As the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, IIE Transactions publishes original high-quality papers on a wide range of topics of interest to industrial engineers who want to remain current with the state-of-the-art technologies. The refereed journal aims to foster a rich exchange among researchers and practitioners the industrial engineering community by publishing papers with a strong methodological focus motivated by real problems that impact engineering practice and research. Published monthly, the journal is composed of four focus issues: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Scheduling and Logistics. 

IIE Transactions encourages research motivated by critical and complex engineering problems that arise in a wide variety of domains including manufacturing, service, public policy, health care, security, biotechnology, transportation, and others. The journal publishes papers that integrate industrial engineering with other disciplines including operations research, statistics, other engineering disciplines, computer science, and basic sciences.  Articles covering new methodologies and state-of-the-art surveys are included in the journal.

To submit an article, go to our online manuscript submission and tracking system, Scholar One's Manuscript Central, at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tandf/iietransactions. If you have an account, enter your username and password and click “Author Center;” otherwise follow the system prompts to create an account. To upload a new manuscript for review, click “Submit a Manuscript.” You will be asked to select the most appropriate Focus Issue: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering, or Scheduling and Logistics. The Focus Issue Editor will assign your paper to a Department Editor who is your contact person regarding this submission and the review process. At any time, you may logout and return later to complete the submission process. To open a manuscript and complete the submission, login and click “Un-submitted Manuscripts” under “My Manuscripts.” 

During the submission process, you will be required to certify that the manuscript (1) is not under review at any other journal and will not be submitted to another journal until IIE Transactions makes an editorial decision regarding the paper; (2) has not been published in any other journal; and (3) cites the authors' papers on topics closely related to this submission, published, in press, or in working paper form.

The Manuscript Central helpline is (434)817-2040 or mc3support@ScholarOne.com. 

• Format. Keep articles as brief as possible. The maximum length is 30 pages.   Use 11 point font, 1 inch margins, and double-spacing for the manuscript including references, tables, figures and appendices. Do not use footnotes.
• Abstract/Keywords. Include an abstract of 200 words maximum. Generally abstracts do not contain mathematical notation or literature citations.   Please provide up to 10 keywords.
• References. List references alphabetically by author in a reference section at the end of the article. Some samples of the correct style follow:
  Journal: Griffin, R. M., Scherrer, C. R., and Swann, J. L. (2008) Optimization of community health center locations and service offerings with statistical need estimation. IIE Transactions, 40, 880-892.
  Book: Barlow, R. E. and Proschan, F. (1965) Mathematical Theory of Reliability, Wiley, New York, NY.
  Contribution to a Book: Keskinocak, P. and Tayur, S. (2004) Due-date management policies in Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era, Sinchi-Levi, D., Wu, D. and Shen Z. M. (eds) Kluwer, Norwell, MA, pp. 485-553.
• Mathematical expressions. Number expressions that are referred to in the text. Use consecutive Arabic numerals in parenthesis, on the same line, flush right.
• Grammar/Spelling. Please follow U.S. English spelling and grammar conventions.
• Figures and Tables. Provide a caption for every Figure and Table and refer to each in the text. Number Figures consecutively and number Tables consecutively using Arabic numerals. Figures should be of good resolution with digital image files of 300 dpi or higher. Keep in mind that the journal is printed in black and white. Use font sizes that are readable even after figures or tables are photo-reduced.
• Page Proofs. For accepted papers, the designated author will receive the page proofs via email and is responsible for checking and approving the manuscript on behalf of all coauthors. This step is for corrections, not for rewriting material.
• IIE Transactions Best Paper Awards. For each Focus Issue, all published papers will be automatically considered for a Best Paper Award covering the period July 1 to June 30.