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Cybernetics and Systems

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN1087-6553

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.469

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.687

Total Worksi

1,999

Total Citationsi

22,421

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cybernetics and Systems is a multidisciplinary journal concentrating on the theoretical foundations, principles, and applications within the fields of cybernetics and systems engineering. It publishes original research that improves methods in cybernetics, systems theory, systems research, and complexity studies, and demonstrates novel applications of these methods in the humanities and scientific disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,999

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1087-6553

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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

760

2019

588

2020

579

2021

160

1.6k

2022

103

996

2023

115

2024

2025

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Information SystemsQ2

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Cybernetics

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsSoftwareArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multi-Criteria Decision MakingFuzzy Logic and Control SystemsNeural Networks and ApplicationsComplex Systems and Decision MakingSemantic Web and Ontologies

Frequently asked questions about Cybernetics and Systems

Is Cybernetics and Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cybernetics and Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Cybernetics and Systems?

Cybernetics and Systems 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 1.49.

Is Cybernetics and Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cybernetics and Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.