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Best Control and Optimization journals

185 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Control and Optimization. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 50 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Science Robotics 32.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica 27.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 19.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and NVH 11.6 98th Q1 ESCI – No
5 IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence 11.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 11.3 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 10.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing 8.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Operations Research Perspectives 8.5 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Energies 8.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Evolving Systems 8.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
12 IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 8.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 7.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Systems Science and Control Engineering 7.8 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Results in Control and Optimization 7.8 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Robotics 7.4 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 6.7 91st Q1 ESCI – No
18 ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems 6.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
19 Machines 6.1 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Engineering Optimization 5.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Multibody System Dynamics 5.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Robotica 5.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
23 IET Networks 5.5 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Open Journal of Mathematical Optimization 5.4 88th Q1 – – Yes
25 Measurement and Control (United Kingdom) 5.1 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Memetic Computing 5.1 87th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Optimization and Engineering 5.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Unmanned Systems 5 86th Q1 ESCI – No
29 IEEE Control Systems Letters 4.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
30 Journal of Control and Decision 4.8 85th Q1 ESCI – No
31 Drone Systems and Applications 4.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 IET Control Theory and Applications 4.6 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Actuators 4.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Advances in Fuzzy Systems 4.3 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Optimal Control Applications and Methods 4.2 82nd Q1 SCIE B No
36 SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 4.2 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
37 Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics 4.2 81st Q1 – – No
38 Journal of Uncertain Systems 4.1 81st Q1 – – No
39 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI A* No
40 Computational Optimization and Applications 4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Real-Time Systems 4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
42 International Journal of Dynamics and Control 3.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
43 Optimization 3.8 78th Q1 SCIE C No
44 EURO Journal on Computational Optimization 3.8 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories and Applications 3.8 77th Q1 ESCI – No
46 Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems 3.8 77th Q1 SCIE – No
47 IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems 3.7 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
48 Mathematical Modelling and Control 3.7 76th Q1 ESCI – No
49 Kongzhi yu Juece/Control and Decision 3.5 75th Q1 – – No
50 Journal of Complexity 3.4 75th Q1 SCIE – No
51 International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification 3.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
52 Operations Research Forum 3.3 73rd Q2 – – No
53 Journal of Heuristics 3.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
54 SeMA Journal 3.3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
55 Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control 3.3 71st Q2 ESCI – No
56 ROBOMECH Journal 3.3 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Journal of Global Optimization 3.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Control Theory and Technology 3.2 70th Q2 ESCI – No
59 Inverse Problems and Imaging 3.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Numerical Mathematics 3.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Optimization Methods and Software 3.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Optimization Letters 3.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization 3 67th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization 2.9 67th Q2 ESCI – No
65 International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing 2.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
66 Communications in Analysis and Mechanics 2.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
67 International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control 2.8 65th Q2 – – No
68 Journal of Complex Networks 2.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Evolution Equations and Control Theory 2.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
70 International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization 2.7 64th Q2 – – Yes
71 Applied Mathematics and Optimization 2.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
72 Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics 2.6 63rd Q2 – – No
73 Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 2.6 62nd Q2 SCIE A No
74 Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 2.5 62nd Q2 – – No
75 Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization 2.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Mathematical Control and Related Fields 2.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
77 International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering 2.4 60th Q2 – – Yes
78 Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 2.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications 2.4 59th Q2 – – No
80 Information and Control 2.3 59th Q2 – – No
81 Advanced Mathematical Models and Applications 2.3 58th Q2 – – No
82 Applied Set-Valued Analysis and Optimization 2.2 58th Q2 – – No
83 ESAIM - Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 2.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
84 IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information 2.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications 2.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Journal of Applied and Numerical Optimization 2.1 56th Q2 – – No
87 Archives of Control Sciences 2 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
88 WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics 2 55th Q2 – – No
89 Cybernetics and Physics 2 54th Q2 – – Yes
90 Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing 1.8 54th Q2 – – No
91 Bangmod International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science 1.7 53rd Q2 – – No
92 Journal of Optimization, Differential Equations and their Applications 1.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
93 Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems 1.6 51st Q2 SCIE – No
94 WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control 1.6 51st Q2 – – No
95 Computer Science Journal of Moldova 1.6 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
96 Iranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization 1.5 49th Q3 – – Yes
