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International Journal of Production Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 19.5), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0925-5273Verify ISSN ↗1873-7579Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$4,420 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (all) | 4 / 235 | 98th | Q1 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 4 / 225 | 98th | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 14 / 755 | 98th | Q1 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 18 / 425 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 19.5.
International Journal of Production Economics is Q1 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 4 of 235), Q1 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 4 of 225) and Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 14 of 755), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Production Economics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 19.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.892, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 264.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,420 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Production Economics is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0925-5273 and its online ISSN is 1873-7579.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations and Technology Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Production Economics has an h-index of 294 and a 2-year mean of 9.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 19.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 221 Scopus journals in Business, Management and Accounting (all).
International Journal of Production Economics published 325 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 357. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 80 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (41.8%), United States (10.8%) and Canada (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 10 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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