期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING-THEORY APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal publishes original, quality articles reporting advances in industrial engineering theory, techniques, methodology, applications and practice; general surveys and critical reviews; educational or training articles including case studies; short communications; keynote papers; book reviews; announcements; etc., concerned with all aspects of Industrial Engineering. The journal aims at emphasizing use of engineering design and analysis and strives to maintain a balance between research and application and disseminate information to both researchers and practitioners. The journal covers: (1) Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Engineering, (2) Consumer Product Design, (3) Engineering Economy and Cost Estimation, (4) Facilities Design and Location, (5) Information Systems, (6) Maintenance Engineering and Management, (7) Materials Handling, (8) Performance Analysis and Simulation, (9) Production Systems Design, Planning and Control, (10) Productivity and Business Strategies, (11) Project Management, (12) Technology Management and Transfer, (13) Total Quality Management and Quality Technology, (14) Work Measurement and Methods Engineering, (15) Ergonomics and Job Design, (16) Industrial Engineering Education and Practices, (17) Resource Optimization including manufacturing processes and designs that minimize energy and water consumption, and carbon emission and other relevant topics in industrial engineering, (18) Technology Interface Design (hardware and software). The journal particularly encourages interdisciplinary studies requiring the use of Industrial Engineering techniques and methodologies.
Instructions to Authors
1. The Journal language is English and all contributions should be submitted in English. 2. The Journal publishes original, quality articles reporting advances in theory, techniques, methodology, applications and practice; general surveys and critical reviews; educational or training articles including case studies; short communications; keynote papers; book reviews; announcements; etc., concerned with all aspects of Industrial Engineering. The journal aims at emphasizing use of engineering design and analysis and strives to maintain a balance between research and application and disseminate information to both researchers and practitioners. All papers submitted to the journal must have a numerical example from real life or a complete case study before they can be considered for publication in the journal. All papers should also demonstrate design implications of the work. Purely theoretical/mathematical papers are discouraged and will be returned to the author without review. Authors must include a section in the main paper titled ""Industry Application" or "Real-life Example" or "Insights for Practitioners," or "Design Implications." The journal covers: (1) Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Engineering, (2) Consumer Product Design, (3) Engineering Economy and Cost Estimation, (4) Facilities Design and Location, (5) Information Systems, (6) Maintenance Engineering and Management, (7) Materials Handling, (8) Performance Analysis and Simulation, (9) Production Systems Design, Planning and Control, (10) Productivity and Business Strategies, (11) Project Management, (12) Technology Management and Transfer, (13) Total Quality Management and Quality Technology, (14) Work Measurement and Methods Engineering, (15) Ergonomics and Job Design, (16) Industrial Engineering Education and Practices, (17) Resource Optimization including manufacturing processes and designs that minimize energy and water consumption, and carbon emission and other relevant topics in industrial engineering, (18) Technology Interface Design (hardware and software). The journal particularly encourages interdisciplinary studies requiring the use of Industrial Engineering techniques and methodologies. 3. Submit your manuscripts online after registering yourself in the journal database using the "Register" option at the top of the menu. 4. All papers must be prepared according to the following specifications: 0.8 inch margin on left and right sides, 0.5 inch margin at the bottom, and 1 inch margin (beginning of the text) on the top, using 8.5x11 inch paper (no other size will be accepted). Papers must be typed in single columns single-spaced using TmsNewRmn 10pt font and must not exceed 10 pages; Pages 11 through 15 will be charged at $25 per page, and pages 16 and beyond will be charged at $100 per page. Page 1 should contain the following: (a) Paper title centered (in bold and TMS NEW RMN 14PT Font) all CAPS. (b) Authors names, in bold and centered (First, Middle Initial, Last). Leave 1 blank space between the title and author(s) name(s). (c) Affiliation and complete mailing address of all authors, centered. Leave 1 blank space between the name(s) and affiliation(s). (d) A short abstract (150 words or less). Leave 1 blank space between address and abstract. (e) Five or six keywords. Leave 1 blank space between significance and keywords. (f) In italics, the date paper received (Received "leave blank"); date paper accepted (Accepted "leaveblank"). Leave 1 blank space between keywords and this line. All major headings should be numbered, in bold, centered and in TmsNewRmn 12pt font (e.g., 1.INTRODUCTION, 2. BACKGROUND, ..., 