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Systems Science and Control Engineering

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2164-2583eISSN2164-2583

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.898

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.929

Total Worksi

917

Total Citationsi

14,634

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Automation & Control Systems; Control and Optimization; Control and Systems Engineering; Artificial Intelligence.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications917

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2164-2583 / 2164-2583

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

962

2019

4.8k

2020

851

2021

2022

803

2023

109

1.1k

2024

380

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.

Control and OptimizationQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Control and Systems EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceControl and Optimization

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsFault Detection and Control SystemsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationControl Systems and IdentificationMicrogrid Control and OptimizationAdvanced Control Systems DesignIterative Learning Control Systems

Frequently asked questions about Systems Science and Control Engineering

Is Systems Science and Control Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systems Science and Control 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 Systems Science and Control Engineering?

Systems Science and Control 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 4.62.

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

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

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