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Advances in Production Engineering and Management

Production Engineering Institute · Slovenia · Est. 2006

ISSN1855-6531
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.544
H-Indexi
36
SNIPi
1.09
Total Worksi
436
Total Citationsi
5,883
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.99
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Advances in Production Engineering & Management (APEM journal) covers theoretical and application-oriented research in a wide range of production engineering and production management. The scope of the APEM journal reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field. The journal publishes mainly original research papers but also review and professional articles. All articles published by the journal are accessible online without restriction immediately after publication. The open-access policy of the journal provides authors with several advantages, including increased visibility of the articles to a wide global audience. Content from published paper in the APEM journal may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0) . Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.

General Information

Country / RegionSlovenia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2006
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications436
Publisher OrgUniversity of Maribor
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA LicenseCC BY 4.0
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Production Engineering Institute
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1855-6531
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
39
743
2019
36
761
2020
36
683
2021
36
292
2022
36
212
2023
34
74
2024
35
19
2025
15
0
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
Management of Technology and InnovationQ2
Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2
Mechanical EngineeringQ2
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, ManufacturingMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationManagement Science and Operations ResearchMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationAdvanced machining processes and optimizationManufacturing Process and OptimizationScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementAdvanced Machining and Optimization TechniquesQuality and Supply ManagementDigital Transformation in IndustryAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Production Engineering and Management

Is Advances in Production Engineering and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Production Engineering and Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Production Engineering and Management?

Advances in Production Engineering and Management 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 0.99.

Is Advances in Production Engineering and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Production Engineering and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Production Engineering and Management?

Advances in Production Engineering & Management (APEM journal) covers theoretical and application-oriented research in a wide range of production engineering and production management. The scope of the APEM journal reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field. The journal publishes mainly original research papers but also review and professional articles. All articles published by the journal are accessible online without restriction immediately after publication. The open-access policy of the journal provides authors with several advantages, including increased visibility of the article

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref