Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Control and Systems Engineering journal rankings 2025
135 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering has 135 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.15. No journal’s likely rank range stays within the top 3, so the intro names none.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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 Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
135 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | 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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #4 of 135Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.28Q1 | 16.51 3.38 up from 2024 | 144 | 61% | $3,940 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #6 of 135SUMO Conference ProceedingsOAPublisher not listed | 4.13Q1 | 1.91 0.11 up from 2024 | 68 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #9 of 135International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed | 3.73Q1 | 12.53 7.78 down from 2024 | 62 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 4; likely between #1 and #5 of 135IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.69Q1 | 12.05 2.21 down from 2024 | 705 | 1% | — | ||
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #7 of 135IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.13Q1 | 11.01 0.64 up from 2024 | 1,372 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #5 and #8 of 135IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.94Q1 | 9.84 0.84 down from 2024 | 2,810 | 6% | $2,645 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 7; likely between #5 and #8 of 135IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.90Q1 | 10.51 0.09 up from 2024 | 1,220 | 6% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #3 and #13 of 135The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.79Q1 | 9.58 3.99 up from 2024 | 236 | 51% | $4,400 | ||
Rank 9; likely between #8 and #11 of 135Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 9.40 0.36 up from 2024 | 1,070 | 38% | $4,040 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 10; likely between #8 and #11 of 135IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.59Q1 | 9.14 0.49 up from 2024 | 1,730 | 5% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #10 and #14 of 135IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.30Q1 | 9.05 1.55 up from 2024 | 1,694 | 8% | $2,645 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 12; likely between #8 and #20 of 135International Journal of Critical Infrastructure ProtectionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.20Q1 | 5.93 1.99 down from 2024 | 117 | 41% | $2,490 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #12 and #17 of 135IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.06Q1 | 6.52 0.36 up from 2024 | 2,094 | 21% | $2,645 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #22 of 135IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 2.01Q1 | 8.17 1.36 down from 2024 | 109 | 5% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #18 of 135AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 6.97 0.48 up from 2024 | 1,641 | 38% | $3,760 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #11 and #23 of 135PHM Society European ConferenceOAPublisher not listed | 1.91Q1 | 1.08 0.22 up from 2024 | 174 | — | — | ||
Rank 17; likely between #15 and #21 of 135IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.85Q1 | 6.96 0.52 down from 2024 | 1,406 | 8% | $2,645 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 18; likely between #14 and #21 of 135ISA TransactionsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.85Q1 | 6.60 0.18 down from 2024 | 1,387 | 8% | $4,150 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #14 and #24 of 135Journal of Intelligent and Connected VehiclesOAEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 7.23 0.59 down from 2024 | 75 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 20; likely between #8 and #40 of 135Journal of Automation and IntelligenceOAElsevier BV | 1.76Q1 | 6.14 0.41 up from 2024 | 64 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 21; likely between #8 and #49 of 135Autonomous Intelligent SystemsOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.73Q1 | 4.28 0.41 down from 2024 | 67 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 22; likely between #16 and #29 of 135INCOSE International SymposiumWiley · United States | 1.59Q1 | 1.00 0.16 up from 2024 | 419 | 0% | — | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 23; likely between #20 and #28 of 135IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.47Q1 | 5.27 0.43 up from 2024 | 586 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #19 and #33 of 135Digital Chemical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 6.11 0.47 up from 2024 | 191 | 100% | $1,650 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #21 and #29 of 135Control Engineering PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 5.86 0.43 up from 2024 | 781 | 29% | $3,010 | ||
Rank 26; likely between #19 and #37 of 135Systems Science & Control EngineeringOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 5.82 0.66 up from 2024 | 233 | 100% | $1,165 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #23 and #30 of 135Mechanism and Machine TheoryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 6.22 0.50 up from 2024 | 875 | 32% | $4,060 | ||
Rank 28; likely between #21 and #40 of 135Intelligence & RoboticsUnited States | 1.30Q1 | 4.52 1.74 up from 2024 | 86 | 93% | — | ||
Rank 29; likely between #22 and #38 of 135Transportation Safety and EnvironmentOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.29Q1 | 3.67 1.08 up from 2024 | 152 | 100% | $1,575 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #25 and #36 of 135Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.26Q1 | 4.93 0.30 up from 2024 | 442 | 32% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #26 and #35 of 135Computers & Chemical EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.24Q1 | 5.34 0.75 up from 2024 | 1,046 | 51% | $4,050 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #21 and #48 of 135ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.19Q1 | 4.34 0.58 up from 2024 | 113 | 48% | — | ||
Rank 33; likely between #20 and #61 of 135Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous SystemsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.17Q1 | 14.31 1.44 down from 2024 | 51 | 95% | — | ||
Rank 34; likely between #27 and #41 of 135RoboticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.15Q1 | 4.30 0.11 down from 2024 | 504 | 100% | $2,172 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 35; likely between #26 and #45 of 135Franklin OpenOAElsevier BV | 1.14Q2 | 4.07 0.93 up from 2024 | 181 | 100% | $1,900 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #28 and #44 of 135International Journal of Systems ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 4.51 0.31 down from 2024 | 671 | 6% | — | ||
