Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Control and Systems Engineering journal rankings 2019
128 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering has 128 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.83, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.46. The top three are IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and Annual Reviews in Control.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
128 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.08Q1 | 11.13 3.61 up from 2018 | 741 | 28% | $2,645 | ||
2IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.96Q1 | 10.17 0.23 up from 2018 | 1,322 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
3Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.50Q1 | 9.23 2.57 up from 2018 | 135 | 41% | $3,940 | ||
4Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.43Q1 | 9.09 1.58 up from 2018 | 763 | 40% | $4,040 | ||
5IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.02Q1 | 10.67 2.30 up from 2018 | 1,466 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
6The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.99Q1 | 6.38 0.84 down from 2018 | 224 | 43% | $4,400 | ||
7IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.97Q1 | 9.15 0.24 up from 2018 | 1,214 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
8AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.64Q1 | 7.69 0.05 down from 2018 | 1,503 | 44% | $3,760 | ||
9IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.05Q1 | 6.20 0.22 up from 2018 | 1,667 | 43% | $2,645 | ||
10IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.75Q1 | 6.47 0.40 up from 2018 | 745 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
11IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.72Q1 | 4.64 0.76 down from 2018 | 453 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
12Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.72Q1 | 6.44 0.32 up from 2018 | 233 | 13% | $3,570 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.42Q1 | 5.29 0.24 up from 2018 | 813 | 40% | $2,645 | ||
14ISA TransactionsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.20Q1 | 5.35 0.01 up from 2018 | 892 | 8% | $4,150 | ||
15IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.18Q1 | 5.66 1.56 up from 2018 | 395 | 22% | — | ||
16Applied Mathematics and ComputationElsevier BV · United States | 2.07Q1 | 3.81 0.39 up from 2018 | 2,116 | 15% | $3,470 | ||
17International Journal of Fuzzy SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.05Q1 | 5.07 0.90 up from 2018 | 421 | 4% | $3,890 | ||
18Journal of the Franklin InstituteElsevier BV · United States | 2.01Q1 | 5.23 0.66 up from 2018 | 1,202 | 8% | $3,100 | ||
19International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear ControlWiley · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 4.64 0.42 up from 2018 | 788 | 19% | $4,270 | ||
20Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.88Q1 | 4.72 0.96 up from 2018 | 377 | 26% | $3,700 | ||
21Control Engineering PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.49 0.53 up from 2018 | 577 | 27% | $3,010 | ||
22Systems & Control LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.81Q1 | 3.90 0.24 up from 2018 | 436 | 34% | $2,910 | ||
23Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.77Q1 | 4.78 1.64 up from 2018 | 115 | 7% | — | ||
24International Journal of Critical Infrastructure ProtectionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.76Q1 | 3.14 0.21 up from 2018 | 95 | 15% | $2,490 | ||
25MechatronicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 4.18 0.94 up from 2018 | 403 | 23% | $2,940 | ||
26IET Control Theory and ApplicationsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States | 1.72Q1 | 3.99 0.22 down from 2018 | 1,011 | 28% | $3,300 | ||
27ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.71Q1 | 2.90 0.06 down from 2018 | 76 | 42% | — | ||
28Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous SystemsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.65Q1 | 10.29 4.62 up from 2018 | 31 | 53% | — | ||
29Computers & Chemical EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.56Q1 | 4.41 0.43 up from 2018 | 985 | 37% | $4,050 | ||
30IET Cyber-Physical Systems Theory & ApplicationsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States | 1.53Q1 | 2.36 2.35 down from 2018 | 81 | 100% | $2,420 | ||
31Mechanism and Machine TheoryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 4.11 0.34 up from 2018 | 774 | 21% | $4,060 | ||
32PHM Society European ConferenceOAPublisher not listed | 1.46Q1 | 0.35 0.30 down from 2018 | 157 | — | — | ||
33IET Intelligent Transport SystemsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 1.45Q2 | 3.06 0.34 down from 2018 | 409 | 28% | $2,790 | ||
34RoboticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.37Q2 | 2.96 0.67 up from 2018 | 144 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
35Transportmetrica B Transport DynamicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 2.48 0.45 up from 2018 | 94 | 24% | — | ||
36ActuatorsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.25Q2 | 2.70 1.57 down from 2018 | 146 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
37SIAM Journal on Control and OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States | 1.25Q2 | 2.32 0.07 down from 2018 | 476 | 53% | — | ||
38International Journal of Control Automation and SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 1.22Q2 | 3.88 0.97 up from 2018 | 766 | 4% | — | ||
39International Journal of Systems ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 2.68 0.48 down from 2018 | 628 | 6% | — | ||
40IEEE Control Systems LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 1.19Q2 | 2.72 0.19 up from 2018 | 284 | 49% | $2,645 | ||
41Journal of Control and DecisionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 2.22 0.24 up from 2018 | 66 | 0% | — | ||
42International Journal of ControlTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 2.22 0.32 down from 2018 | 910 | 17% | — | ||
43International Journal of Mining Reclamation and EnvironmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 1.88 0.01 down from 2018 | 115 | 21% | — | ||
44Journal of Vibration and ControlSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 2.38 0.53 up from 2018 | 524 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
45Studies in Informatics and ControlNational Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest · Romania | 1.02Q2 | 3.01 1.22 up from 2018 | 139 | 87% | — | ||
46Multibody System DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 2.88 0.50 up from 2018 | 153 | 33% | $4,190 | ||
47INCOSE International SymposiumWiley · United States | 1.00Q2 | 0.79 0.06 up from 2018 | 457 | 13% | — | ||
48European Journal of ControlElsevier BV · France | 0.99Q2 | 2.17 0.10 up from 2018 | 167 | 23% | $2,850 | ||
49International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal ProcessingWiley · United States | 0.98Q2 | 2.26 0.08 down from 2018 | 271 | 15% | $3,460 | ||
50IEEE Control SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.97Q2 | 1.37 0.06 down from 2018 | 469 | 77% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Control and Systems Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
- Media Technology26
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
47 additional Control and Systems Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 128
- Window papers (baseline)
- 90,317 -27.7% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.835 -16.1% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 61 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 79 | 84 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 102 | 109 | 119 | 125 | 130 | 128 | 131 | 128 | 122 | 121 | 124 | 128 | 138 | 135 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 30,535 | 37,839 | 48,030 | 59,973 | 71,093 | 83,563 | 96,893 | 111,023 | 125,315 | 139,312 | 149,616 | 154,765 | 158,747 | 156,565 | 152,924 | 141,106 | 124,863 | 104,705 | 91,866 | 90,317 | 96,422 | 103,592 | 109,096 | 111,495 | 112,219 | 118,416 | |
| Median OJR | 0.862 | 0.829 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.03 | 1.23 | 1.220 | 1.222 | 1.30 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.10 | 0.996 | 0.995 | 0.89 | 0.856 | 0.835 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.726 | 0.732 | 0.68 | 0.67 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.