Journal profile · Computer Science, Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics)
ISSN 1083-4419 · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics): subscription journal; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 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 B (Cybernetics)'s largest topics are Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems, Neural Networks and Applications and Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems, together about 33.2% 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
- Fuzzy Logic and Control SystemsComputer Science14.8%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science10.7%
- Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsEngineering7.7%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science5.8%
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering5.8%
- Reinforcement Learning in RoboticsComputer Science4.3%
- Evolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science4.1%
- Face and Expression RecognitionComputer Science3.9%
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
- 204OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,863OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,455 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2,802 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4,952 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5,767 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 6,804 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7,925 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9,214 |
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)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1083-4419
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics)
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics)?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 B (Cybernetics) open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) 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: .