Journal profile · Computer Science, Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans
ISSN 1083-4427 · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans: subscription journal; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: This title ceased publication in 2012. The current retitled publication is IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans's largest topics are Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Petri Nets in System Modeling and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics focuses on cybernetics, including communication and control across humans, machines and organizations at the structural or neural level, as well as at functional and purposeful levels; design and development of biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms emphasizing vision, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, automated planning, computational intelligence, and robotics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Cybernetics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences8.3%
- Petri Nets in System ModelingComputer Science8.3%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology6.6%
- Business Process Modeling and AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Fuzzy Logic and Control SystemsComputer Science5.5%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering4.7%
- Multi-Agent Systems and NegotiationComputer Science4.1%
- Usability and User Interface DesignComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,311OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 127LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,903 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2,141 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2,815 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3,348 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 3,679 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4,091 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 4,791 |
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)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints
The journal ceased publication in 2012 and was retitled as IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Model summary
This title ceased publication in 2012. The current retitled publication is IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1083-4427
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Is IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans 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: .