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SIAM JOURNAL ON CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
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SIAM JOURNAL ON CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION

0363-0129

Published by: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

https://www.siam.org/publications/journals/siam-journal-on-control-and-optimization-sicon

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 58 89 142 21
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 185 73 107 19
Engineering and Technology 515 43 69 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 194
Documents by Best Scientists*: 254
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 133
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.316
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Siam Journal on Control and Optimization?

The scientific interests tackled in Siam Journal on Control and Optimization are Mathematical analysis, Optimal control, Applied mathematics, Mathematical optimization and Control theory. Issues in Mathematical analysis were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Boundary (topology), Controllability and Pure mathematics. Siam Journal on Control and Optimization connects research in Controllability with the related topic of Observability.

The Optimal control works featured in Siam Journal on Control and Optimization incorporate elements from State (functional analysis), Riccati equation and Bellman equation. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Riccati equation but it intersects with the subject of Linear-quadratic regulator. Bellman equation study tackled is connected to the field of Viscosity solution.

It explores topics in Mathematical optimization which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Convergence (routing) and Markov chain. Presentations on Control theory include those discussing Nonlinear system, Linear system, Lyapunov function, Control system and Control theory. The main emphasis of it is the research on Nonlinear system, emphasizing the topic of Nonlinear control.

  • Mathematical analysis (29.66%)
  • Optimal control (22.04%)
  • Applied mathematics (21.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Supervisory control of a class of discrete event processes (3012 citations)
  • Monotone Operators and the Proximal Point Algorithm (2826 citations)
  • Finite-Time Stability of Continuous Autonomous Systems (2754 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Siam Journal on Control and Optimization:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Mathematical analysis, Mathematical optimization, Control theory, Optimal control and Applied mathematics. In addition to Mathematical analysis research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Boundary (topology) and Controllability. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Mathematical optimization, it also covers topics in Convergence (routing) and Markov chain.

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

  • Mathematical analysis
  • Statistics
  • Algebra

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Applied mathematics, Optimal control, Control theory, Mathematical analysis and Mathematical optimization are the subjects of interest in the journal. The tackled Applied mathematics research is interrelated with Nonlinear system which concerns subjects like State (functional analysis). It connects the study in Optimal control with the closely related area of Finite element method.

Some problems in Control theory that were presented in Siam Journal on Control and Optimization overlapped with concepts under State (computer science) and Stability (probability). While work presented in Siam Journal on Control and Optimization provided substantial information on Mathematical analysis, it also covered topics in Work (thermodynamics), Boundary (topology) and Controllability. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Mathematical optimization, apply to Process (computing) as well.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nonlinear quasi-hemivariational inequalities: existence and optimal control (11 citations)
  • Projected Dynamical Systems on Irregular, Non-Euclidean Domains for Nonlinear Optimization (8 citations)
  • Geometric Analysis of Differential-Algebraic Equations via Linear Control Theory (7 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 Siam Journal on Control and Optimization (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karl Kunisch (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard B. Vinter (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harold J. Kushner (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eduardo Casas (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vivek S. Borkar (31 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 Siam Journal on Control and Optimization (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Michigan (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Graz (22 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, 82.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 3.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% 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

  • Adaptive Tracking Control of Hybrid Switching Markovian Systems with Its Applications

    Unknown

    (2023)
    202 Citations
  • Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Methods to (Almost) Locally Optimal Policies

    Kaiqing Zhang;Alec Koppel;Hao Zhu;Tamer Başar

    (2020)
    172 Citations
  • On Identification of Boolean Control Networks

    (2021)
    136 Citations
  • Nonlinear quasi-hemivariational inequalities: existence and optimal control

    Shengda Zeng;Stanisław Migórski;Akhtar A. Khan

    (2021)
    120 Citations
  • Exponential Stability of Delayed Systems with Average-Delay Impulses

    Bangxin Jiang;Jianquan Lu;Yang Liu

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Dynamic Event-Triggered Leader-Follower Consensus Control for MultiAgent Systems

    (2022)
    109 Citations
  • Noncoercive Lyapunov Functions for Input-to-State Stability of Infinite-Dimensional Systems

    Birgit Jacob;Andrii Mironchenko;Jonathan R. Partington;Fabian Wirth

    (2020)
    66 Citations

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