IEEE Control Systems

Aims & Scope

As the official means of communication for the IEEE Control Systems Society, the IEEE Control Systems Magazine publishes interesting, useful, and informative material on all aspects of control system technology for the benefit of control educators, practitioners, and researchers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.975

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	135

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5029

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	611

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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.

• Basic problems in stability and design of switched systems

  Citation: 2976

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• Information consensus in multivehicle cooperative control

  Citation: 2698

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• Stability of networked control systems

  Citation: 2678

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• A survey of iterative learning control

  Citation: 2426

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• Biomimicry of bacterial foraging for distributed optimization and control

  Citation: 2338

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• Identifying, understanding, and analyzing critical infrastructure interdependencies

  Citation: 1941

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• Hybrid dynamical systems

  Citation: 1247

  Authors: Rafal, Ricardo G., Andrew R.

• Developments in nonholonomic control problems

  Citation: 984

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• Reinforcement Learning and Feedback Control: Using Natural Decision Methods to Design Optimal Adaptive Controllers

  Citation: 878

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• Discontinuous dynamical systems

  Citation: 782

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