About the journal

Spectrum of Engineering and Management Sciences (SEMS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research at the interface of engineering, technology, and management sciences. The journal focuses on studies that advance theoretical understanding, methodological innovation, and practical applications in complex industrial, technological, and organizational contexts.

SEMS provides a platform for original research, rigorous analytical studies, and comprehensive reviews that integrate engineering techniques with managerial insights. The journal prioritizes submissions that present novel models, decision-support systems, and data-driven approaches with clear theoretical and practical contributions.

General Journal guidelines for authors

SEMS publishes research articles, reviews, short communications, and case studies. Research articles must include: motivation for the work, an adequate overview of the representative work in the field including up-to-date references, a clear statement of the novelty in the presented research, suitable theoretical background, one or more examples to demonstrate and discuss the presented ideas and, finally, conclusions. Short communications are usually 4-7 pages long, research articles and case studies 8-14 pages, while reviews can be longer. Page number limits are not strict and, with appropriate reasoning, the submitted articles can also be longer or shorter. Authors are requested to follow the SEMS guidelines and strictly format their manuscripts as per the article template that is available here.

If extensions of previously published conference papers are submitted, Editors will check if sufficient new material has been added to fulfill the journal standards and qualify the submission for the review process. The added material must not have been previously published. New results are desired but not necessarily required; however, the submission should contain expansions of key ideas, examples, elaborations, etc. of the conference submission.

Aims and Scope: The principal aim of the journal is to bring together the latest research and development in various fields of engineering and management sciences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Operations research, optimization, and simulation

  • Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational intelligence

  • Multi-criteria decision-making and uncertainty modeling

  • Systems engineering, industrial engineering, and production management

  • Mathematical programming, econometric analysis, and quantitative methods

  • Project and innovation management, technology policy, and strategic decision systems

SEMS emphasizes interdisciplinary integration, methodological rigor, and applied relevance. The journal welcomes conceptual frameworks, empirical studies, review articles, and research proposals. Supplementary materials, including datasets, algorithms, and software, are encouraged to support reproducibility and transparency. We would like to highlight that papers should refer to Aims and scope, but they are not limited to.

Publication Frequency: One issue per year is published online, but processed and accepted papers, with full bibliographic data, are added to the issue continuously over the whole year.

Publication fee: There is no submission charge or publication fee. Publication in SEMS is free of charge for the authors.

Open Access: This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

SEMS's acceptance rate is 22 % of the more than 100 major manuscripts it receives annually. In 2025, the median time for an initial editorial decision for submitted manuscripts was 14 days; the median time from submission to acceptance for all articles was 77 days, and 9 days from acceptance to online publication.

Publisher: Scientific Oasis) - Association for Engineering, Decision Making, and Operational Research was established in 2014 as the European Centre for Operational Research (ECOR), operating under the umbrella of the Regional Association for Security and Crisis Management (RABEK). Over the past decade, ECOR has evolved beyond its initial role as an internal center within RABEK through numerous activities and international collaborations. Given the increasing scope of its responsibilities, the natural decision was to separate ECOR as an independent association. In 2023, it was renamed Scientific Oasis (SCIO Association).....more info