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Journal overview

The objective of  Journal of Quality Technology is to contribute to the technical advancement of the field of quality technology by publishing papers that emphasize the methodological development of novel quality and reliability improvement techniques and their practical applicability in industry, service, military, and government operations. It also considers the papers with innovative use of existing techniques and comparison of results from new and historical research approaches. Expository, review, and tutorial papers are only considered if they are written on a timely topic with great value for users/practitioners.

Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.

Journal of Quality Technology (JQT) seeks to publish research that applies innovative thinking and develops cutting-edge statistical, analytical, and computational methods to address real problems related to Quality Technology.
Quality Technology emphasizes the application of methodology, algorithms, and data analytics to solve problems related to quality in industry, government, and society. The primary objective of JQT since its founding in 1969 is to provide quality professionals with innovative methodological tools to solve problems related to quality and reliability. The “quality” (or “reliability”) of a process or product relates to the capability of satisfying expressed and unexpressed customer needs (over time). The “technology” that generates process and product data as well as the “technology” related to analytical methods that support quality and reliability improvement are evolving at a rapid pace. Technological advances provide many opportunities for innovative solutions. Thus, the main mission of the papers in JQT is to provide these innovative methodologies to the quality community.

JQT publishes the following types of papers:

  • Regular Research: Regular research papers develop, evaluate, and present innovative analytical solutions to real industry, government, and societal challenges in support of product and process quality. Expository, review, and tutorial papers written with the goal of advancing modern analytical and computational methods in quality improvement practice are also acceptable.
  • Case Study: Case Study papers illustrate a complex problem, use real data, and demonstrate the innovative application of methodologies to solve it or bring new insights into a solution related to quality and reliability. Submissions should highlight improvements over the prior state, capturing improvement in key performance indicators and/or providing economic justifications to show practical value.
  • Software: Software Papers describe a new open-source code package that supports quality improvement practice. Survey papers that present a critical review of existing software related to quality improvement will also be considered.
  • Book Review: Book Review papers are considered by invitation only. They should offer an honest evaluation/critique of the book under review and provide useful information to readers. Unsolicited review papers will be returned automatically.

JQT encourages authors to demonstrate the usefulness of their research by applying their methods to real data and/or real industry/government/societal cases and encourages the sharing of code to support reproducibility. When appropriate, JQT will consider publishing Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor provide an opportunity for commentary on recently published works. Letters that refer to papers published in the four most recent issues will be subjected to the regular review process. Authors of the original paper will be given the opportunity to review and comment on the submitted letter.

To see examples of each type of paper, please read the papers published in the most recent issues of JQT.

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