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IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2168-2216eISSN2168-2232

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

3.254

H-Index

180

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.645

Total Works

6,716

Total Citations

229,319

2yr Mean Citedness

5.33

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics focuses on cybernetics, including communication and control across humans, machines and organizations at the structural or neural level, as well as at functional and purposeful levels; design and development of biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms emphasizing vision, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, automated planning, computational intelligence, and robotics.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 768 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,716

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-2216 / 2168-2232

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Human-Computer InteractionQ1

Information SystemsQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsComputer Science, Cybernetics

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsSoftwareHuman-Computer InteractionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationAdaptive Dynamic Programming ControlFault Detection and Control SystemsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSmart Grid Security and ResilienceWireless Body Area Networks