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IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
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IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Published by: IEEE

http://www.ieeecss.org/publications/tcst

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 57 306 492 45
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 67 86 180 29
Engineering and Technology 253 108 175 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 543
Documents by Best Scientists*: 712
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 26
SCIMAGO H-index: 198
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.678
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology?

Control theory, Control engineering, Control theory, Control system and Nonlinear system are the subjects of interest in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology focused on Control theory research but expanded to cover Model predictive control. The studies on Control engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of System identification, Vehicle dynamics, Optimal control and Motion control.

Research in Optimal control tackled falls within the umbrella of Mathematical optimization. The research on Control theory featured in it combines topics in other fields like Lyapunov function, Torque, Trajectory and Feed forward.

  • Control theory (71.20%)
  • Control engineering (31.52%)
  • Control theory (24.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • PID control system analysis, design, and technology (1761 citations)
  • A control engineer's guide to sliding mode control (1722 citations)
  • Stability analysis of networked control systems (1371 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Control theory, Control engineering, Control theory, Control system and Adaptive control. The Control theory research presented in the most cited articles focuses mostly on Motion control and, on occasion, topics in Feed forward. While Control engineering is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Lyapunov function, Vehicle dynamics, Actuator and Model predictive control.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Control theory
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Control theory, Control theory, Model predictive control, Robustness (computer science) and Nonlinear system. Control theory study tackled is connected to the field of Convergence (routing). In addition to Control theory research, the journal aims to explore topics under Lyapunov function, Vehicle dynamics and Actuator.

The journal focuses on Model predictive control but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Optimization problem, Mathematical optimization and Optimal control. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Stability (learning theory) as it also encompasses Bounded function. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology connects research in Trajectory with the related topic of Tracking (particle physics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Optimization-Based Collision Avoidance (52 citations)
  • Finite-Time Unknown Observer-Based Interactive Trajectory Tracking Control of Asymmetric Underactuated Surface Vehicles (26 citations)
  • Control Barrier Functions for Mechanical Systems: Theory and Application to Robotic Grasping (26 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Anna G. Stefanopoulou (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ilya Kolmanovsky (34 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Andrew G. Alleyne (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tor Arne Johansen (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jing Sun (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Michigan (160 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (85 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National University of Singapore (71 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (71 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (68 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.22% of all publications and 48.35% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Optimization-Based Collision Avoidance

    Xiaojing Zhang;Alexander Liniger;Francesco Borrelli

    (2021)
    383 Citations
  • Secure Cooperative Event-Triggered Control of Linear Multiagent Systems Under DoS Attacks

    Zhi Feng;Guoqiang Hu

    (2020)
    355 Citations
  • Fault-Tolerant Prescribed Performance Attitude Tracking Control for Spacecraft Under Input Saturation

    Xiaodong Shao;Qinglei Hu;Yang Shi;Boyan Jiang

    (2020)
    253 Citations
  • Autonomous Vehicle Kinematics and Dynamics Synthesis for Sideslip Angle Estimation Based on Consensus Kalman Filter

    (2023)
    244 Citations
  • Control Performance Standards-Oriented Event-Triggered Load Frequency Control for Power Systems Under Limited Communication Bandwidth

    Xing-Chen Shangguan;Yong He;Chuan-Ke Zhang;Li Jin

    (2021)
    158 Citations
  • Cabin and Battery Thermal Management of Connected and Automated HEVs for Improved Energy Efficiency Using Hierarchical Model Predictive Control

    Mohammad Reza Amini;Hao Wang;Xun Gong;Dominic Liao-McPherson

    (2020)
    152 Citations
  • A Noncooperative Game Approach to Autonomous Racing

    Alexander Liniger;John Lygeros

    (2020)
    115 Citations

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