IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

pISSN: 1063-6536eISSN: 1558-0865• JCR: IEEE T CONTR SYST TInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

4.4

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.5 (+12.8%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.4
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.9

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMSSCIEQ2
ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #1,004 in Engineering by impact factor and #173 among Q2 Engineering journals. This context helps compare IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology against journals publishing in the same field.

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IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology publication trend

Published 874 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.4.

2026 vs 2025: -117
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Journal Details

Total Articles
5,616
H-Index
216
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Control and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering

Article Volume

2022
195
2023
223
2024
213
2025
180
2026
63
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