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Systems and Control Letters

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0167-6911eISSN1872-7956

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.299

H-Indexi

194

SNIPi

1.216

Total Worksi

6,095

Total Citationsi

233,388

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Systems and Control Letters publishes original contributions in the fields of control theory, automation and control systems, operations research and management science, computer science, control and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, Except Semimonthly Jan., May, And Sept., <27 Jan. 1995->

StatusActive

Total Publications6,095

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0167-6911 / 1872-7956

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

153

2.7k

2019

166

2.4k

2020

160

1.9k

2021

159

1.6k

2022

180

1.2k

2023

225

1.4k

2024

241

467

2025

173

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsStability and Controllability of Differential EquationsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationControl Systems and Identification

Frequently asked questions about Systems and Control Letters

Is Systems and Control Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systems and Control Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Systems and Control Letters?

Systems and Control Letters is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.57.

Is Systems and Control Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Systems and Control Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.