The objective of Journal of Quality Technology is to contribute to the technical advancement of the field of quality technology by publishing papers that emphasize the practical applicability of new techniques, instructive examples of the operation of existing techniques and results of historical researches. Expository, review, and tutorial papers are also acceptable if they are written in a style suitable for practicing engineers.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Journal of Quality Technology (JQT) seeks to publish research that applies innovative thinking and develops cutting-edge analytical methods to address real problems related to Quality Technology.
Quality Technology emphasizes the application of data analytics to solve problems related to quality in industry, government, and society. The primary objective of JQT since its founding in 1969 is to provide the quality professional with innovative methodological tools to solve problems related to quality. The “quality” of a process or product relates to the capability of satisfying expressed and unexpressed customer needs. The “technology” that generates process and product data as well as the “technology” related to analytical methods that support quality improvement are evolving at a rapid pace. Technological advances provide many opportunities for innovative solutions. Thus, the main mission of the papers in JQT is to provide these innovative methodologies to the quality community.
JQT publishes the following types of papers.
Regular Research: Regular research papers develop, evaluate, and present innovative analytical solutions to real industry, government, and societal challenges in support of product and process quality. Expository, review, and tutorial papers written with the goal of advancing methodological practice in quality technology are also acceptable.
Case Study: Case Study papers illustrate a complex problem, use real data, and demonstrate the innovative application of methodologies to solve or bring new insight towards a solution related to quality.
Software: Software Papers present a detailed description of a new computer code package that supports quality improvement. Survey papers that present a critical review of existing software related to quality improvement will also be considered.
JQT encourages authors to demonstrate the usefulness of their research by applying their methods to real data and encourages sharing of code to support reproducibility. When appropriate, JQT will consider publishing Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor provide an opportunity for commentary on recently published works. Letters that refer to papers published in the four most recent issues will be subjected to the regular review process. Authors of the original paper will be given the opportunity to review and comment submitted letters.
For more details on each type of paper, please read the
Journal metrics
Usage
53K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.2 (2023) 5 year IF
5.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
2.091 (2023) SNIP
0.975 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
33 days avg. from submission to first
decision
81 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
50 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
19% acceptance rate
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
JQT SOFTWARE DEPARTMENT EDITOR Giovanna Capizzi - University of Padua
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Rong Pan - Arizona State University
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
CHAIR L. Allison Jones-Farmer - Miami University
MEMBERS Daniel W. Apley - Northwestern University Giovanna Capizzi - University of Padua Bianca Maria Colosimo- Politecnico di Milano, Italy Enrique Del Castillo - Pennsylvania State University Ronald Does - University of Amsterdam David Edwards - Virginia Commonwealth University Peter Goos - KU Leuven Yili Hong - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ying Hung - Rutgers University Willis A. Jensen - W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Bradley Jones - JMP Division of SAS Institute L. Allison Jones-Farmer - Miami University Sven Knoth - Helmut Schmidt Universitat Dennis K. J. Lin - Pennsylvania State University Jye-Chyi Lu - Georgia Institute of Technology Lu Lu - University of South Florida James M. Lucas - Consultant Robert W. Mee - University of Tennessee Fadel Megahed - Miami University Douglas C. Montgomery - Arizona State University Christopher J. Nachtsheim - University of Minnesota Rong Pan - Arizona State University Kamran Paynabar - Georgia Institute of Technology Marcus Perry - University of Alabama John Peterson - PDQ Research & Consulting Steve Rigdon - St. Louis University Piercesare Secchi - Politecnico di Milano David Steinberg - Tel Aviv University Stefan Steiner - University of Waterloo Nathaniel Stevens - University of Waterloo Loon Ching Tang - National University of Singapore Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis - Athens University of Economics and Business Fugee Tsung - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kaibo Wang - Tsinghua University William H. Woodall - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Changliang Zou - Nankai University
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: American Statistical Association, De Gruyter Saur, EBSCOhost, Compendex, Scopus, Gale, INIS Collection Search, OCLC, ProQuest, Web of Science, NCB Abstracts and Current Contents, World Ceramics Abstracts
Accepted manuscripts online (AMO)
This journal posts manuscripts online as rapidly as possible, as a PDF of the final, accepted (but unedited and uncorrected) paper. This is clearly identified as an unedited manuscript and is referred to as the Accepted Manuscript Online (AMO). No changes will be made to the content of the original paper for the AMO version but, after copy-editing, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof, the final corrected version (the Version of Record [VoR]), will be published, replacing the AMO version. The VoR is the article in its final, definitive and citable form (this may not be immediately paginated, but is the version that will appear in an issue of the journal). Both the AMO version and VoR can be cited using the same DOI (digital object identifier). To ensure rapid publication, we ask you to return your signed publishing agreement as quickly as possible, and return corrections within 48 hours of receiving your proofs.
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Open access
Journal of Quality Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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Journal of Quality Technology: A Quarterly Journal of Methods, Applications and Related Topics is an official journal of the American Society for Quality.
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