INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Instructions for authors
About the Journal
International Journal of Production Research is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
International Journal of Production Research accepts the following types of article:
Original Article
Review Article
Discussion or Technical Notes
Open Access
You have the option to publish open access in this journal via our Open Select publishing program. 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. Articles published Open Select with Taylor & Francis typically receive 95% more citations* and over 7 times as many downloads** compared to those that are not published Open Select.
Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access. Visit our Author Services website to find out more about open access policies and how you can comply with these.
You will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make your article open access and this cost can often be covered by your institution or funder. Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
Please visit our Author Services website if you would like more information about our Open Select Program.
Article Types
Original Article
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should be no more than 9,000 words
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
Should contain between 5 and 6 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Please note that for IJPR papers the following elements are mandatory:
an exhaustive analysis of related Production Research publications;
a novel decision aid model for design or management of production systems and logistics, the model should be explained for a large audience in production research;
comparisons with the state of the art;
discussion on real life applications of the proposed approach in production systems and logistics;
managerial insights for decision makers in industry;
research perspectives.
Any appendices that exceed this limit will be published online within the Journal as supplemental material. Figures/tables should number no more than 15 (in any form or combination, i.e. 10 tables/5 figures, or 12 figures/3 tables). Any papers that exceed this limit will be unsubmitted.
If you are submitting in LaTeX, please convert the files to PDF beforehand (you may also need to upload or send your LaTeX source files with the PDF).
Review Article
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should be no more than 14,000 words
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 200 words.
Should contain between 5 and 6 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Please note that for IJPR papers the following elements are mandatory:
an exhaustive analysis of related Production Research publications;
a novel decision aid model for design or management of production systems and logistics, the model should be explained for a large audience in production research;
comparisons with the state of the art;
discussion on real life applications of the proposed approach in production systems and logistics;
managerial insights for decision makers in industry;
research perspectives.
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