IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

Aims & Scope

The scope of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems includes the fields of systems engineering.

It includes issue formulation, analysis and modeling, decision making, and issue interpretation for any of the systems engineering lifecycle phases associated with the definition, development, and deployment of large systems.

In addition, it includes systems management, systems engineering processes, and a variety of systems engineering methods such as optimization, modeling and simulation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.7
2024	8.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	621

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22913

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.254

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	184

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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 Computer Science and Engineering, 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.

• Vehicle Routing Problems for Drone Delivery

  Citation: 961

  Authors: Kevin, Jordan, Geoffrey G., Sebastian

• A New Deep Transfer Learning Based on Sparse Auto-Encoder for Fault Diagnosis

  Citation: 906

  Authors: Long, Liang, Xinyu

• Blockchain-Enabled Smart Contracts: Architecture, Applications, and Future Trends

  Citation: 844

  Authors: Shuai, Liwei, Yong, Xiaochun, Xuan, Fei-Yue

• Adaptive Neural Impedance Control of a Robotic Manipulator With Input Saturation

  Citation: 733

  Authors: Wei, Yiting, Changyin

• Modeling User Activity Preference by Leveraging User Spatial Temporal Characteristics in LBSNs

  Citation: 591

  Authors: Vincent W.

• Detection of Power Line Insulator Defects Using Aerial Images Analyzed With Convolutional Neural Networks

  Citation: 584

  Authors: Xian, Dapeng, Zihao, Xilong, Hongyan, De

• Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control: A Survey and Recent Advances

  Citation: 557

  Authors: Derong, Shan, Bo, Biao, Qinglai

• Observed-Based Adaptive Fuzzy Decentralized Tracking Control for Switched Uncertain Nonlinear Large-Scale Systems With Dead Zones

  Citation: 503

  Authors: Shaocheng, Lili, Yongming

• Secure State Estimation and Control of Cyber-Physical Systems: A Survey

  Citation: 483

  Authors: Derui, Qing-Long, Xiaohua, Jun

• Dynamic Event-Triggered Distributed Coordination Control and its Applications: A Survey of Trends and Techniques

  Citation: 478

  Authors: Xiaohua, Qing-Long, Lei, Yu-Long, Xian-Ming

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