5. DISCUSSION, etc. Leave 2 blank spaces between major headings (sections). Sub-headings should be numbered, in bold and flushed with the left margin (e.g., 3.1 Survey Methodologies). Leave 1 blank space between the sub-heading and text. Sub sub-headings should be numbered, underlined and flushed with the left margin (e.g., 4.1.1 Evaluation of the Alternatives). Leave 1 blank space between the sub sub-heading and text. - Should have one space after number before subheading title - Should have one space before subheading title and one space after subheading title before the text. Do not leave any spacing between paragraphs. Paragraph margins should be 0 inch. Indent second and subsequent paragraphs to begin the text in the 3rd space. All papers should be full justified. In the text, leave only 1 blank space after period (.). Any appendicies should come before the references. 5. Figures should be incorporated in the text where most appropriate. LINE DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE IN COLOR. If photographs must be included, embed all photographs in the document. All figures must be mentioned in the text and must have a title. Figure numbers must be Arabic numerals. Legends and lettering should use TmsNewRmn 10pt font. Leave 2 blank spaces between the text and the figure, 2 blank spaces between the figure and its caption, and 2 blank spaces between the figure caption and the text. 6. Tables must have a title and a number (Arabic numeral) and must be mentioned in the text. Lettering and numbers should be typed using TmsNewRmn 10pt font. Leave 1 blank space between text and table, 1 blank space between caption and text. 7. All equations should be indented and numbered as follows: .....(1) Equation number should be right justified. Put three dots(...) midway between the end of the equation and the equation number. 8. Authors must include a separate section in the main manuscript titled "Industry Application" or "Real-life Example" or "Insights for Practitioners," "Design Implications of Work." In this section, authors must provide an industry application of any theory they present in the paper, or provide a real life case example from practice, or discuss in detail insights they have gained while developing their theory regarding "application of the theory" for practice and implications for implementation and translation of their theory for practice. Manuscripts without this section will be returned to the author without review. 9. All references to publications made in the text should appear at the end of the text under a main heading (e.g., 6. REFERENCES). References should be listed alphabetically in the reference list and numbered. In the text, references should be indicated by author(s) last name(s) and year of publication (e.g., Mital (1993); Mital et al. (1993); (Mital, 1993); (Mital et al., 1993)). References in the text should be organized chronologically (earliest to most recent). Use the following system for arranging references: 9a. If there are less than ten references, use only two spaces after reference number 9b. If there are ten or more references, - references 1-9 should have four spaces after the reference number - reference 10 and above should have only two spaces after the reference number For Journals: Kuo, T. and Mital, A. (1993). Quality Control Expert Systems: A Review of Pertinent Literature. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, 4: 245-257. For Authored Books: Mital, A., Nicholson, A.S. and Ayoub, M.M. (1993). A Guide to Manual Materials Handling. Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London, United Kingdom. For Edited Books: Mital, A. and Anand, S. (Editors)(1993). Handbook of Expert Systems in Manufacturing: Structure and Rules. Chapman and Hall, London, United Kingdom. For Edited Books, Proceedings, etc. Mital, A. (1988). Desirability of Robots. In International Encyclopedia of Robotics (Ed.: R.C. Dorf). Wiley-Interscience, New York, pp. 322-329. For Non-Edited Proceedings Mital, A. and Mahajan, A. (1989). Impact of Production Volume and Wage and Interest Rates on Economic Decision Making: The Case of Automated Assembly. Proceedings of the Conference of Society for Integrated Manufacturing, Institute of Industrial Engineers, pp. 558-563. AUTHORS MUST INCLUDE REFERENCES FROM PUBLISHED WORK FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES OF IJIETAP THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEIR MANUSCRIPT. 10. Authors are reminded that their accepted papers will be copyedited and proofed from the softcopies they provide. Therefore, great care must be taken in the preparation of the manuscript (language, spelling, grammar, numbers, logic, etc.).
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 10-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
The mansucript includes an abstract.
The manuscript includes keywords.
The manuscript includes a separate section in the main paper titled "Industry Application" or "Real-life Example" or "Insights for Practitioners" or "Design Implications" discussing in detail implementation and translation of any theory developed in the paper for practice and application.
The list of references includes relevant references from prior published papers in IJIETAP to maintain continuity for readers of this journal.
All author email addresses have been identified and entered in the manuscript or the submission system.
Copyright Notice
The Author(s) must make formal transfer of copyright for each article prior to publication in the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. Such transfer enables the Journal to defend itself against plagiarism and other forms of copyright infringement. Your cooperation is appreciated. You agree that copyright of your article to be published in the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - THEORY, APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE is hereby transferred, throughout the World and for the full term and all extensions and renewals thereof, to INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - THEORY, APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE. The Author(s) reserve(s): (a) the trademark rights and patent rights, if any, and (b) the right to use all or part of the information contained in this article in future, non-commercial works of the Author's own, or, if the article is a "work-for-hire" and made within the scope of the Author's employment, the employer may use all or part of the information contained in this article for intra-company use, provided the usual acknowledgements are given regarding copyright notice and reference to the original publication. The Author(s) warrant(s) that the article is Author's original work, and has not been published before. If excerpts from copyrighted works are included, the Author will obtain written permission from the copyright owners and shall credit the sources in the article. The author also warrants that the article contains no libelous or unlawful statements, and does not infringe on the rights of others. If the article was prepared jointly with other Author(s), the Author agrees to inform the co-Author(s) of the terms of the copyright transfer and to sign on their behalf; or in the case of a "work-for-hire" the employer or an authorized representative of the employer. The journal is registered with the Library of Congress (ISSN # 1072-4761). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the journal. The author reserves patent and trademark rights and the right to use all or part of the information contained in the article in future, non-commercial works.
Editorial Board
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Anil Mital, University of Cincinnati, United States
Co Editor-in-Chief
Arunkumar R Pennathur, Industrial Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
Executive Editor and International Conference Coordinator
Jeffrey E Fernandez, JFAssociates, Inc, United States
Subscriptions Manager
Anand Subramanian, JFAssociates Inc., United States
Copyeditor
Aashi Mital, University of Cincinnati, United States
Area Editor: Computational Intelligence in IE
Ravi Ravindran, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Area Editor: Consumer Product Design
Lars Hvam, Denmark
Area Editor: Engineering Economy & Cost Estimation
Yoshio Ikeda, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Area Editor: Facility Layout and Location
Trevor Schuyler Hale, University of Houston - Downtown, United States
Area Editor: Information Systems
Rashpal S Ahluwalia, West Virginia University, United States
Area Editor: Maintenance Engineering and Management
Floyd G Miller, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Area Editor: Material Handling
Trevor Schuyler Hale, University of Houston - Downtown, United States
Area Editor: Performance Analysis & Simulation
Rashpal S Ahluwalia, West Virginia University, United States
Ravi Ravindran, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Area Editors: Production Systems Design, Planning and Control
Vijay Kumar Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Ilkyeong Moon, Pusan National University, Korea, Republic Of
Jannes Slomp, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Alex J. Ruiz-Torres, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
Area Editor: Productivity and Business Strategies
K L Mak, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Area Editor: Quality Engineering
Robert DeWitt Yearout, University of North Carolina at Asheville, United States
Area Editor: Technology Management & Transfer
Arunkumar R Pennathur, Industrial Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
Area Editors: Work Measurement & Methods Engineering
Yoshio Ikeda, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Robert DeWitt Yearout, University of North Carolina at Asheville, United States
Editorial Board
Farzad Mahmoodi, Clarkson University, United States
James G. Maley, Freeplay Inc., United States
Ilkyeong Moon, Pusan National University, Korea, Republic Of
Suebsak Nanthavanij, Thammasat University, Thailand
Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Yang-Byung Park, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic Of
Sung H Park, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic Of
P V Rao, India
Paul S Ray, University of Alabama, United States
Lawrence J Schulze, University of Houston, United States
S. M. A. Suliman, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Albert Sun, Saint Mary's University, United States
James Tang, Hyundai Motor Company, United States
Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University, United States
P M Vilarinho, Universidad de Avieiro, Portugal
J-H Wang, University of Rhode Island, United States
K Yasuda, Tohoku University, Japan
James L Smith, Texas Tech University, United States
Chung-Hsing Yeh, Monash University, Australia
Ming Zhou, Indiana State University, United States
Hamid Parsaei, University of Houston, United States
Hansuk Sohn, New Mexico State University, United States
M C Wu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Ren Kuan Guo, University of Cape Town, South Africa
R. S. Lashkari, University of Windsor, Canada
Tomio Kurokawa, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
I. Gilad, TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Andy Freivalds, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Kerry Figiel, International Paper, United States
Saleh Duffuaa, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Robert D Dryden, Portland State University, United States
B Adenso Diaz, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Hyunbo Cho, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic Of
M J Chandra, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Shihab S Asfour, University of Miami, United States
Ibraheem Al-Tarawneh, Exponent Failure Associates, United States
Fereydoun Aghazadeh, Louisiana State University, United States
Kash Gokli, Amano Cincinnati, United States
Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University, United States
Tsuang Kuo, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Masaharu Kumashiro, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Dennis E Kroll, Bradley University, United States
K S Krishnamoorthi, Bradley University, United States
Yeong-Dae Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, Republic Of
Bheem P Kattel, Morgan State University, United States
Sanjay Jain, George Washington University, United States
Sheik Imrhan, University of Texas at Arlington, United States
Sunderesh S Heragu, University of Louisville, United States
M Hagiwara, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Surendra Gupta, Northeastern University, United States
T. T. Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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