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Control Engineering Practice

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0967-0661eISSN1873-6939

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.22

H-Indexi

162

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.744

Total Worksi

9,383

Total Citationsi

243,348

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Automation & Control Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Applied Mathematics; Computer Science Applications; Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications9,383

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0967-0661 / 1873-6939

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

218

5.7k

2019

220

6.9k

2020

224

5.3k

2021

187

4.2k

2022

333

4.7k

2023

306

2.8k

2024

435

1.3k

2025

340

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.

Applied MathematicsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsEngineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsComputer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Control Systems OptimizationFault Detection and Control SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsControl Systems and IdentificationIterative Learning Control Systems

Frequently asked questions about Control Engineering Practice

Is Control Engineering Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Control Engineering Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Control Engineering Practice?

Control Engineering Practice 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 3.46.

Is Control Engineering Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Control Engineering Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.