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Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

Springer New York · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1936-6590

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.817

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.102

Total Worksi

611

Total Citationsi

11,919

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing; Operations Research & Management Science; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Management Science and Operations Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications611

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-6590

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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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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

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

860

2019

453

2020

466

2021

648

2022

494

2023

395

2024

112

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 EngineeringQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, IndustrialEngineering, ManufacturingOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement Science and Operations Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsMaritime Ports and LogisticsSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementAssembly Line Balancing OptimizationHealthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsSustainable Supply Chain ManagementOptimization and Packing Problems

Frequently asked questions about Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

Is Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal: 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 Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal?

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal 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 2.58.

Is Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal?