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IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2325-5870eISSN2372-2533

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.076

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.488

Total Worksi

1,882

Total Citationsi

42,220

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems publishes papers at the intersection of control systems and network science. In particular, the journal addresses research on decision and control systems characterized by a distributed or networked architecture, spanning modeling, analysis, estimation, design, and implementation, with an emphasis on analytical contributions. Topics covered by this journal include collaborative control, distributed learning, multi-agent systems, distributed optimization, control of collective behavior, distributed estimation, dynamical systems over graphs, coevolutionary networks, synchronization, large-scale complex systems, and control with communication constraints. Application areas relevant to control of network systems include smart infrastructure, multi-robot systems and swarm robotics, systems biology, neuroscience, smart health, computing, communications, transportation, manufacturing, power systems, cyberphysical and social systems, sensor networks, and social networks.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,882

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous peer review

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

8/11 · 73%

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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?

2325-5870 / 2372-2533

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous peer review

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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?

Yes

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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

148

4.1k

2019

150

3.8k

2020

201

3.5k

2021

202

3.4k

2022

227

3.2k

2023

181

1.2k

2024

217

559

2025

137

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

Control and OptimizationQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Signal ProcessingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsComputer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsControl and Systems EngineeringControl and OptimizationSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Distributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsSmart Grid Security and ResilienceAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceGene Regulatory Network AnalysisComplex Network Analysis TechniquesNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

Is IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems: 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 Transactions on Control of Network Systems?

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 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 2.60.

Is IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.