Rank 37; likely between #32 and #43 of 135International Journal of Fuzzy SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.08Q2 | 3.61 0.62 down from 2024 | 625 | 14% | $3,890 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 38; likely between #30 and #49 of 135Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.04Q2 | 4.33 0.85 up from 2024 | 150 | 12% | — | ||
Rank 39; likely between #28 and #59 of 135PHM Society Asia-Pacific ConferenceOAPublisher not listed | 1.02Q2 | 0.52 0.23 up from 2024 | 159 | — | — | ||
Rank 40; likely between #34 and #50 of 135Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 3.13 1.38 down from 2024 | 275 | 32% | $3,570 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 41; likely between #34 and #49 of 135IET Intelligent Transport SystemsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 3.40 0.06 up from 2024 | 444 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #38 and #48 of 135Applied Mathematics and ComputationElsevier BV · United States | 0.96Q2 | 2.54 0.55 down from 2024 | 1,767 | 19% | $3,470 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 43; likely between #38 and #48 of 135Journal of the Franklin InstituteElsevier BV · United States | 0.96Q2 | 3.88 0.27 down from 2024 | 1,948 | 9% | $3,100 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 44; likely between #38 and #52 of 135MechatronicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.93Q2 | 3.56 0.15 down from 2024 | 336 | 42% | $2,940 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #33 and #65 of 135Systems EngineeringWiley · United States | 0.92Q2 | 2.35 0.06 down from 2024 | 170 | 64% | $3,140 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #39 and #57 of 135SIAM Journal on Control and OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States | 0.89Q2 | 2.58 0.06 down from 2024 | 440 | 15% | — | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 47; likely between #41 and #57 of 135Systems & Control LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.88Q2 | 3.09 0.18 up from 2024 | 524 | 32% | $2,910 | ||
Rank 48; likely between #36 and #66 of 135MiningOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.88Q2 | 3.08 0.06 down from 2024 | 149 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
Rank 48; likely between #38 and #60 of 135Multibody System DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.88Q2 | 3.37 0.77 up from 2024 | 234 | 61% | $4,190 | ||
Rank 50; likely between #38 and #62 of 135International Journal of Mining Reclamation and EnvironmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 3.19 0.40 up from 2024 | 145 | 24% | — |
9 Control and Systems Engineering journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
- 1INCOSE International SymposiumWiley · United States+85% vs groupOJR 0.98 → 1.59range +36% to +151%
- 2WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS archiveOAPublisher not listed+107% vs groupOJR 0.16 → 0.29range +26% to +240%
- 3IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States+27% vs groupOJR 1.84 → 2.06range +15% to +41%
- 4Measurement Science and TechnologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom+22% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.80range +12% to +33%
- 5SICE Journal of Control Measurement and System IntegrationOATaylor & Francis · Japan+76% vs groupOJR 0.19 → 0.29range +10% to +182%
- 6IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States+24% vs groupOJR 2.11 → 2.30range +10% to +38%
- 7IEEE Control SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States+101% vs groupOJR 0.44 → 0.78range +10% to +268%
- 8SIAM Journal on Control and OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States+29% vs groupOJR 0.78 → 0.89range +5.1% to +59%
- 9IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States+14% vs groupOJR 1.84 → 1.85range +3.6% to +26%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -75% to +293% (ratio scale)
18 Control and Systems Engineering journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS AND CONTROLOAWorld Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society-54% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.19range -69% to -32%
- 2International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear ControlWiley · United Kingdom-31% vs groupOJR 1.23 → 0.75range -37% to -24%
- 3Studies in Informatics and ControlNational Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest · Romania-47% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.35range -68% to -13%
- 4IEEE Electrical Insulation MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States-48% vs groupOJR 0.42 → 0.19range -69% to -12%
- 5Journal of the Franklin InstituteElsevier BV · United States-18% vs groupOJR 1.33 → 0.96range -25% to -11%
- 6Mechanical sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany-31% vs groupOJR 0.56 → 0.34range -47% to -11%
- 7IET Control Theory and ApplicationsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States-23% vs groupOJR 0.89 → 0.60range -35% to -9.8%
- 8International Journal of Control Automation and SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea-20% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 0.71range -29% to -9.4%
- 9Applied Mathematics and ComputationElsevier BV · United States-19% vs groupOJR 1.36 → 0.96range -28% to -9.4%
- 10Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom-17% vs groupOJR 3.60 → 2.63range -25% to -8.9%
- 11International Journal of ControlTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom-21% vs groupOJR 0.66 → 0.46range -32% to -8.8%
- 12International Journal of Fuzzy SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany-22% vs groupOJR 1.57 → 1.08range -34% to -8.7%
- 13Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands-25% vs groupOJR 1.51 → 1.00range -39% to -8.2%
- 14Journal of Vibration and ControlSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom-17% vs groupOJR 0.85 → 0.62range -26% to -7.3%
- 15Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control EngineeringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom-23% vs groupOJR 0.50 → 0.34range -38% to -4.8%
- 16IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States-11% vs groupOJR 3.73 → 2.94range -18% to -3.3%
- 17IEEE Control Systems LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-11% vs groupOJR 0.87 → 0.69range -19% to -1.0%
- 18RoboticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland-22% vs groupOJR 1.67 → 1.15range -39% to -0.2%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -71% to +243% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Engineering, with Control and Systems Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Media Technology21
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
21 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 2022–2024, 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: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 135
- Window papers (baseline)
- 118,416 +8.5% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.67 -7.5% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.