1990

Foundation of journal Produção, currently Production. Since the foundation, the journal is a publication of Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) President Itiro Iida

1990 - 2000

Editor-in-Chief
Ricardo Manfredi Naveiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brasil.

2002 - 2006

Editor-in-Chief
Marly Monteiro de Carvalho
Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Brasil.

2007

2008 - 2014

2013

Produção journal started to be called Production

2015 - 2017

2018 - 2023

Editor-in-Chief
Enzo Morosini Frazzon
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, BR.

2024 - 2025

Editor-in-Chief
Adriana Leiras
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, BR.

2026 -

Editor-in-Chief
Adriana Leiras
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland.

Open Science Compliance 

Production adopts the Gold Open Access model, aligned with the principles of open science. In addition, the Production adopts innovative practices such as open access to all its articles, ensuring the wide dissemination and impact of scientific research in the area of ​​Production Engineering.

Production encourages transparency and reproducibility and may request supporting materials (e.g., data, code, instruments, protocols) whenever needed to support editorial and peer review.

Open Science Compliance Form.

Research and Publication Ethics (Ethics Statement and Research Integrity)

Production is firmly committed to the highest standards of research integrity and publication ethics. The journal adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices) and follows internationally recognised principles of ethical research and responsible publication.

All manuscripts must comply with the ethical requirements described below. Non-compliance may result in desk rejection, rejection at any stage, publication of corrections, expressions of concern or retractions, and/or notification of relevant institutions, as appropriate, following COPE guidance.

1) Ethical requirements for studies involving human participants

Manuscripts reporting research involving human participants (including interviews, surveys, experiments, observations, case-based datasets, behavioural studies, or any data that can be linked to individuals) must comply with applicable national/international regulations and recognised ethical standards (e.g., Declaration of Helsinki principles, when applicable).

Authors must ensure and explicitly report:

• Ethics approval: the study was reviewed and approved by an appropriate Research Ethics Committee / Institutional Review Board (REC/IRB) when required.
• Informed consent: informed consent was obtained from all participants (or legal guardians when applicable).
• Confidentiality and privacy: participant anonymity, confidentiality, and privacy were protected; personal or sensitive data were processed lawfully and responsibly.
• Vulnerable groups: additional safeguards were adopted when research involved vulnerable populations.

Mandatory reporting in the manuscript:
A clear “Ethics Statement” must be included in the manuscript (typically in the Methods section or a dedicated section before References), specifying:

• Name of the approving REC/IRB (or equivalent), approval number/reference (if available), and date (if applicable);
• How informed consent was obtained;
• How confidentiality/anonymity was ensured.

If ethics approval was not required:
Authors must explicitly state the reason for exemption and provide a justification consistent with local regulations and institutional policies.

Identifiable information:
Any images, quotations, or details that may identify participants require explicit written consent for publication, to be provided during submission as a supplementary document (not for peer review).

2) Authorship, contributorship, and acknowledgements

Authors are considered those who have an effective intellectual and scientific contribution to the completion of the work. All persons designated as authors must be responsible for the authorship of the article and have participated sufficiently in the work to assume public responsibility for its content.

Production adopts clear authorship integrity principles:

• Ghost authorship, gift/honorary authorship, and undisclosed contributions are not permitted.
• All authors must approve the final submitted version and agree to be accountable for the work.
• Any authorship disputes will be handled following COPE guidance and may require institutional involvement.

Production adopts the CRediT Taxonomy (mandatory field in the submission system).

Changes in authorship:
The Production journal does not allow the addition or removal of authors after manuscript submission.

Any exceptional request must be justified in writing, agreed by all authors, and will be evaluated case-by-case; approval is not guaranteed.

3) Conflicts of Interest (COI)

As part of the manuscript submission process, authors must declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest (personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial) that may influence the research.

COI requirements apply to authors, reviewers, and editors.

If no conflicts exist, authors must explicitly declare: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

4) Plagiarism, redundancy, and originality

Production journal adopts Crossref Similarity Check software to ensure originality and integrity.

The journal does not tolerate:

• Plagiarism or self-plagiarism beyond acceptable scholarly reuse;
• Redundant publication (“salami slicing”) or duplicate submissions;
• Undisclosed overlap with prior conference papers, theses, or reports.

If earlier versions have been published in conference proceedings, authors must disclose that information in the cover letter and clearly describe improvements, properly citing prior outputs.

5) Data integrity, fabrication, falsification, and image manipulation

Production has zero tolerance for fabrication, falsification, selective reporting that misleads the scholarly record, or inappropriate manipulation of images/figures.

Where requested, authors must provide raw data/materials for editorial verification, subject to privacy and ethical constraints.

6) Citation manipulation and coercive citation

Production does not endorse coercive citation practices, citation stacking, or any attempt to artificially inflate citation metrics.

Editors and reviewers must not request citations solely to increase citations of specific individuals/journals without a clear scholarly justification.

7) Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and LLM tools

The Production journal requests that authors declare any use of AI/LLM tools in developing manuscript text.

Mandatory disclosure:
Authors must include an “Artificial Intelligence Use Statement” describing what tool was used, for which tasks, and how outputs were verified.

AI/LLM tools cannot be credited as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the content, originality, accuracy, and ethical compliance of the manuscript.

8) Peer review ethics and editorial independence

All articles go through a rigorous double-blind peer review process.

Production uses a double-blind peer-review process involving independent reviewers. Reviewers may be external to the authors’ institutions and are selected based on expertise and absence of conflicts of interest.

The journal’s editorial decisions are independent and based on scope, scholarly merit, methodological rigor, and contribution.

To ensure a fair process, editors are not involved in decisions about papers they co-authored or written by family members or close colleagues; handling is assigned independently.

9) Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions

The Production journal may publish errata and retractions.

Production is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.

When significant errors, ethical breaches, or integrity concerns are identified, the journal may issue:

• Corrections (Errata/Corrections);
• Expressions of Concern;
• Retractions;

in accordance with COPE Retraction Guidelines. Retracted articles remain accessible with a clear retraction notice for transparency.

10) Complaints, appeals, and grievance procedure

Authors may contest a decision via a written appeal.

Production also accepts complaints regarding editorial conduct, peer review integrity, or publication ethics concerns.

All complaints and appeals will be handled confidentially, fairly, and in line with COPE guidance.

Where conflicts of interest exist, cases will be reassigned to an independent editorial board member.

Digital Preservation

This journal is digitally preserved by SciELO, following its Digital Preservation Policy.

Indexing Sources

• DOAJ
• SciELO
• Scopus
• RedALyC
• REBAE
• Diadorim
• Base
• Miguilim
• Latindex
• Oasisbr
• Capes Periódicos
• Ebscohost:
• ULRICH’S

Bibliographic Journal Information

• Journal title: Production
• Abbreviated key-title: Production
• Published by: ABEPRO - Brazilian Association of Production Engineering
• Periodicity: Annual
• Publication mode: Continuous Publication
• Year of creation of the journal: 1990

Websites and Social Media 

• Journal Website: Production
• Abepro Website: ABEPRO – Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abepro1
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abeprooficial/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abeprooficial/

 

Indexed in:

REBAE - 1994
SciELO - 2005
EBSCO - 2005
DOAJ - 2006 - 2022
Scopus - 2008
Redalyc - 2016
Ulrich - 2017
Miguilim - 2023
DOAJ - 2025
Latindex - 2026