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IEEE Systems Journal

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1937-9234

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.258

H-Indexi

138

SNIPi

1.477

Total Worksi

5,078

Total Citationsi

142,372

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Operations Research & Management Science; Telecommunications; Computer Networks and Communications; Computer Science Applications; Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,078

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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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?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1937-9234

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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

517

17k

2019

758

25k

2020

476

12k

2021

481

9.3k

2022

387

2023

191

1.6k

2024

133

314

2025

128

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 Networks and CommunicationsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicOperations Research & Management ScienceTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microgrid Control and OptimizationAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationSmart Grid Energy ManagementOptimal Power Flow DistributionCooperative Communication and Network CodingEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksSmart Grid Security and ResilienceAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Systems Journal

Is IEEE Systems Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Systems Journal: 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 IEEE Systems Journal?

IEEE Systems Journal 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 3.95.

Is IEEE Systems Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Systems Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.