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Journal of Control and Decision
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Journal of Control and Decision

2330-7706

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjcd20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 385 27 33 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 56
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 24
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.475
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Control and Decision?

The main research concerns discussed in Journal of Control and Decision are Control theory, Nonlinear system, Control (management), Mathematical optimization and Multi-agent system. It connects research in Control theory with the related topic of Control engineering. Research on Control engineering addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Control system.

Nonlinear system study tackled is connected to the field of Controllability. Specifically, studies on Optimal control are prevalent in the Mathematical optimization works discussed. It investigates Multi-agent system research which frequently intersects with Distributed computing.

  • Control theory (40.31%)
  • Nonlinear system (15.71%)
  • Control (management) (12.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A rewriting system for convex optimization problems (218 citations)
  • The event-driven paradigm for control, communication and optimization (63 citations)
  • Direct adaptive actuator failure compensation control: a tutorial (60 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Control and Decision:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Control theory, Operations research, Distributed computing, Multi-agent system and Convergence (routing). The most cited publications explore topics in Control theory which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Constraint (information theory) and Reliability (computer networking). While Convergence (routing) is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Event (computing), Key (cryptography) and Hybrid system.

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

  • Control theory
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Control and Decision primarily focuses on research topics in Control theory, Control (management), Nonlinear system, Operations research and Order (business). Among the topics covered in the journal are Control theory and Control (linguistics). In Journal of Control and Decision, Chain (algebraic topology), Disturbance (geology) and Compensation (engineering) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Control (management) research.

The presented studies in H control fall within the purview of Nonlinear system but it also intertwines with topics in Dissipative system. The work on Operations research tackled in it brings together disciplines like Joint (building) and Cloud computing. It explores research in Order (business) alongside concepts in Differential equation and other areas of study in Applied mathematics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Piecewise linear programming approach to solve multi-objective matrix games with I-fuzzy goals (3 citations)
  • A method for emergency response alternative decision-making under uncertainty (1 citations)
  • Reliability analysis for a cold standby system under stepwise Poisson shocks (1 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 Journal of Control and Decision (based on the number of publications) are:

  • R. Uthayakumar (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Krishnan Balachandran (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Yuyan Wang (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shumin Fei (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Yu-Hsien Liao (3 papers) published 2 papers 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 Journal of Control and Decision (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Northeastern University (China) (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Gandhigram Rural Institute (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bharathiar University (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Southeast University (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (5 papers) absent at the last 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, 12.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.89% of all publications and 55.56% 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

  • Recent advances in distributed adaptive consensus control of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems

    Wei Wang;Jiang Long;Changyun Wen;Jiangshuai Huang

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Fault diagnosis and accommodation with flight control applications

    Bin Jiang;Ke Zhang;Chun Liu;Hao Yang

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Quadratic stabilisation of switched affine systems

    Minqing Xiao;Guisheng Zhai;Chi Huang

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Detection and isolation of false data injection attack via adaptive Kalman filter bank

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Robust <i>H</i>∞ path tracking control of autonomous vehicles with delay and actuator saturation

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • H∞-PID distributed control for output leader-tracking and containment of heterogeneous MASs with external disturbances

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Mean square consensus of uncertain discrete-time stochastic multi-agent systems with x-dependent noise

    Shuang Liang;Zhongxin Liu;Zengqiang Chen

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Adaptive region reaching control of fully actuated ocean surface vessels

    X. M. Sun;S. S. Ge;S. S. Ge;Q. Xu;Y. Zhou

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • ADP-based intelligent frequency control via adaptive virtual inertia emulation

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Hybrid robust fault detection and isolation of satellite reaction wheel actuators

    (2022)
    4 Citations

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