Aims and scope

Established in 1961, the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) is a leading journal in the areas of manufacturing, industrial engineering, operations research and management science.

The International Journal of Production Research aims to disseminate research on decision aid in manufacturing, operations management and logistics.

The International Journal of Production Research publishes convincing scientific results with clear, real-life applications as well as fundamental techniques developed in computer, decision and mathematical sciences to solve complex decision problems that arise in design, measurement, management and control of production and logistics systems.

The International Journal of Production Research covers the following topics:

  • Design of products and manufacturing processes
  • Production system and supply network engineering
  • Essential behaviour of production resources and systems
  • Production strategies and related economics issues
  • Production policy formulation and evaluation
  • Production planning and scheduling
  • Contribution of new technologies to production and logistics
  • Applications of production research to services

The journal seeks original research articles, discussion or technical notes, and review articles presenting the state of the art.

The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.