Control Engineering Practice
Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports
104 papers with at least that number of citations each
State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring
Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)
HĐGSNN Score History
By article publication year| Year | Max Score | Evaluation Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.00đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.3) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2025 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.6) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2024 | 3.00đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.4) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2023 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.9) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2022 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.057) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2021 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.475) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2020 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.193) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2019 | 2.50đ | WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.232) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2018 | 2.00đ | WoS Q1(IF: 2.616) | 🔵 Computed |
Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.
Aims & Scope
Control Engineering Practice strives to meet the needs of industrial practitioners and industrially related academics and researchers. It publishes papers which illustrate the direct application of control theory and its supporting tools in all possible areas of automation. As a result, the journal only contains papers which can be considered to have made significant contributions to the application of advanced control techniques. It is normally expected that practical results should be included, but where simulation only studies are available, it is necessary to demonstrate that the simulation model is representative of a genuine application. Strictly theoretical papers will find a more appropriate home in Control Engineering Practice's sister publication, Automatica. It is also expected that papers are innovative with respect to the state of the art and are sufficiently detailed for a reader to be able to duplicate the main results of the paper (supplementary material, including datasets, tables, code and any relevant interactive material can be made available and downloaded from the website). The benefits of the presented methods must be made very clear and the new techniques must be compared and contrasted with results obtained using existing methods. Moreover, a thorough analysis of failures that may happen in the design process and implementation can also be part of the paper. The scope of Control Engineering Practice matches the activities of IFAC. Papers demonstrating the contribution of automation and control in improving the performance, quality, productivity, sustainability, resource and energy efficiency, and the manageability of systems and processes for the benefit of mankind and are relevant to industrial practitioners are most welcome.
SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence
Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact
Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.
Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.
Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.
Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.
Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window
Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.
Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)
Citations in government and international policy documents
Percentage of female authors published in the journal
Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.
Scopus Subject Categories
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification
Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history
Publishing & Editorial Information
Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications
WoS Categories & Quartiles
Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate
| Category | Index | Rank | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS | JCRSCIE | 21/88 | Q1 |
ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC | JCRSCIE | 82/369 | Q1 |
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS | JCISCIE | 19/88 | Q1 |
ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC | JCISCIE | 86/371 | Q1 |
Annual Historical Statistics & Publications
Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution
| Year | Impact Factor | Articles / Year | Total Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | 462 | 254 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 427 | 1,888 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 306 | 3,315 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 333 | 5,143 |
| 2022 | 4.057 | 187 | 4,408 |
| 2021 | 3.475 | 224 | 5,554 |
| 2020 | 3.193 | 220 | 7,074 |
| 2019 | 3.232 | 218 | 5,874 |
| 2018 | 2.616 | 226 | 8,227 |
| 2017 | — | 186 | 6,047 |
| 2016 | — | 232 | 7,354 |
| 2015 | — | 191 | 6,454 |
Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations
Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)
Clarivate IF trend for Control Engineering Practice
Total Cites vs Self-Cites
Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach
Citations per Document
Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years
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