IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing

IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing is an open access journal on intelligence applied to manufacturing, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.《IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing》是一份聚焦智能如何应用于制造的开放获取期刊，由英国工程技术学会出版。

It was launched in 2019 and gathers work on how intelligence and data science are put to the making of things.该刊于 2019 年创办，汇集智能与数据科学如何被用于制造的工作。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the third quartile of industrial engineering.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在工业工程类目列第三区。

Scope

• The journal takes collaborative intelligent manufacturing as its subject, and it asks how a production system is made quick to adapt.该刊以协同智能制造为题材，追问生产系统如何被做得能迅速适应。

• Intelligence is the organizing idea, and the journal carries work that puts a learning method into a production setting.智能是组织观念，该刊刊载把学习方法置入生产情境的工作。

• Data science is named, and the journal admits work on how a factory's data is turned to account.数据科学被点名，该刊收载工厂数据如何被利用的工作。

• Information and communication technology is treated, and the journal takes work on how machines and systems are joined.信息与通信技术得到处理，该刊收载机器与系统如何被联结的工作。

• Agent based manufacturing is named, and the journal carries work on how a set of software agents negotiates a schedule.基于智能体的制造被点名，该刊刊载一组软件智能体如何协商排程的工作。

• Collaborative product design is treated, and the journal admits work on how a design is shared between parties.协同产品设计得到处理，该刊收载设计如何在各方之间被共享的工作。

• Human centric design is named, and the journal takes work on how a product is shaped around the person who uses it.以人为本的设计被点名，该刊收载产品如何围绕使用者被塑造的工作。

• Customer oriented design is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a want is built into a product.面向顾客的设计属于收稿范围，该刊刊载需求如何被做进产品的工作。

• Smart and intelligent products are treated, and the journal admits work on how a product reports its own state.智能产品得到处理，该刊收载产品如何报告自身状态的工作。

• Modelling and simulation are named, and the journal takes work on how a line is tried out before it is built.建模与仿真被点名，该刊收载生产线在被建造之前如何被试验的工作。

• Production planning is treated, and the journal carries work on how work is scheduled across a shop.生产计划得到处理，该刊刊载工作如何在车间之内被排定的工作。

• Optimisation is named, and the journal admits work on how a cost or a time is driven down without harm elsewhere.优化被点名，该刊收载成本或时间如何在不损害他处的情况下被压低的工作。

• Supply chain and logistics are part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how goods are moved between firms.供应链与物流属于收稿范围，该刊收载货物如何在企业之间流动的工作。

• Assembly is treated, and the journal carries work on how parts are brought together into a whole.装配得到处理，该刊刊载零件如何被合为一体方面的工作。

• The journal is meant to join computer science with manufacturing engineering, and it takes work from either side.该刊意在联结计算机科学与制造工程，两侧的工作均予收载。

• Reviews are taken alongside original work, and the journal asks that a survey set out where a method stands.综述与原创工作一并收载，该刊要求述评陈明某一方法的现状。

History

• The journal was launched in 2019, as manufacturing was drawing more of its methods from computing.该刊于 2019 年创办，正值制造从计算领域汲取更多方法之际。

• It was issued by a learned society for engineers, and it was published as a fully open access title from the start.该刊由一家工程师学术团体创办，自始即以完全开放获取的形式出版。

• A university in China took part in its founding, and its editors have come from both that country and abroad.中国的一所大学参与了该刊的创办，其编辑来自该国与国外两方。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 8 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 8 卷。

• Four issues were gathered into a volume for a stretch, and the journal later moved to a continuous rhythm.该刊曾长期每卷汇集四期，其后改为连续发表。

• Access was open throughout, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊全程开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。

• The title grew steadily, and its impact figure rose from about two and a half in the early 2020s to 3.3 in the 2025 edition.该刊稳步成长，影响因子从 2020 年代初的约 2.5 升到 2025 年版的 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in a large engineering index.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与一所大型工程索引收录。

• It was accepted into the citation index in the spring of 2022, and its influence has widened since.该刊于 2022 年春被引文索引收录，其影响自此渐广。

• Special issues are assembled around a theme, and the journal gathers papers on a single branch of the field.该刊围绕主题编成专刊，汇集关于领域某一分支的论文。

Editors

• Liang Gao of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology is editor-in-chief, and his own field is optimisation in mechanical design.华中科技大学的（Liang Gao）担任主编，其本人领域为机械设计中的优化。

• Weiming Shen is a co-editor-in-chief, and his own field is software agents that work together on a production task.（Weiming Shen）是共同主编，其本人领域为协同完成生产任务的软件智能体。

• The two editors are drawn from a university in China and from a national research body abroad, and the journal is run between them.两位编辑分别来自中国的一所大学与国外的一家国立研究机构，该刊由二者共同主持。

• A body of associate editors is drawn by subject, and the journal names members from universities in several countries.一组副编辑按学科遴选，该刊列出数个国家大学的成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Where a claim rests on a simulation, the journal asks that the setup be described in full so that another group can repeat it.论断若依赖仿真，该刊要求完整描述设置，使另一团队可以重复。

• A case study on a real factory is welcomed, and the journal asks what the deployment showed that a model did not.论及真实工厂的案例研究受到欢迎，该刊追问部署显示了模型未能显示之物为何。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's platform, and an enquiry may be made before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的平台投递，在动笔之前可先行询问。

• The journal is read by industrial engineers and by computer scientists, by operations researchers and by robotics specialists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有工业工程师与计算机科学家，也有运筹学研究者与机器人专家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a laboratory method toward a shop floor is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把实验室方法带向车间的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a method that failed on a real line is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为在真实产线上失效的方法同样值得记录。

• Work on a digital twin appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how a virtual copy tracks a machine.数字孪生方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载虚拟副本如何追踪机器的论文。

• Work on predictive maintenance is treated, and the journal admits papers on how a fault is foreseen before it stops a line.预测性维护方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载故障如何在停产之前被预见的工作。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on a collaborative robot is named, and the journal carries papers on how a person and a machine share a task.协作机器人方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载人与机器如何共担一项任务的论文。

• Work on a flexible production line is treated, and the journal asks how a line is reconfigured for a new product.柔性产线方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问产线如何为新产品被重新配置。

• Work on the scheduling of a job shop is named, and the journal admits papers on how an order is placed in a queue.车间排程方面的工作被点名，该刊收载订单如何被置入队列的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。