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Control Theory and Technology

Springer Science + Business Media · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2095-6983eISSN2198-0942

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.476

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.655

Total Worksi

543

Total Citationsi

3,903

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Control Theory and Technology is an international peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high-quality papers on control theory and applications, with particular attention given to the emerging topics, original methods, and cutting-edge technologies in the area of systems and control. Founded in 2003, previously known as Journal of Control Theory and Applications. Covers all aspects of control theory and its applications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications543

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Springer Science + Business Media

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-6983 / 2198-0942

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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

330

2019

340

2020

433

2021

329

2022

307

2023

190

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ2

Control and OptimizationQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Information SystemsQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Signal ProcessingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and OptimizationAerospace EngineeringSignal ProcessingModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsFault Detection and Control SystemsNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationControl Systems and IdentificationStability and Controllability of Differential EquationsAdaptive Dynamic Programming ControlIterative Learning Control Systems

Frequently asked questions about Control Theory and Technology

Is Control Theory and Technology a predatory journal?

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

Control Theory and Technology 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 1.19.

Is Control Theory and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Control Theory and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.