International Journal of Production Research

International Journal of Production Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor and Francis since 1961 under the ISSN 0020-7543 and eISSN 1366-588X, covering production research including manufacturing, production planning and control, supply chain and operations management, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.7 and first quartile standing in engineering industrial, engineering manufacturing and operations research and management science《国际生产研究杂志》（International Journal of Production Research）是泰勒弗朗西斯（Taylor and Francis）自 1961 年起出版的同行评审期刊，刊号 0020-7543、电子刊号 1366-588X，覆盖生产研究包括制造、生产计划与控制、供应链与运营管理，2025 年影响因子为 8.7，在工业工程、制造工程与运筹学与管理科学三个类别均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research on production and operations management, including manufacturing systems design and analysis, production planning and control, scheduling, inventory management and facility layout and location该刊刊载生产与运营管理的原创研究，涉及制造系统设计与分析、生产计划与控制、调度、库存管理以及设施布置与选址。
• It covers supply chain management, logistics and distribution, lean and agile manufacturing, quality control and reliability, and the application of optimisation, simulation and machine learning to production and operations problems该刊覆盖供应链管理、物流与配送、精益与敏捷制造、质量控制与可靠性，以及优化、仿真与机器学习在生产与运营问题中的应用。
• The journal addresses smart manufacturing, industry 4.0, digital twins and cyber-physical production systems, additive manufacturing, and the integration of robotics and artificial intelligence in production该刊探讨智能制造、工业 4.0、数字孪生与信息物理生产系统、增材制造以及机器人与人工智能在生产中的集成。
• It operates single-blind peer review and follows the Taylor and Francis editorial policies on research integrity, data availability and competing interests, with author guidelines published on the journal website该刊实行单盲同行评审，遵循泰勒弗朗西斯关于研究诚信、数据可获取性与利益冲突的编辑政策，作者指南在期刊网站公布。
• The journal is a subscription title that additionally offers an article publishing charge based open access option, and it is abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and EBSCO该刊采用订阅制并另行提供需缴纳文章处理费的开放获取选项，被（SCIE）、（Scopus）与（EBSCO）收录。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 9 of 69 titles in engineering industrial with an 87.7 percentile, 8 of 71 in engineering manufacturing with an 89.4 percentile, and 9 of 109 in operations research and management science with a 92.2 percentile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在工业工程类 69 种期刊中列第 9 位、百分位 87.7，在制造工程类 71 种期刊中列第 8 位、百分位 89.4，在运筹学与管理科学类 109 种期刊中列第 9 位、百分位 92.2。

History

• The journal was launched in 1961 by Taylor and Francis to provide an international venue for production research, and the first volume appeared in that year该刊于 1961 年由泰勒弗朗西斯创办，旨在为生产研究提供国际发表平台，第一卷同年出版。
• It was established at a time of postwar industrial expansion and the rise of operations research as a discipline, and it has retained the production research focus throughout its history该刊设立于战后工业扩张与运筹学作为学科兴起之际，自创办起一直保持生产研究定位。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 8.568 in 2021 to 9.018 in 2022, to 7.3 in 2024 and to 8.7 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing across its categories throughout该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 8.568 升至 2022 年的 9.018，再降至 2024 年的 7.3 与 2025 年的 8.7，始终居各类别第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its scope to address smart manufacturing, industry 4.0, digital twins and sustainable production, reflecting the digital and sustainability transitions of manufacturing该刊逐步扩展学科范围以涵盖智能制造、工业 4.0、数字孪生与可持续生产，反映制造业的数字化与可持续转型。
• The publisher carries the journal on Taylor and Francis Online and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1080, shared with other Taylor and Francis journals出版方将该刊载于泰勒弗朗西斯在线平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1080），与泰勒弗朗西斯其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from industrial engineering, operations research and supply chain management departments of universities and research institutes across the world该刊由一位主编带领，配以由世界各地大学与研究机构工业工程、运筹学与供应链管理系学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as production planning, scheduling, supply chain management, quality control and smart manufacturing, reflecting the breadth of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责生产计划、调度、供应链管理、质量控制与智能制造等方向，对应刊物的广度。
• Editorial handling follows the Taylor and Francis editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托泰勒弗朗西斯的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the Taylor and Francis standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循泰勒弗朗西斯在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at Taylor and Francis Online and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在泰勒弗朗西斯在线期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。