This is a list of top tier journals in the field of manufacturing. This list was last
updated in October 2025 and is still valid for research purposes
Table 1. Journal Selection
Submission to
Journal
I. F.
Quart.
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
14.2
Journal of Manufacturing Processes
first decision
decision after
review
acceptance
Q1
1 day
70 days
146 days
6.8
Q1
-
62 days
134 days
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
7.4
Q1
9 days
-
~180 days
International Journal of
Production Research
7.3
Q1
9 days
57 days
International Journal of Machine
Tools and Manufacture
18.8
Q1
4 day
36 days
119 days
Manufacturing Letters
2
Q2
21 days
-
106 days
International Journal of Precision
Engineering and Manufacturing
3.6
Q2
10 days
-
-
Computer Aided Geometric Design
1.7
Q2-Q3
8 days
70 days
141 days
Additive Manufacturing
11.1
Q1
8 days
59 days
129 days
Expert Systems with Applications
7.5
Q1
7 days
101 days
187 days
The International Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology
3.1
Q1/Q2
7 days
-
-
Advanced Engineering Informatics
9.9
6 days
94 days
135 days
Computers & Industrial Engineering
6.5
Q1
5 days
92 days
206 days
Nature scientific reports
3.9
Q1
21 days
-
137 days
Computer-Aided Design
3.1
Q1
6 days
60 days
140 days
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing
Science and Technology
5.4
Q1
56 days
-
158 days
Journal of Computational and
Applied Mathematics
2.6
Q2
9 days
110 days
224 days
Progress in Additive Manufacturing
5.4
Q1
10 days
-
-
International Journal on Interactive
Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)
2.5
Q2
23 days
-
-
IEEE Transactions on Industrial
Informatics
9.9
Q1
-
-
-
IEEE Transactions on Automation
Science and Engineering
6.4
Q1
IEEE Access
3.6
Q1
-
-
-
-
4-6 weeks