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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.

32journals with no APC
10Q1 in this category
6Q2 in this category
16Q3 or Q4 in this category

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).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
2631-8644 · 2631-7990
Q14.09873IOP PublishingUnited Kingdom27 wk
2Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research
2542-5048
Q12.20949KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China15 wk
3Light: Advanced Manufacturing
2689-9620
Q12.1337Light Publishing GroupChina22 wk
4Facta Universitatis. Series: Mechanical Engineering
0354-2025 · 2335-0164
Q11.27147University of NišSerbia7 wk
5Digital Engineering
2950-550X
Q11.1669ElsevierNetherlands20 wk
6International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture
2588-8404
Q11.03941KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China11 wk
7International Journal of Fluid Engineering
2994-9009 · 2994-9017
Q10.8168AIP Publishing LLCUnited States16 wk
8Complex System Modeling and Simulation
2096-9929 · 2097-3705
Q10.75121Tsinghua University PressChina8 wk
9Energetic Materials Frontiers
2666-6472
Q10.74525KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.China12 wk
10International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
2690-6090 · 2690-6104
Q10.73512Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom22 wk
11International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
2217-2661 · 2683-345X
Q20.66527University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical SciencesSerbia26 wk
12Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
1018-3639 · 2213-1558
Q20.60165SpringerSwitzerland18 wk
13Food Technology and Biotechnology
1330-9862 · 1334-2606
Q20.55188University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and BiotechnologyCroatia36 wk
14Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering
1672-6030 · 2589-5540
Q20.44827AIP Publishing LLCUnited States14 wk
15International Journal of Production Management and Engineering
2340-4876
Q20.40612Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain20 wk
16Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología
0717-3644 · 0718-221X
Q20.33542Universidad del Bío-BíoChile20 wk
17Journal of Applied Research on Industrial Engineering
2538-5100 · 2676-6167
Q30.30213Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, IranIran12 wk
18Fuzzy Information and Engineering
1616-8658 · 1616-8666
Q30.28529Tsinghua University PressChina40 wk
19Tekstilec
0351-3386 · 2350-3696
Q30.27317University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Slovenia12 wk
20Production
0103-6513 · 1980-5411
Q30.26428Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)Brazil21 wk
21Engineering Proceedings
2673-4591
Q30.25425MDPI AGSwitzerland6 wk
22International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering
2783-1337 · 2717-2937
Q30.2436Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education,Iran9 wk
23Drewno
1644-3985 · 2956-9141
Q30.19719Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of TechnologyPoland52 wk
24International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research
2008-4889 · 2345-363X
Q40.17912Iran University of Science & TechnologyIran10 wk
25Advanced Manufacturing
2959-3263 · 2959-3271
Q40.1673ELSPublishingHong Kong SAR China10 wk
26Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
1985-3157
Q40.16112Penerbit Universiti, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia MelakaMalaysia15 wk
27Frontier Materials & Technologies
2782-4039 · 2782-6074
Q40.1585Togliatti State UniversityRussia12 wk
28Proceedings on Engineering Sciences
2620-2832 · 2683-4111
Q40.15613University of KragujevacSerbia12 wk
29ITEGAM-JETIA
2447-0228
Q40.1489Institute of Technology and Education Galileo da AmazôniaBrazil8 wk
30AiBi Revista de Investigación, Administración e Ingeniería
2346-030X
Q40.1438Universidad de SantanderColombia12 wk
31AUT Journal of Mechanical Engineering
2588-2937 · 2588-2945
Q40.1386Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran16 wk
32مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية
1727-2114 · 2311-8865
Q40.1324An-Najah National UniversityPalestinian Territories9 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. China 6
  2. Iran 4
  3. Serbia 3
  4. Brazil 2
  5. Switzerland 2
  6. United Kingdom 2

Top publishers

  1. AIP Publishing LLC 2
  2. KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2
  3. Tsinghua University Press 2
  4. Amirkabir University of Technology 1
  5. An-Najah National University 1
  6. Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 32
  2. Spanish 2
  3. Russian 1
  4. Slovenian 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).

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