New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Automation & Control Systems

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics25.531
2 Annual Reviews in Control22.646
3 IEEE-CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica19.563
4 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics19.146
5 IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems14.161
6 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.056
7 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.724
8 ISA Transactions12.673
9 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.376
10 Automatica11.660
11 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.466
12 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering11.287
13 Robotics and Autonomous Systems9.592
14 Advanced Intelligent Systems9.282
15 Control Engineering Practice8.205
16 IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems7.753
17 Journal of Process Control7.616
18 International Journal of Control Automation and Systems7.229
19 Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems6.953
20 Nonlinear Analysis-Hybrid Systems6.822
21 Assembly Automation6.667
22 Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing6.271
23 Mechatronics6.240
24 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology6.201
25 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics6.167
26 International Journal of Fuzzy Systems5.426
27 International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing5.422
28 International Journal of Systems Science5.320
29 Automatika5.243
30 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control5.040
31 SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization4.542
32 Systems & Control Letters4.411
33 Measurement & Control4.380
34 European Journal of Control4.357
35 IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine4.133
36 Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems4.000
37 Optimal Control Applications & Methods3.701
38 Information Technology and Control3.596
39 Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics3.595
40 International Journal of Computers Communications & Control3.130
41 Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control3.057
42 Asian Journal of Control2.924
43 IEEE Control Systems Magazine2.852
44 Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems2.642
45 Journal of Chemometrics2.595
46 Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the Asme2.296
47 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I-Journal of Systems and Control Engineering1.932
48 IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information1.911
49 Discrete Event Dynamic Systems-Theory and Applications1.889
50 Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial1.829
51 at-Automatisierungstechnik1.721
52 Studies in Informatics and Control1.700
53 ESAIM-Control Optimisation and Calculus of Variations1.593
54 Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems1.560
55 Automation and Remote Control1.333
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