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IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications
ISSN 2398-3396 · Wiley-Blackwell · United Kingdom
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,400; median 183 days to acceptance (65 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 51% (journal website); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Microgrid Control and Optimization, together about 44.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The research of IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications addresses the close interactions and feedback loop between cyber components such as sensing systems and dynamic physical components such as energy and mechanical systems. Various emerging technical challenges such as the rapid increase of functionalities, the significant uncertainties and the stringent requirements on performance, safety, security, flexibility and reliability make design increasingly complex. This journal aims to present the state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research addressing the above challenges from a system perspective that includes both cyber and physical aspects, with clear innovative contributions to theory and application. The topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following domains: Design, synthesis and verification of CPS Big data modeling and analytics for CPS Cross-layer modeling and optimization for CPS Design automation for CPS Embedded system design for CPS CPS fault detection and recovery CPS security and privacy Sustainability and environmental issues in CPS Social CPS computing Industrial CPS and smart manufacturing Applications of CPS in various domains such as smart energy systems, automotive and transportation systems, smart healthcare, surveillance systems and robotics Indexing Information: COMPENDEX (Elsevier) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) INSPEC (IET) SCOPUS (Elsevier) The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (University of Trier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Dr.-Ing. ArmandoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 11 in mainland China (about 39%); most named Mainland China 11, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Australia 2, Netherlands 2 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smart Grid Security and ResilienceEngineering28.2%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science9.8%
- Microgrid Control and OptimizationEngineering7%
- Smart Grid Energy ManagementEngineering5.3%
- Network Time Synchronization TechnologiesComputer Science3.8%
- Power System Optimization and StabilityEngineering3.2%
- Optimal Power Flow DistributionEngineering3%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECDBLPPublisher website
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)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 68,660Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 11 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 73 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 220 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 165 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 90 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 489 |
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
183 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 138 days – 291 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (65 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 244 days
- Sample
- 65 articles with submission and acceptance dates (66 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 216 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,400 / GBP 1,850 / EUR 2,180 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,420 / EUR 2,200 / GBP 1,870 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,000 / GBP 1,700 / USD 2,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted12
- case studyCase Study Report on a specific instance of an interesting or particular phenomenon or instance related to research areas covered by a journal’s scope.Length not stated
- commentaryThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- industry articleIndustry Article A report from industrial-based scientists undertaking R&D on a new technology, application or technique which may facilitate future product dev…Length not stated
- industry updateIndustry Update A brief article from industrial-based researchers developing a new technology or technique which may benefit some types of products. Paper lengt…Length not stated
- innovational perspectiveInnovational Perspective This article type is reserved for invited papers only.Length not stated
- opinionThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- original researchThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- original research paperThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- perspectiveThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- research articleThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- reviewThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
- review articleThe following article types are included in IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use
AI tools not recognised as authors; use must be disclosed Model summary
The IET does not recognise AI tools as authors or as able to fulfil authorship criteria, as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. If AI tools were used in the preparation of any part of the paper, this should be clearly disclosed in the appropriate section of the paper, and authors take full responsibility for the paper in its entirety.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Limit of 5 manuscripts per journal / 10 across IET journals per 12 months Model summary
For a complete overview of our Ethical Policies for the IET journals, please click here. The IET believes in clear, transparent and verifiable authorship. In line with ICMJE guidance, to qualify for authorship, each individual must: Have made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the article; or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the article; AND Drafted t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected Model summary
IET journals expects data sharing. Please review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Gold Open Access with Creative Commons license Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms and Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 1. Open Access
All IET journals are Gold Open Access titles. Submissions will be subject to an APC if accepted and published in the journal. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver. There is no charge for submitting to IET journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 5. Peer Review and Decisions
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications operates under a single-anonymized peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief (or designated Editor) determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Except where otherwise stated, peer review is handled by an Associate Editor, who will engage at least two anonymous reviewers. The…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprints accepted Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. All IET journals accept articles previously published on preprint servers. All IET journals will consider review articles previously available as preprints. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-3396
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications
What CAS zone is IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications?
Based on the dates recorded on 65 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 183 days (interquartile range 138–291 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 11 (about 39%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (11), United Kingdom (2) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications open access, and what is the APC?
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .