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Systems Science and Control Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 2164-2583Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 14 / 198 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 75 / 390 | 80th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 129 / 570 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.8.
Systems Science and Control Engineering is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 14 of 198), Q1 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 75 of 390) and Q1 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 129 of 570), by CiteScore 2025.
Systems Science and Control Engineering is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 7.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.898, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 43.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,165 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.
Systems Science and Control Engineering is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 2164-2583.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Systems Science and Control Engineering has an h-index of 47 and a 2-year mean of 5.85 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
Systems Science and Control Engineering published 89 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 109. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (39.2%), India (22%) and Mexico (4%).
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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