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International Journal of Control
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International Journal of Control

0020-7179

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcon20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 143 191 264 23
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 244 31 47 11
Engineering and Technology 639 45 80 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 289
Documents by Best Scientists*: 379
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 131
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.681
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Control?

The objective of International Journal of Control is to combine knowledge in the areas of Control theory, Nonlinear system, Mathematical optimization, Linear system and Applied mathematics. International Journal of Control dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Control theory and Control engineering. The study on Control engineering presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Control (management).

International Journal of Control connects the study in Nonlinear system with the closely related area of Stability (probability). The journal features Mathematical optimization research that overlaps with concepts in Algorithm. The research on Applied mathematics discussed in International Journal of Control draws on the closely related field of Mathematical analysis.

Mathematical analysis works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Differential equation. Linear-quadratic-Gaussian control is the primary subject of Optimal control works presented in it.

  • Control theory (63.02%)
  • Nonlinear system (15.74%)
  • Mathematical optimization (14.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • All optimal Hankel-norm approximations of linear multivariable systems and their L, ∞ -error bounds† (2657 citations)
  • Flatness and defect of non-linear systems: introductory theory and examples (2586 citations)
  • Higher-order sliding modes, differentiation and output-feedback control (2174 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Control:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Control theory, Nonlinear system, Control engineering, Linear system and Control theory. Many of the studies tackled in the most cited articles connect Control theory with a similar field of study like Mathematical optimization. The journal publications hold forums on Linear system that merge themes from other disciplines such as Matrix (mathematics), Discrete time and continuous time and Applied mathematics.

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

  • Control theory
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Control theory, Nonlinear system, Applied mathematics, Control (management) and Control (linguistics). In it, Class (computer programming) and Tracking (particle physics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Control theory research. Most of the works presented in International Journal of Control deals with Class (computer programming) but it intersects with the subject of Output feedback.

Nonlinear system research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Finite time, Multi-agent system and Observer (quantum physics). The studies on Multi-agent system discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Distributed computing and Topology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Applied mathematics, it also covered topics in Class (set theory), State (functional analysis), Exponential stability and Optimal control.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Stabilisation of multi-weights stochastic complex networks with time-varying delay driven by G-Brownian motion via aperiodically intermittent adaptive control (27 citations)
  • Discrete-time sliding-surface based control of parametrically uncertain nonlinear systems with unknown time-delay and inaccessible switching mode detection (21 citations)
  • TABLF-based adaptive control for uncertain nonlinear systems with time-varying asymmetric full-state constraints (13 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 International Journal of Control (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stephen A. Billings (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David H. Owens (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Isaac Horowitz (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicos Karcanias (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric Rogers (36 papers) absent at the last 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 International Journal of Control (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Sheffield (156 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (131 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (123 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (96 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beihang University (89 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 4.37% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.85% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.62% of all publications and 71.88% 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

  • From linear to nonlinear MPC: bridging the gap via the real-time iteration

    Sébastien Gros;Mario Zanon;Rien Quirynen;Alberto Bemporad

    (2020)
    369 Citations
  • FORCES NLP: an efficient implementation of interior-point methods for multistage nonlinear nonconvex programs

    Andrea Zanelli;Alexander Domahidi;Juan Luis Jerez;Manfred Morari

    (2020)
    202 Citations
  • A simple effective heuristic for embedded mixed-integer quadratic programming

    Reza Takapoui;Nicholas Moehle;Stephen P. Boyd;Alberto Bemporad

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • Stochastic model predictive control with joint chance constraints

    Joel A. Paulson;Edward A. Buehler;Richard D. Braatz;Ali Mesbah

    (2020)
    135 Citations
  • A shift in paradigm for system identification

    Lennart Ljung;Tianshi Chen;Biqiang Mu

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • Fault detection and isolation for discrete-time descriptor systems based on H −/L ∞ observer and zonotopic residual evaluation

    Wentao Tang;Zhenhua Wang;Yi Shen

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • A fault tolerant tracking control for a quadrotor UAV subject to simultaneous actuator faults and exogenous disturbances

    Seema Mallavalli;Afef Fekih

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Detection of intermittent faults for nonuniformly sampled multi-rate systems with dynamic quantisation and missing measurements

    Yong Zhang;Zidong Wang;Fuad E. Alsaadi

    (2020)
    50 Citations

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