Computers & Industrial Engineering

Computers & Industrial Engineering is a peer-reviewed international journal published by Elsevier since 1976, devoted to computerised methodologies for industrial engineering problems and their application, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.3 and a first-quartile ranking in computer science, interdisciplinary applications《计算机与工业工程》是（Elsevier）自 1976 年起出版的同行评议国际期刊，专注解决工业工程问题的计算机化方法及其应用，2025 年影响因子 7.3，在计算机科学跨学科应用类别位列第一四分位。

Scope

• Industrial engineering is one of the earliest fields to use computers in research, education and practice, and the journal is aimed at researchers, educators and practitioners of industrial engineering and associated fields工业工程是最早在研究、教育与实践中使用计算机的领域之一，该刊面向工业工程及相关领域的研究者、教育者与从业者。
• The journal publishes original contributions on the development of new computerised methodologies for solving industrial engineering problems, and on their application to problems across the broad industrial engineering community该刊发表求解工业工程问题的新型计算机化方法及其在广泛的工业工程领域问题中应用的原创论文。
• It encourages submissions that expand the frontiers of the fundamental theories and concepts underlying industrial engineering techniques该刊鼓励能拓展工业工程技术基础理论与概念前沿的投稿。
• It serves as a venue for articles evaluating the state of the art of computer applications in industrial engineering and related topics该刊也为评估计算机在工业工程及相关主题中应用现状的文章提供平台。
• Research on the utilisation of computers in industrial engineering education is within scope计算机在工业工程教育中的应用研究亦在收稿范围内。
• Papers reporting applications of industrial engineering techniques to real-life problems are welcome when they show originality in the choice of the problem and the tools, generality of the approach and significance of the results将工业工程技术应用于现实问题的论文受欢迎，前提是在问题与工具选择上具有原创性、方法具有通用性且结果具有重要性。
• A major aim of the journal is to foster international exchange of ideas and experience among scholars and practitioners with shared interests worldwide该刊的重要宗旨之一是促进全球有共同兴趣的学者与从业者之间的思想与经验交流。

History

• The journal was established in 1976 by Hamed K. Eldin, and its first issue appeared that year该刊由（Hamed K. Eldin）于 1976 年创办，并于当年出版首期。^[1]
• The journal marked its 40th anniversary in 2016 and its golden anniversary in 2026该刊于 2016 年迎来 40 周年，2026 年迎来金禧年。^[2]
• The journal was launched by Pergamon Press, which became part of Elsevier, and it now appears on ScienceDirect under the Pergamon-Elsevier Science imprint该刊最初由（Pergamon Press）出版，该公司后并入（Elsevier），现以（Pergamon-Elsevier Science）品牌在（ScienceDirect）平台发行。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.431 in 2021 and 7.18 in 2022 to 6.5 in 2024 and 7.3 in 2025, placing it in the first quartile in both of its Journal Citation Reports categories其影响因子由 2021 年的 5.431、2022 年的 7.18 变为 2024 年的 6.5 与 2025 年的 7.3，在其两个（Journal Citation Reports）类别中均列第一四分位。
• The journal sponsors the International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering series, whose 52nd edition took place in Lyon, France, in 2025该刊赞助国际计算机与工业工程会议系列，其第 52 届会议于 2025 年在法国（Lyon）举行。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Yasser Dessouky of San Jose State University in California, whose research covers production and lean systems, statistical process improvement, supply chain optimisation and the simulation of large complex systems主编为（San Jose State University）的（Yasser Dessouky），其研究涵盖生产与精益系统、统计过程改进、供应链优化以及大型复杂系统的仿真。
• Mohamed I. Dessouky of the University of Southern California led the journal as editor-in-chief for many years, and the editorial office is hosted at that university（University of Southern California）的（Mohamed I. Dessouky）曾长期担任主编，编辑部亦设于该校。
• Area and associate editors have included Antonio Grilo of the New University of Lisbon in Portugal, Peng Yang of Tsinghua University, Ray Y. Zhong of the University of Hong Kong, Alexandre Dolgui of IMT Atlantique in France and Maged M. Dessouky of the University of Southern California领域编辑与副编辑包括葡萄牙（New University of Lisbon）的（Antonio Grilo）、（Tsinghua University）的（Peng Yang）、（University of Hong Kong）的（Ray Y. Zhong）、法国（IMT Atlantique）的（Alexandre Dolgui）以及（University of Southern California）的（Maged M. Dessouky）。
• The journal operates a double anonymised peer review process, and manuscripts are submitted through Editorial Manager该刊实行双向匿名同行评议，稿件通过（Editorial Manager）系统投稿。
• The journal publishes special issues drawn from conference proceedings and periodic editorials by the editor-in-chief, and it is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus该刊出版取自会议论文的专刊以及主编的定期社论，并被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）收录。