IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information

IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information is published by Oxford University Press 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 Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems, Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations and Advanced Control Systems Optimization, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal is to provide an outlet for papers which are original and of high quality in mathematical control theory, systems theory, and applied information sciences. Short papers and mathematical correspondence or technical notes will be welcome, although the primary function of the journal is to publish papers of substantial length and coverage. The emphasis will be upon relevance, originality and clarify of presentation, although timeliness may well be an important feature in acceptable papers. Speculative papers that suggest new avenues for research or potential solutions to unsolved problems of control and information theory will be particularly welcome. Specific application papers will not normally be within the remit of the journal. Applications that illustrate techniques or theories will be acceptable. A prime function of the journal is to encourage the interplay between control and information theory and other mathematical sciences. All submitted papers will be judged on their merits by at least two referees and a full paper report will be available to the intending authors. Submitted articles will in general be published in an issue within six months of submission. Papers should not have previously published, nor should they be undes consideration for publication in another journal. This Journal takes publication ethics very seriously. If misconduct is found or suspected after the manuscript is published, the journal will investigate the matter and this may result in the article subsequently being retracted.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Mathematics, Applied

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

0.94LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.79LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

32LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

56OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

501OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.06OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

1.77%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

46LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

ISSN

0265-0754

Electronic ISSN

1471-6879

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub