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SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), formerly ABDC A*, WoS SCIE. Published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications.
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ISSN 0363-0129Verify ISSN ↗1095-7138Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 36 / 198 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Applied Mathematics | 144 / 680 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1976–present (also 1969), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 36 of 198) and Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 144 of 680), by CiteScore 2025.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.378, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 138.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization is published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications. Its print ISSN is 0363-0129 and its online ISSN is 1095-7138.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated A* in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization has an h-index of 200 and a 2-year mean of 2.59 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #31 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization published 162 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 193. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (28.9%), United States (16%) and France (13%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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