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Journal of Control Science and Engineering

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1687-5249eISSN1687-5257

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.157

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.382

Total Worksi

730

Total Citationsi

6,434

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science. Topics: control science

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications730

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-5249 / 1687-5257

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

345

2019

528

2020

153

2021

272

2022

2023

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ4

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ4

Modeling and SimulationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsFault Detection and Control SystemsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationApplied Advanced TechnologiesNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationIterative Learning Control SystemsControl Systems and IdentificationDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Control Science and Engineering

Is Journal of Control Science and Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Control Science and Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Control Science and Engineering?

Journal of Control Science and Engineering 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 0.29.

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

Journal of Control Science and Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Control Science and Engineering?