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IET Control Theory and Applications

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1751-8644eISSN1751-8652

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.505

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

0.748

Total Worksi

4,790

Total Citationsi

116,052

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Automation & Control Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Instruments & Instrumentation; Computer Science Applications; Control and Optimization; Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Human-Computer Interaction.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 164 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,790

Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8644 / 1751-8652

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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

346

5.7k

2019

364

4.9k

2020

175

1.7k

2021

198

1.6k

2022

206

1.4k

2023

181

655

2024

105

229

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 ApplicationsQ2

Control and OptimizationQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Human-Computer InteractionQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicInstruments & Instrumentation

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsHuman-Computer InteractionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and Optimization

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsFault Detection and Control SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationControl Systems and IdentificationIterative Learning Control SystemsStability and Controllability of Differential EquationsAdvanced Control Systems Design

Frequently asked questions about IET Control Theory and Applications

Is IET Control Theory and Applications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IET Control Theory and Applications: 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 IET Control Theory and Applications?

IET Control Theory and Applications 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 1.92.

Is IET Control Theory and Applications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IET Control Theory and Applications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.