97 Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity 1.4 49th Q3 – – No
98 Journal of Dynamics and Control 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
99 Journal of Nonlinear Functional Analysis 1.4 48th Q3 ESCI – No
100 Miskolc Mathematical Notes 1.4 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
101 Springer Optimization and Its Applications 1.4 47th Q3 – – No
102 Communications and Control Engineering 1.3 46th Q3 – – No
103 Journal of Contemporary Applied Mathematics 1.3 45th Q3 – – No
104 International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications 1.2 45th Q3 – – No
105 Industrial and Applied Mathematics 1.1 44th Q3 – – No
106 Turkish World Mathematical Society Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics 1.1 44th Q3 ESCI – No
107 Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 1.1 43rd Q3 – – No
108 Tasmimgiri va Tahqiq dar Amaliyyat 1.1 43rd Q3 – – Yes
109 Advances in Fixed Point Theory 1.1 42nd Q3 – – No
110 Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 1.1 41st Q3 – – No
111 RAICS - IEEE Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational Systems 1 41st Q3 – – No
112 Minimax Theory and its Applications 1 40th Q3 ESCI – No
113 Informatsionno-Upravliaiushchie Sistemy 1 39th Q3 – – No
114 International Computer Science and Engineering Conference 1 39th Q3 – – No
115 Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1 38th Q3 – – Yes
116 Journal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis 0.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
117 AIRO Springer Series 0.9 37th Q3 – – No
118 Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, CSPA 0.9 37th Q3 – – No
119 Moroccan Journal of Pure and Applied Analysis 0.9 36th Q3 – – Yes
120 Proceedings of the IEEE International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 0.9 35th Q3 – – No
121 Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Prikladnaya Matematika, Informatika, Protsessy Upravleniya 0.9 35th Q3 ESCI – No
122 Pure and Applied Functional Analysis 0.8 34th Q3 – – No
123 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering 0.7 34th Q3 – – Yes
124 Journal of Contemporary Mathematical Analysis 0.7 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
125 Methods and Applications of Analysis 0.6 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
126 Differencialnie Uravnenia i Protsesy Upravlenia 0.6 32nd Q3 – – No
127 ITMS - International Scientific Conference on Information Technology and Management Science of Riga Technical University 0.6 32nd Q3 – – No
128 International Conference on Computer, Control, Informatics and its Applications, IC3INA 0.6 31st Q3 – – No
129 Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Systems, Process and Control, ICSPC 0.6 31st Q3 – – No
130 Control and Optimization in Applied Mathematics 0.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
131 Communications in Optimization Theory 0.5 29th Q3 – – No
132 Proceeding of the WRC Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation, WRC SARA 0.5 28th Q3 – – No
133 Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Informatics, K and I 0.5 27th Q3 – – No
134 Proceedings of the International Middle East Power System Conference, MEPCON 0.5 27th Q3 – – No
135 International Conference on Localization and GNSS, ICL-GNSS 0.5 26th Q3 – – No
136 Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, ICEE 0.5 26th Q3 – – No
137 IEEE Information Technology, Networking, Electronic and Automation Control Conference, ITNEC 0.5 25th Q3 – – No
138 Lecture Notes in Operations Research 0.5 25th Q3 – – No
139 Zhurnal Srednevolzhskogo Matematicheskogo Obshchestva 0.5 24th Q4 – – Yes
140 International Journal of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations 0.5 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
141 Proceedings of the Open Conference of Electrical, Electronic and Information Sciences, eStream 0.4 23rd Q4 – – No
142 Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 0.4 22nd Q4 – – No
143 Smart Grid Conference, SGC 0.4 22nd Q4 – – No
144 IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC 0.4 21st Q4 – – No
145 Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications, ICARA 0.4 20th Q4 – – No
146 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, ICARSC 0.4 19th Q4 – – No
147 RusAutoCon - Proceedings of the International Russian Automation Conference 0.4 19th Q4 – – No
148 Functional Differential Equations 0.3 18th Q4 – – No
149 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, SusTech 0.3 18th Q4 – – No
150 Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications 0.3 18th Q4 – – No
151 International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Engineering, REPE 0.2 17th Q4 – – No
152 Applied Analysis and Optimization 0.2 16th Q4 – – No
153 Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis, WEMDCD 0.2 16th Q4 – – No
154 Workshop on Power Electronics and Power Quality Applications, PEPQA 0.2 16th Q4 – – No
155 International Youth Conference on Radio Electronics, Electrical and Power Engineering, REEPE 0.2 15th Q4 – – No
156 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 0.2 14th Q4 – – No
157 Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics, ICCAR 0.2 14th Q4 – – No
158 International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering Technology, CCET 0.2 13th Q4 – – No
159 International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems, ISISS 0.2 13th Q4 – – No
160 Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications, ICCC 0.1 12th Q4 – – No
161 Proceedings of the Symposium on Design, Test, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, DTIP 0.1 12th Q4 – – No
162 European Control Conference (Piscataway, N.J. Online), ECC 0.1 11th Q4 – – No
163 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 0.1 11th Q4 – – No
164 International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 0.1 10th Q4 – – No
165 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 0.1 10th Q4 – – No
166 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 0.1 9th Q4 – – No
167 Probability Theory and Stochastic Modelling 0.1 9th Q4 – – No
168 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics, ISCI 0.1 8th Q4 – – No
169 Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Application 0.1 8th Q4 – – No
170 Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering 0.1 8th Q4 – – No
171 IEEE Colombian Conference on Applications of Computational Intelligence, ColCACI 0.1 7th Q4 – – No
172 International Conference on Robotics and Automation Sciences, ICRAS 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
173 Proceedings. Smart City Symposium Prague, SCSP 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
174 Proceedings of the IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 0 5th Q4 – – No
175 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, IWASI 0 5th Q4 – – No
176 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 0 4th Q4 – – No
177 Youth Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Automation, YAC 0 4th Q4 – – No
178 International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control, CCE 0 3rd Q4 – – No
179 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Control Engineering, IRCE 0 3rd Q4 – – No
180 IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control, CCAC 0 1st Q4 – – No
181 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications, iFUZZY 0 1st Q4 – – No
182 International Conference on Power Systems, ICPS 0 1st Q4 – – No
183 International Scientific Symposium Metrology and Metrology Assurance, MMA 0 1st Q4 – – No
184 International Symposium on Computing and Networking Workshops, CANDARW 0 1st Q4 – – No
185 International Teletraffic Congress, ITC 0 1st Q4 – – No

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