Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Control and Systems Engineering journal rankings 2024
138 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering has 138 ranked journals in 2024. The median OJR fell 0.05 on 2023 to 0.68, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.11. The top three are International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, and Annual Reviews in Control.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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 Engineering604
- Mechanical Engineering372
- Biomedical Engineering346
- Civil and Structural Engineering273
- Aerospace Engineering150
- Control and Systems Engineering138
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics95
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering85
- Ocean Engineering72
- Automotive Engineering42
138 ranked journals
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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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed | 6.86Q1 | 20.31 25.33 down from 2023 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
2IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.19Q1 | 14.26 0.54 up from 2023 | 611 | 23% | — | ||
3Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.80Q1 | 13.13 4.60 up from 2023 | 165 | 70% | $3,940 | ||
4IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.28Q1 | 10.37 0.84 up from 2023 | 1,779 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
5IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.22Q1 | 10.68 0.34 down from 2023 | 2,533 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
6SUMO Conference ProceedingsOAPublisher not listed | 2.96Q1 | 1.80 0.09 down from 2023 | 50 | 100% | — | ||
7IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.93Q1 | 10.42 0.71 up from 2023 | 1,002 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
8Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.76Q1 | 9.04 0.09 up from 2023 | 1,103 | 46% | $4,040 | ||
9IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.69Q1 | 8.65 0.45 up from 2023 | 1,446 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
10IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 2.43Q1 | 9.53no 2023 value | 34 | 12% | $2,645 | — | |
11The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 5.59 2.53 down from 2023 | 173 | 57% | $4,400 | ||
12International Journal of Critical Infrastructure ProtectionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.18Q1 | 7.92 1.94 up from 2023 | 119 | 38% | $2,490 | ||
13Journal of Intelligent and Connected VehiclesOAEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 7.82 1.56 down from 2023 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
14IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.05Q1 | 7.50 0.79 up from 2023 | 1,120 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
15AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 6.49 0.92 up from 2023 | 1,725 | 40% | $3,760 | ||
16ISA TransactionsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.97Q1 | 6.79 0.20 up from 2023 | 1,449 | 19% | $4,150 | ||
17IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.97Q1 | 7.48 0.05 up from 2023 | 1,252 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.93Q1 | 6.16 0.35 up from 2023 | 2,009 | 25% | $2,645 | ||
19Journal of Automation and IntelligenceOAElsevier BV | 1.93Q1 | 5.74 2.12 down from 2023 | 34 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
20PHM Society European ConferenceOAPublisher not listed | 1.70Q1 | 0.86 0.17 down from 2023 | 114 | 100% | — | ||
21Robotic Intelligence and AutomationEmerald Publishing Limited | 1.50Q1 | 4.58no 2023 value | 55 | 3% | — | — | |
22Mechanism and Machine TheoryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 5.72 0.47 up from 2023 | 976 | 34% | $4,060 | ||
23Control Engineering PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 5.44 0.58 down from 2023 | 697 | 37% | $3,010 | ||
24IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.45Q1 | 4.83 0.06 up from 2023 | 579 | 36% | $2,645 | ||
25Digital Chemical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 5.65 1.88 up from 2023 | 127 | 100% | $1,650 | ||
26Autonomous Intelligent SystemsOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.43Q1 | 4.68 0.41 up from 2023 | 54 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
27RoboticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.41Q1 | 4.41 0.47 down from 2023 | 459 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
28Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.31Q1 | 4.51 0.43 up from 2023 | 289 | 32% | $3,570 | ||
29International Journal of Systems ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 4.83 0.27 down from 2023 | 617 | 6% | — | ||
30Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.24Q1 | 4.63 0.79 up from 2023 | 457 | 36% | $3,700 | ||
31Systems Science & Control EngineeringOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.23Q1 | 5.16 1.05 up from 2023 | 199 | 100% | $1,165 | ||
32INCOSE International SymposiumWiley · United States | 1.23Q1 | 0.84 0.11 up from 2023 | 354 | 46% | — | ||
33International Journal of Fuzzy SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.17Q1 | 4.23 0.03 down from 2023 | 584 | 10% | $3,890 | ||
34Computers & Chemical EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.16Q1 | 4.59 0.19 up from 2023 | 1,058 | 54% | $4,050 | ||
35Applied Mathematics and ComputationElsevier BV · United States | 1.11Q1 | 3.09 0.14 down from 2023 | 2,015 | 21% | $3,470 | ||
36MechatronicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.10Q2 | 3.71 0.48 down from 2023 | 359 | 48% | $2,940 | ||
37ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.09Q2 | 3.76 1.04 up from 2023 | 119 | 59% | — | ||
38Journal of the Franklin InstituteElsevier BV · United States | 1.09Q2 | 4.15 0.36 up from 2023 | 1,722 | 13% | $3,100 | ||
39Smart and Resilient TransportOAEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 2.80 0.03 down from 2023 | 34 | 100% | — | ||
40Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.05Q2 | 3.47 0.31 up from 2023 | 162 | 21% | — | ||
41International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal ProcessingWiley · United States | 1.01Q2 | 3.97 0.26 down from 2023 | 483 | 41% | $3,460 | ||
42Transportmetrica B Transport DynamicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 3.80 0.23 up from 2023 | 151 | 30% | — | ||
43IET Intelligent Transport SystemsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 3.34 0.03 up from 2023 | 450 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
44Franklin OpenOAElsevier BV | 0.97Q2 | 3.14 0.81 up from 2023 | 57 | 100% | $1,900 | ||
45European Journal of ControlElsevier BV · France | 0.97Q2 | 3.26 0.69 up from 2023 | 341 | 41% | $2,850 | ||
46MiningOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.94Q2 | 3.14 0.09 up from 2023 | 112 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
47International Journal of Mining Reclamation and EnvironmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.80 0.23 down from 2023 | 125 | 38% | — | ||
48International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear ControlWiley · United Kingdom | 0.90Q2 | 3.29 0.40 down from 2023 | 1,712 | 42% | $4,270 | ||
49Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous SystemsAnnual Reviews · United States | 0.90Q2 | 15.76 5.03 up from 2023 | 72 | 100% | — | ||
50Systems EngineeringWiley · United States | 0.90Q2 | 2.40 0.09 down from 2023 | 158 | 54% | $3,140 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Control and Systems Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering604
- Mechanical Engineering372
- Biomedical Engineering346
- Civil and Structural Engineering273
- Aerospace Engineering150
- Control and Systems Engineering138
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics95
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering85
- Ocean Engineering72
- Automotive Engineering42
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality24
- Media Technology22
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
29 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 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 138
- Window papers (baseline)
- 112,219 +8.3% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.68 -7.9% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.