Journal profile · MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis
ISSN 1060-0396 · eISSN 1573-8337 · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 3,190; median 36 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 101 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Data Processing Techniques, semigroups and automata theory and Optimization and Variational Analysis, together about 23.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Theory and Mathematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cybernetics and System Analysis publishes articles on: software and hardware; algorithm theory and languages; programming and programming theory; optimization; operations research; digital and analog methods; hybrid systems; machine-machine and man-machine interfacing. Simulation, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, finite automata, switching theory, and computer logic are also covered. The journal focuses on fresh formulations of problems and new methods of investigation. Cybernetics and System Analysis is a translation of the Ukrainian journal Kibernetyka ta Systemnyi Analiz. The Ukrainian Volume Year is published in English from April. All articles are peer reviewed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Editor-in-chief Ivan V. SergienkoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ukraine 14, United States 2, United Kingdom 1, France 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Data Processing TechniquesEngineering10.8%
- semigroups and automata theoryComputer Science6.8%
- Optimization and Variational AnalysisComputer Science5.7%
- Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMathematics5.4%
- Mathematical Control Systems and AnalysisComputer Science5.2%
- Optimization and Packing ProblemsEngineering4.5%
- Formal Methods in VerificationComputer Science4.4%
- Advanced Research in Systems and Signal ProcessingEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECzbMATHPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 649OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 57.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 99LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 22,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,713 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 101 | 0 | 92 |
| 2024 | 96 | 1 | 258 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1 | 488 |
| 2022 | 109 | 10 | 514 |
| 2021 | 104 | 3 | 383 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
36 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 17 days – 69 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 155 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 199 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (185 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- salami-slicing
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access
- AI use A Method for Improving the Quality of Multiclass Classification Using LLMs
D. ZharkovV. Tulchinsky OriginalPaper 31 July 2026 Pages: 570 - 577
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1060-0396
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-8337
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cybernetics and Systems Analysis
What CAS zone is Cybernetics and Systems Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cybernetics and Systems Analysis is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cybernetics and Systems Analysis?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Cybernetics and Systems Analysis?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 36 days (interquartile range 17–69 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Cybernetics and Systems Analysis based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ukraine (14), United States (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cybernetics and Systems Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cybernetics and Systems Analysis is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and zbMATH; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cybernetics and Systems Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .