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IET Control Theory and Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 32 / 198 | 84th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 353 / 1030 | 65th | Q2 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 136 / 390 | 65th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 406 / 1022 | 60th | Q2 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 106 / 196 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.6.
IET Control Theory and Applications is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 32 of 198), Q2 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 353 of 1030) and Q2 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 136 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
IET Control Theory and Applications is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.505, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 128.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,300 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
IET Control Theory and Applications is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 1751-8644 and its online ISSN is 1751-8652.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
IET Control Theory and Applications has an h-index of 116 and a 2-year mean of 2.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #32 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
IET Control Theory and Applications published 105 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 384. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (40.3%), Iran (11%) and Japan (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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