Journal profile · Automation & Control Systems
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE
ISSN 1066-033X · eISSN 1941-000X · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1991
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.25; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 172 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human auditory perception and evaluation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Educational Robotics and Engineering, together about 37.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As the official means of communication for the IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Control Systems publishes material on all aspects of control systems modeling, analysis, and design for the benefit of control educators, practitioners, and researchers. The feature articles, applications of control, and lecture notes highlight developments of interest for the community at large, in a style that is deliberately less technical and more expository than in other publications of the IEEE Control Systems Society. Additional columns include a range of perspectives on the field and reports on the many activities of the Control Systems Society.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Automation & Control Systems
Editor-in-chief Anuradha AnnaswamyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering13.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science12%
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering8%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering4.9%
- Smart Grid Security and ResilienceEngineering4.2%
- Control Systems and IdentificationEngineering4.2%
- Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 8.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103LetPub ·
- h-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 977OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,361 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 172 | 7 | 203 |
| 2024 | 177 | 69 | 370 |
| 2023 | 196 | 182 | 1,309 |
| 2022 | 167 | 145 | 954 |
| 2021 | 119 | 102 | 464 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1066-033X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-000X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE
What CAS zone is IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Automation & Control Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.25; CiteScore 9, h-index 166.
How long does peer review take at IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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.
Which databases index IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .