ESAIM - Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Aims & Scope

ESAIM: COCV strives to publish rapidly and efficiently papers and surveys in the areas of Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations.

Articles may be theoretical, computational, or both, and they will cover contemporary subjects with impact in forefront technology, biosciences, materials science, computer vision, continuum physics, decision sciences and other allied disciplines.

Targeted topics include: in control: modeling, controllability, optimal control, stabilization, control design, hybrid control, robustness analysis, numerical and computational methods for control, stochastic or deterministic, continuous or discrete control systems, finite-dimensional or infinite-dimensional control systems, geometric control, quantum control, game theory; in optimisation: mathematical programming, large scale systems, stochastic optimisation, combinatorial optimisation, shape optimisation, convex or nonsmooth optimisation, inverse problems, interior point methods, duality methods, numerical methods, convergence and complexity, global optimisation, optimisation and dynamical systems, optimal transport, machine learning, image or signal analysis; in calculus of variations: variational methods for differential equations and Hamiltonian systems, variational inequalities; semicontinuity and convergence, existence and regularity of minimizers and critical points of functionals, relaxation; geometric problems and the use and development of geometric measure theory tools; problems involving randomness; viscosity solutions; numerical methods; homogenization, multiscale and singular perturbation problems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.986

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	69

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4942

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	436

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering and Mathematics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• An algebraic framework for linear identification

  Citation: 373

  Authors: Michel, Hebertt

• Spatially-distributed coverage optimization and control with limited-range interactions

  Citation: 330

  Authors: Jorge, Sonia, Francesco

• Tracking with prescribed transient behaviour

  Citation: 314

  Authors: Achim, E. P., C. J.

• A level-set approach for inverse problems involving obstacles Fadil SANTOSA

  Citation: 310

  Authors: Fadil

• Design-dependent loads in topology optimization

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Blaise, Antonin

• Stability and Stabilization of Discontinuous Systems and Nonsmooth Lyapunov Functions

  Citation: 279

  Authors: Andrea, Francesca

• Exact boundary controllability for the Korteweg-de Vries equation on a bounded domain

  Citation: 222

  Authors: L.

• Stabilization of wave systems with input delay in the boundary control

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Gen Qi, Siu Pang, Leong Kwan

• A smooth Lyapunov function from a class-${\mathcal{KL}}$ estimate involving two positive semidefinite functions

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Andrew R., Laurent

• Correcteurs proportionnels-intégraux généralisés

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Michel, Richard, Emmanuel, Hebertt

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