Journal profile · Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering

IEEE-CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

ISSN 2329-9266 · eISSN 2329-9274 · IEEE · PEOPLES R CHINA · Monthly · Founded 2014

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IEEE-CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica: CAS Zone 1 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 18.46; subscription journal; 277 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor18.46Latest value listed by LetPub

CAS zoneZone 1 · Computer Science2025 upgraded edition, major category · Top journal · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 1 · Computer Science

Review time—No reports yet

APC—No source gives fee information

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year2772025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

IEEE-CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica is published by IEEE and is in Zone 1 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica publishes articles on original theoretical and experiment research and development in the area of automation science and engineering.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering

Editor-in-chief Qing-Long HanPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering10.3%
Distributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsComputer Science9.6%
Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.6%
Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering6.6%
Cell Image Analysis TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
Biotechnology and Related FieldsMedicine6.2%
Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsEngineering6%
Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering5.2%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 1

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Computer Science	Zone 1
Minor	Automation & Control Systems	Zone 1

Top journal: yesReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 1

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Computer Science	Zone 1
Minor	Automation & Control Systems	Zone 1

Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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: 18.46LetPub · 2026-09-13
Impact factor (publisher): 18.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29
CiteScore 2026-06: 27.7LetPub · 2026-09-13
CiteScore (publisher): 27.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29
SJR 2026-06: 3.81LetPub · 2026-09-13
SJR (publisher): 95Publisher website · 2026-09-29
SNIP 2026-06: 4.01LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 51LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 123OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
i10-index: 1,331OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
2-year mean citedness: 9.8OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
Self-citation rate: 7.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year: 164LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,435 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	230	10	172
2025	277	4	1,869
2024	313	74	5,996
2023	252	138	9,246
2022	243	110	12,154
2021	225	77	13,621

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

Peer review: Double-anonymous peer review, at least 3 reviewersPublisher website · model-extracted

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.

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

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

Templates: LaTeX and Word
First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required

Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

Article types accepted4

lettersSubmitted manuscripts may be of four basic types: Reviews, Papers, Letters, and Perspectives (by invitation).Length not stated
papersSubmitted manuscripts may be of four basic types: Reviews, Papers, Letters, and Perspectives (by invitation).Length not stated
perspectivesSubmitted manuscripts may be of four basic types: Reviews, Papers, Letters, and Perspectives (by invitation).Length not stated
reviewsSubmitted manuscripts may be of four basic types: Reviews, Papers, Letters, and Perspectives (by invitation).Length not stated

Publisher website

Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism

AI use

AI-generated text disclosure policy Model summary

The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical.