ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q4Scopus Q4SCImago #22,246Hybrid

AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

Acronym:accs
•
Identifier (ISSN):0146-4116(Print)/1558-108X(Online)
•
Publisher:Pleiades Publishing
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.5– 0
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q4
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

WoS Q4
01120.920230.620240.520250.52026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.5
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q4
0.195
#22,246

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
25

25 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ4
Self-Citation Rate33.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
132articles/year
0.26% Gold OA•98.04% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Automatic Control and Computer Sciences is a peer reviewed journal that publishes articles on• Control systems, cyber-physical system, real-time systems, robotics, smart sensors, embedded intelligence • Network information technologies, information security, statistical methods of data processing, distributed artificial intelligence, complex systems modeling, knowledge representation, processing and management • Signal and image processing, machine learning, machine perception, computer vision

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Computer science98.4%Mathematics65.1%Engineering52.6%Artificial intelligence42.2%Physics40.7%Operating system38.2%Programming language37.4%Computer network34.4%Algorithm31.9%Quantum mechanics30.4%Economics25.5%Telecommunications23.7%Biology23.5%Statistics23.4%Electrical engineering23.4%Philosophy21%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS

Q4
Rank83/88
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS

Q4
Rank86/88
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF0.5
Articles / Year11
Total Citations0
2025
IF0.5
Articles / Year135
Total Citations35
2024
IF0.6
Articles / Year135
Total Citations203
2023
IF0.9
Articles / Year112
Total Citations230
2022
IF—
Articles / Year103
Total Citations307

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #22,246Scopus Q4SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1973-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Computer ScienceEngineering
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q4
0.195

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q4
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.86

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,579 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations297
3-Year Documents350
Citable Documents350

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate31.2%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Control and Systems EngineeringQ4
Signal ProcessingQ4
SoftwareQ4
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 33.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Computer Science
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES (acronym: accs, ISSN: 0146-4116) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS, published by Pleiades Publishing in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.50, ranking in quartile Q4 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.195 (Q4), an H-index of 25.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 8 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 132 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,579 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Pleiades Publishing
Publication Language
English
Frequency
8 issues per year
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusPubMed

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 8b600a29-c50a-4e05-b276-2794ac51576d
Database Updated: 2026-09-30