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Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control

Now Publishers Inc · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2325-6826

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.357

H-Indexi

SNIPi

5.385

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

1,948

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications35

Publisher OrgNow Publishers

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Now Publishers Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2325-6826

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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

314

2019

132

2020

119

2021

2022

2023

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.

Control and OptimizationQ3

Control and Systems EngineeringQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Control and Systems EngineeringControl and Optimization

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Control Systems OptimizationFault Detection and Control SystemsStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsPetri Nets in System ModelingDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsDistributed systems and fault toleranceEngineering and Test SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsComplex Network Analysis Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control

Is Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control: 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 Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control?

Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control 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 1.57.

Is Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control?