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SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1095-7138

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.378

H-Indexi

197

SNIPi

1.492

Total Worksi

5,432

Total Citationsi

253,721

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Automation & Control Systems; Mathematics, Applied; Applied Mathematics; Control and Optimization.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,432

Publisher OrgSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-7138

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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

163

2.4k

2019

149

2.1k

2020

193

2021

155

1.5k

2022

149

1.3k

2023

139

696

2024

162

362

2025

123

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

Control and OptimizationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsMathematics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsControl and Optimization

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stability and Controllability of Differential EquationsStochastic processes and financial applicationsOptimization and Variational AnalysisAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchEconomic theories and modelsNumerical methods for differential equationsControl Systems and Identification

Frequently asked questions about SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Is SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization: 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 SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization?

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 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 2.47.

Is SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization?