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International Journal of Production Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 18.1), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 0020-7543Verify ISSN ↗1366-588XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Science and Operations Research | 7 / 225 | 97th | Q1 |
| Strategy and Management | 18 / 506 | 96th | Q1 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 22 / 425 | 94th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present (also 1963–1968, 1961), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 18.1.
International Journal of Production Research is Q1 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 7 of 225), Q1 in Strategy and Management (rank 18 of 506) and Q1 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 22 of 425), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Production Research 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 18.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.215, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 217.
International Journal of Production Research is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 0020-7543 and its online ISSN is 1366-588X.
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 Research has an h-index of 255 and a 2-year mean of 7.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 18.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 209 Scopus journals in Management Science and Operations Research.
International Journal of Production Research published 509 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (36%), United States (7.9%) and United Kingdom (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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