Journal profile · Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering
IFAC-PapersOnLine
ISSN 2405-8963 · IFAC Secretariat
IFAC-PapersOnLine: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 2,954 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IFAC-PapersOnLine is published by IFAC Secretariat. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Fault Detection and Control Systems and Control Systems and Identification, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In co-operation with IFACAll papers from IFAC meetings (where IFAC is the main sponsor) are published, in partnership with Elsevier, the IFAC Publisher, in the IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted at the ScienceDirect web service.The IFAC-PapersOnLine series has the following main features:• Diamond Open Access - free of charge both for authors and readers. • Papers are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license, and can be shared in many flexible ways. • Copyright belongs to the authors, while IFAC gets exclusive publication rights.Note: The Copyright of articles submitted to IFAC before October 1, 2019, belongs to IFAC. The full text of these articles is publicly available on ScienceDirect.All papers published in IFAC-PapersOnLine have undergone a peer review selection process according to the IFAC rules.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering
Editor-in-chief José-Luis DíezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Italy 15, Mainland China 8, Germany 7, France 6, United States 4 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering13.4%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering11.5%
- Control Systems and IdentificationEngineering8.6%
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering7.6%
- Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsEngineering6%
- Distributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsComputer Science4.3%
- Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsComputer Science3.7%
- Control and Stability of Dynamical SystemsEngineering3.1%
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,150OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 29,408 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,954 | 2,954 | 1,485 |
| 2024 | 2,343 | 2,343 | 5,249 |
| 2023 | 2,083 | 2,083 | 6,988 |
| 2022 | 3,068 | 3,068 | 16,323 |
| 2021 | 1,680 | 1,680 | 10,839 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 50–100 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License agreement
In order to be published in the Proceedings, you must transfer the copyright of your paper to IFAC using a Copyright Transfer Form. The form has to be filed on PaperPlaza at the time of submitting the final version of the paper. See the IFAC Copyright conditions for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access to full text of reviewed papers presented at IFAC events. Model summary
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
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
- IFAC Secretariat
- ISSN
- 2405-8963
- Print ISSN
- 2405-8971
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IFAC-PapersOnLine
What are the manuscript requirements of IFAC-PapersOnLine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 50–100 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word. 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 IFAC-PapersOnLine based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (15), Mainland China (8) and Germany (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IFAC-PapersOnLine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IFAC-PapersOnLine is indexed in Scopus.
Is IFAC-PapersOnLine open access, and what is the APC?
IFAC-PapersOnLine is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .