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IEEE Control Systems Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2475-1456eISSN2475-1456

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.231

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.08

Total Worksi

3,437

Total Citationsi

29,787

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS) publishes brief articles that provide a concise account of innovative ideas regarding the theory, design, and applications of all aspects of control engineering. The journal aims at ensuring rapid dissemination of the most recent results in the broad field of systems and control.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Frequency1

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,437

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?

2475-1456 / 2475-1456

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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

218

3.7k

2019

487

7.8k

2020

385

4.5k

2021

430

4.2k

2022

489

3.2k

2023

553

1.8k

2024

533

545

2025

394

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Control and Systems EngineeringControl and Optimization

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Control Systems OptimizationControl Systems and IdentificationStability and Control of Uncertain SystemsFault Detection and Control SystemsDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsControl and Stability of Dynamical SystemsModel Reduction and Neural NetworksNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationFormal Methods in Verification

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Control Systems Letters

Is IEEE Control Systems Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Control Systems Letters: 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 Control Systems Letters?

IEEE Control Systems Letters 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 1.33.

Is IEEE Control Systems Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Control Systems Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.