Control Engineering Practice

pISSN: 0967-0661eISSN: 1873-6939• JCR: CONTROL ENG PRACTElsevier BVUnited Kingdom
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2026 Impact Factor

5.3

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.7 (+15.2%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    5.3
  2. Metric year 2024

    4.6

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMSSCIEQ1
ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Control Engineering Practice current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #736 in Engineering by impact factor and #674 among Q1 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Control Engineering Practice against journals publishing in the same field.

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Control Engineering Practice publication trend

Published 1,434 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 5.3.

2026 vs 2025: -242
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Journal Details

Total Articles
9,358
H-Index
162
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$3,070 USD
Subject Areas
Control and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering

Article Volume

2022
187
2023
333
2024
306
2025
425
2026
183
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