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Impact Factor

IET Control Theory & Applications' Impact Factor increased by 26% to 1.717 in 2010. Citation data released by Thomson Reuters represents a 7 year high for the journal.

Scope

Published 12 times a year, IET Control Theory & Applications is devoted to control systems in the broadest sense, covering new theoretical results and the applications of new and established control methods. Among the topics of interest are system modelling, identification and simulation, the analysis and design of control systems (including computer-aided design), and practical implementation. The scope encompasses technological, economic, physiological (biomedical) and other systems, including man-machine interfaces.

Most of the papers published deal with original work from industrial and government laboratories and universities, but subject reviews and tutorial expositions of current methods are welcomed. Correspondence discussing published papers is also welcomed.

Applications papers need not necessarily involve new theory; papers which describe new realisations of established methods, or control techniques applied in a novel situation, or practical studies which compare various designs, would be of interest. Of particular value are theoretical papers which discuss the applicability of new work, or applications which engender new theoretical applications.

Special Issues

Continuous-time Model Identification – Guest Edited by Hugues Garnier, Torsten Söderström and Juan Yuz – Now closed for submissions

Implementation of Feedback Controllers on Special Purpose Hardware – Guest Edited by Jan Maciejowski and Keck-Voon Ling – Submit Now!

Advances in Complex Control Systems Theory and Applications – Guest Edited by Amin Nobakhti, Amir Hussain and Hong Wang – Recently published!

Featured Paper

Contraction theory-based recursive design of stabilising controller for a class of non-linear systems, Vol.4, No.6, p.1005–1018

Author and Reader Benefits

• Worldwide readership and database coverage – including SCI-E (ISI), EI Compendex, Scopus and Inspec
• All content also available via the IEEE Xplore digital library
• Rapid times to 1st decision (typically less than 16 weeks)
• No page charges to authors
• Inheritance of Impact Factor credentials of IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications
• Review/survey papers freely available on the IET Digital Library for 2 years from publication

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Citing this Journal

IET Control Theory and Applications is usually cited by the abbreviated title 'IET Control Theory Appl.' Every article in this journal is assigned a Crossref DOI, which is displayed on the article abstract page.

Previous Title

Online subscribers to IET Control Theory and Applications can access all backfile issues from 2007 onwards as well as all backfile issues of IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications from 1994-2006 as part of their current online subscription.