Journal profile · Instruments & Instrumentation
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
ISSN 0142-3312 · eISSN 1477-0369 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; subscription journal; APC about USD 4,150; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 277 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is published by SAGE Publications Ltd 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 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems and Fault Detection and Control Systems, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control covers applications in instrumentation and control. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control covers: systems and control theory, sensors and signal processing, man/machine interface, computing for measurement, control and automation, adaptive control, advanced robotics, dynamic simulation and switched systems. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Instruments & Instrumentation
Editor-in-chief Chee KhiangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 26 in mainland China (about 41%); most named Mainland China 26, United Kingdom 9, United States 7, Türkiye 4, Singapore 4 (63 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering15.2%
- Stability and Control of Uncertain SystemsEngineering9.8%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering8.4%
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering8.1%
- Distributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsComputer Science6.2%
- Neural Networks Stability and SynchronizationComputer Science6.1%
- Iterative Learning Control SystemsEngineering5%
- Control Systems and IdentificationEngineering4.8%
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 | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | 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 | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Automation & Control Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | 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
- 1.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,489OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 276LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 225 | 30 | 17 |
| 2025 | 277 | 40 | 285 |
| 2024 | 406 | 88 | 1,475 |
| 2023 | 316 | 62 | 1,872 |
| 2022 | 241 | 8 | 1,797 |
| 2021 | 322 | 20 | 3,065 |
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- original articleThe technology covered by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is naturally inter- or cross-disciplinary and for this reason the field is ve…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- original researchThe technology covered by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is naturally inter- or cross-disciplinary and for this reason the field is ve…Length not stated
- research reportThe technology covered by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is naturally inter- or cross-disciplinary and for this reason the field is ve…Length not stated
- reviewThe technology covered by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is naturally inter- or cross-disciplinary and for this reason the field is ve…Length not stated
- review articleThe technology covered by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is naturally inter- or cross-disciplinary and for this reason the field is ve…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Identity transparency: Single anonymized Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0142-3312
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-0369
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
What CAS zone is Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Automation & Control Systems / Instruments & Instrumentation. 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 Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20.2%. 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 Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control based?
Of the 63 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 26 (about 41%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (26), United Kingdom (9) and United States (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control open access, and what is the APC?
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .