Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering journal rankings 2016
81 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering has 81 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR fell 0.13 on 2015 to 0.96, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.09. The top three are Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, and Transportation Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
81 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.25Q1 | 4.23 0.81 up from 2015 | 374 | 24% | $4,240 | ||
2Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.03Q1 | 4.45 0.82 up from 2015 | 257 | 19% | $3,850 | ||
3Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 4.48Q1 | 3.05 0.25 down from 2015 | 168 | 23% | — | ||
4European Journal of Operational ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.41Q1 | 3.88 0.03 up from 2015 | 1,975 | 34% | $3,290 | ||
5Computers & Operations ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.23Q1 | 3.57 0.41 up from 2015 | 670 | 34% | $3,570 | ||
6Advanced Engineering InformaticsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.85Q1 | 3.94 0.65 up from 2015 | 176 | 28% | $3,560 | ||
7EURO Journal on Transportation and LogisticsOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 3.78Q1 | 2.50 0.07 up from 2015 | 73 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
8Computers & Industrial EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.71Q1 | 3.50 0.41 up from 2015 | 875 | 13% | $3,790 | ||
9Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.61Q1 | 3.36 0.24 down from 2015 | 341 | 32% | $4,080 | ||
10Journal of Rail Transport Planning & ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.56Q1 | 1.69 1.40 down from 2015 | 43 | 30% | $3,070 | ||
11Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 3.29 0.30 down from 2015 | 235 | 29% | $4,540 | ||
12International Journal of Production ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.16Q1 | 2.72 0.34 up from 2015 | 1,443 | 21% | — | ||
13Flexible Services and Manufacturing JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.78Q1 | 1.52 0.48 down from 2015 | 62 | 32% | $2,590 | ||
14OR SpectrumSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.77Q1 | 2.54 0.40 up from 2015 | 104 | 33% | $3,290 | ||
15Maritime Policy & ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 2.35 0.73 up from 2015 | 164 | 30% | — | ||
16International Journal of Computer Integrated ManufacturingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 2.08 0.13 up from 2015 | 288 | 20% | — | ||
17IIE TransactionsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 1.78 0.10 down from 2015 | 263 | 30% | — | ||
18Journal of HeuristicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.16Q1 | 2.10 0.20 up from 2015 | 92 | 36% | $3,190 | ||
19IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.12Q1 | 1.99 0.06 up from 2015 | 326 | 17% | $2,045 | ||
20Journal of Intelligent ManufacturingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 1.83 0.64 down from 2015 | 442 | 10% | $3,290 | ||
21International Transactions in Operational ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 1.78no change | 209 | 22% | $4,030 | ||
22The Asian Journal of Shipping and LogisticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.06Q2 | 1.23 0.14 up from 2015 | 69 | 100% | $1,350 | ||
23Maritime Economics & LogisticsPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.80Q2 | 1.33 0.15 up from 2015 | 101 | 14% | $3,390 | ||
24Journal of SchedulingSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.78Q2 | 1.41 0.40 up from 2015 | 145 | 46% | $2,990 | ||
| 1.72Q2 | 2.14 0.08 down from 2015 | 120 | 100% | — | |||
26Concurrent EngineeringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.69Q2 | 1.64 0.50 up from 2015 | 83 | 15% | $4,150 | ||
274ORSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.61Q2 | 1.36 0.02 down from 2015 | 73 | 35% | $3,090 | ||
28Production & Manufacturing ResearchOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.51Q2 | 1.48 0.13 down from 2015 | 69 | 100% | $1,165 | ||
29Journal of Computing and Information Science in EngineeringASM International · United States | 1.48Q2 | 1.46 0.04 down from 2015 | 131 | 17% | — | ||
30International Journal of Shipping and Transport LogisticsInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 1.46Q2 | 1.10 0.13 down from 2015 | 103 | 10% | — | ||
31International Journal of Industrial Engineering ComputationsOAGrowing Science · Canada | 1.44Q2 | 1.41 0.05 up from 2015 | 148 | 100% | — | ||
32NetworksWiley · United States | 1.41Q2 | 1.28 0.01 up from 2015 | 184 | 35% | $3,750 | ||
33EURO Journal on Computational OptimizationOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.38Q2 | 1.70 0.43 up from 2015 | 50 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
34Advances in Production Engineering & ManagementUniversity of Maribor · Slovenia | 1.33Q2 | 2.06 0.49 up from 2015 | 57 | 100% | — | ||
35TransportOAVilnius Gediminas Technical University · Lithuania | 1.18Q2 | 1.38 0.22 up from 2015 | 195 | 100% | $431 | ||
36Serbian Journal of ManagementOAUniversity of Belgrade · Serbia | 1.08Q2 | 0.74 0.23 down from 2015 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
37International Journal of Management Science and Engineering ManagementTaylor & Francis | 1.07Q2 | 1.28 0.54 up from 2015 | 114 | 7% | — | ||
38European J of Industrial EngineeringInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 0.96no change | 107 | 9% | — | ||
39Journal of SensorsHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 1.70 0.41 up from 2015 | 404 | 100% | $2,830 | ||
40Asia Pacific Journal of Operational ResearchWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.97Q2 | 1.05 0.20 up from 2015 | 178 | 6% | — | ||
41Central European Journal of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.96Q2 | 0.85 0.59 down from 2015 | 146 | 30% | $2,990 | ||
42Industrial Engineering & Management SystemsSouth Korea | 0.95Q3 | 1.01 0.35 up from 2015 | 121 | 86% | — | ||
43Journal of Industrial Engineering and ManagementOAOmniaScience · Spain | 0.94Q3 | 0.74 0.13 down from 2015 | 254 | 100% | $533 | ||
43Journal of Industrial and Production EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.94Q3 | 1.22 0.68 up from 2015 | 163 | 3% | — | ||
45International Journal of Simulation and Process ModellingInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.84Q3 | 0.75 0.03 down from 2015 | 76 | 6% | — | ||
46International Journal of Product Lifecycle ManagementInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.83Q3 | 0.89 0.14 up from 2015 | 45 | 7% | — | ||
47INFORMS Journal on Applied AnalyticsInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 0.78Q3 | 0.59 0.25 down from 2015 | 201 | 24% | — | ||
48ScanningWiley · United Kingdom | 0.77Q3 | 1.20 0.45 down from 2015 | 201 | 29% | $1,500 | ||
49World Review of Intermodal Transportation ResearchInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.76Q3 | 0.47 0.60 down from 2015 | 36 | 17% | — | ||
50IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor ManufacturingIEEE Computer Society · United States | 0.75Q3 | 1.18 0.22 down from 2015 | 250 | 2% | $2,645 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality28
- Automotive Engineering25
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
18 additional Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 81
- Window papers (baseline)
- 43,986 +4.4% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.961 -24.9% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 31 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 90 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 84 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 15,320 | 16,693 | 17,936 | 19,688 | 20,825 | 22,675 | 24,599 | 27,617 | 29,952 | 32,271 | 34,386 | 37,027 | 40,419 | 42,136 | 43,935 | 44,016 | 43,986 | 42,172 | 41,220 | 43,326 | 47,952 | 53,290 | 57,318 | 59,343 | 62,188 | 68,148 | |
| Median OJR | 1.04 | 0.960 | 1.31 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.51 | 1.72 | 1.56 | 1.34 | 1.48 | 1.25 | 1.36 | 1.275 | 1.279 | 1.167 | 1.09 | 0.961 | 1.172 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.002 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.9364 | 0.9356 | 0.89 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.