Journal profile · MATHEMATICS, APPLIED-MATHEMATICS
Mathematical Control and Related Fields
ISSN 2156-8472 · eISSN 2156-8499 · American Institute of Mathematical Sciences · UNITED STATES
Mathematical Control and Related Fields: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; fully open access; 71 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mathematical Control and Related Fields is published by American Institute of Mathematical Sciences and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Stochastic processes and financial applications, together about 44.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MCRF aims to publish original research as well as expository papers on mathematical control theory and related fields. The goal is to provide a complete and reliable source of mathematical methods and results in this field. The journal will also accept papers from some related fields such as differential equations, functional analysis, probability theory and stochastic analysis, inverse problems, optimization, numerical computation, mathematical finance, information theory, game theory, system theory, etc., provided that they have some intrinsic connections with control theory.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS, APPLIED-MATHEMATICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stability and Controllability of Differential EquationsEngineering19.7%
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringComputer Science14.2%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Numerical methods in inverse problemsMathematics6.5%
- Advanced Mathematical Physics ProblemsMathematics6.1%
- Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsEngineering3.9%
- Optimization and Variational AnalysisComputer Science3.5%
- Mathematical Biology Tumor GrowthMathematics3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 659 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
| 2025 | 71 | 71 | 57 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 102 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 119 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 271 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 394 |
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).
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
- Publisher
- American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2156-8472
- Electronic ISSN
- 2156-8499
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mathematical Control and Related Fields
What CAS zone is Mathematical Control and Related Fields in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mathematical Control and Related Fields is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematics / Mathematics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Mathematical Control and Related Fields?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 33.
Which databases index Mathematical Control and Related Fields?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mathematical Control and Related Fields is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Mathematical Control and Related Fields open access, and what is the APC?
Mathematical Control and Related Fields is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .