32 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
32 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 10 are Q1 and 6 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 53% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 15 weeks. Most are published in China (6), Iran (4) and Serbia (3). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 13% accept at least one other language.
All 32 free-to-publish journals in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing 2631-8644 · 2631-7990 | Q1 | 4.098 | 73 | IOP Publishing | United Kingdom | 27 wk |
| 2 | Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research 2542-5048 | Q1 | 2.209 | 49 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 15 wk |
| 3 | Light: Advanced Manufacturing 2689-9620 | Q1 | 2.13 | 37 | Light Publishing Group | China | 22 wk |
| 4 | Facta Universitatis. Series: Mechanical Engineering 0354-2025 · 2335-0164 | Q1 | 1.271 | 47 | University of Niš | Serbia | 7 wk |
| 5 | Digital Engineering 2950-550X | Q1 | 1.166 | 9 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 20 wk |
| 6 | International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture 2588-8404 | Q1 | 1.039 | 41 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 11 wk |
| 7 | International Journal of Fluid Engineering 2994-9009 · 2994-9017 | Q1 | 0.816 | 8 | AIP Publishing LLC | United States | 16 wk |
| 8 | Complex System Modeling and Simulation 2096-9929 · 2097-3705 | Q1 | 0.751 | 21 | Tsinghua University Press | China | 8 wk |
| 9 | Energetic Materials Frontiers 2666-6472 | Q1 | 0.745 | 25 | KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. | China | 12 wk |
| 10 | International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management 2690-6090 · 2690-6104 | Q1 | 0.735 | 12 | Emerald Publishing | United Kingdom | 22 wk |
| 11 | International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management 2217-2661 · 2683-345X | Q2 | 0.665 | 27 | University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences | Serbia | 26 wk |
| 12 | Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences 1018-3639 · 2213-1558 | Q2 | 0.601 | 65 | Springer | Switzerland | 18 wk |
| 13 | Food Technology and Biotechnology 1330-9862 · 1334-2606 | Q2 | 0.551 | 88 | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | Croatia | 36 wk |
| 14 | Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering 1672-6030 · 2589-5540 | Q2 | 0.448 | 27 | AIP Publishing LLC | United States | 14 wk |
| 15 | International Journal of Production Management and Engineering 2340-4876 | Q2 | 0.406 | 12 | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain | 20 wk |
| 16 | Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología 0717-3644 · 0718-221X | Q2 | 0.335 | 42 | Universidad del Bío-Bío | Chile | 20 wk |
| 17 | Journal of Applied Research on Industrial Engineering 2538-5100 · 2676-6167 | Q3 | 0.302 | 13 | Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, Iran | Iran | 12 wk |
| 18 | Fuzzy Information and Engineering 1616-8658 · 1616-8666 | Q3 | 0.285 | 29 | Tsinghua University Press | China | 40 wk |
| 19 | Tekstilec 0351-3386 · 2350-3696 | Q3 | 0.273 | 17 | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) | Slovenia | 12 wk |
| 20 | Production 0103-6513 · 1980-5411 | Q3 | 0.264 | 28 | Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) | Brazil | 21 wk |
| 21 | Engineering Proceedings 2673-4591 | Q3 | 0.254 | 25 | MDPI AG | Switzerland | 6 wk |
| 22 | International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering 2783-1337 · 2717-2937 | Q3 | 0.243 | 6 | Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, | Iran | 9 wk |
| 23 | Drewno 1644-3985 · 2956-9141 | Q3 | 0.197 | 19 | Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of Technology | Poland | 52 wk |
| 24 | International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research 2008-4889 · 2345-363X | Q4 | 0.179 | 12 | Iran University of Science & Technology | Iran | 10 wk |
| 25 | Advanced Manufacturing 2959-3263 · 2959-3271 | Q4 | 0.167 | 3 | ELSPublishing | Hong Kong SAR China | 10 wk |
| 26 | Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1985-3157 | Q4 | 0.161 | 12 | Penerbit Universiti, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka | Malaysia | 15 wk |
| 27 | Frontier Materials & Technologies 2782-4039 · 2782-6074 | Q4 | 0.158 | 5 | Togliatti State University | Russia | 12 wk |
| 28 | Proceedings on Engineering Sciences 2620-2832 · 2683-4111 | Q4 | 0.156 | 13 | University of Kragujevac | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 29 | ITEGAM-JETIA 2447-0228 | Q4 | 0.148 | 9 | Institute of Technology and Education Galileo da Amazônia | Brazil | 8 wk |
| 30 | AiBi Revista de Investigación, Administración e Ingeniería 2346-030X | Q4 | 0.143 | 8 | Universidad de Santander | Colombia | 12 wk |
| 31 | AUT Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2588-2937 · 2588-2945 | Q4 | 0.138 | 6 | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | 16 wk |
| 32 | مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية 1727-2114 · 2311-8865 | Q4 | 0.132 | 4 | An-Najah National University | Palestinian Territories | 9 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top countries of publication
- China 6
- Iran 4
- Serbia 3
- Brazil 2
- Switzerland 2
- United Kingdom 2
Top publishers
- AIP Publishing LLC 2
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2
- Tsinghua University Press 2
- Amirkabir University of Technology 1
- An-Najah National University 1
- Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) 1
About this list
Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.
Before submitting, always confirm the journal on its own website and in the DOAJ, verify Scopus indexing by ISSN with the Scopus check rather than trusting claims on the journal’s site, and watch out for look-alike titles (see the predatory journal checklist).