is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 700.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .