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Quality Engineering

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 1937

ISSN1532-4222

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.61

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.028

Total Worksi

3,437

Total Citationsi

31,600

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Quality Engineering publishes papers describing new methods for immediate industrial application or novel examples of employed techniques within the quality engineering community. The journal covers research on quality control and design, and its scope includes engineering and industrial topics, as well as statistics and probability.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

FrequencyFour No. Per V.

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,437

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-4222

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

820

2019

879

2020

431

2021

458

2022

623

2023

163

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, IndustrialStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringOptimal Experimental Design MethodsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsScientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationManufacturing Process and OptimizationQuality and Supply ManagementFault Detection and Control SystemsProbabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignReliability and Maintenance OptimizationQuality and Management Systems

Frequently asked questions about Quality Engineering

Is Quality Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Quality Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Quality Engineering?

Quality Engineering is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.56.

Is Quality Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Quality Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.