Annual Reviews in Control

Annual Reviews in Control is a peer-reviewed review journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, published by Elsevier since 1996, which reached a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.4（Annual Reviews in Control）是（IFAC）（国际自动控制联合会）的同行评审综述期刊，由（Elsevier）自 1996 年起出版，2025 年影响因子为 14.4。

Scope

• It publishes comprehensive and visionary review articles that map the state of the art of control该刊发表全面而具前瞻性的综述文章，描绘控制领域的最新技术水平。
• Survey articles must add substantial technical value to the state of the art of main methodologies and technical advances综述文章须对主流方法与技术进展作出实质性的技术贡献。
• Vision articles address cutting-edge and emerging topics with a forward-looking perspective观点文章着眼前沿与新兴主题，具有前瞻视野。
• Its thematic coverage spans networked and cyber-physical systems, robotics, energy and water management, transportation, health care and smart cities主题覆盖网络化与信息物理系统、机器人、能源与水管理、交通、医疗与智慧城市。
• It also addresses human-in-the-loop control, social networks and the joint dynamics of computers, software, networks and physical processes还涉及人在回路控制、社交网络以及计算机、软件、网络与物理过程的联合动力学。
• The journal highlights technology-driven societal grand challenges and the deployment of new digital technologies该刊关注技术驱动的社会重大挑战与新型数字技术的应用。

History

• It was launched in 1996 as the successor of Annual Review in Automatic Programming该刊于 1996 年创刊，接续（Annual Review in Automatic Programming）。
• It is an official journal of IFAC and is published on its behalf by Elsevier它是（IFAC）的官方期刊，由（Elsevier）代为出版。
• Its volumes grew from volume 20 in 1996 to volumes 61 and 62 in 2026卷号从 1996 年的第 20 卷增至 2026 年的第 61 卷与第 62 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.091 in 2021 to 10.699 in 2022, 10.7 in 2024 and 14.4 in 2025影响因子从 2021 年的 6.091 升至 2022 年的 10.699，2024 年为 10.7，2025 年为 14.4。
• IFAC and Elsevier jointly award the triennial Annual Reviews in Control Paper Prize（IFAC）与（Elsevier）每三年联合颁发（Annual Reviews in Control）论文奖。^[1]
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus and ranks first quartile in automation and control systems该刊被 SCIE 与 Scopus 收录，在自动化与控制系统学科位列第一分区（Q1）。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Herve Panetto of the Research Center for Automatic Control of Nancy in France主编为（Herve Panetto），来自法国的（Research Center for Automatic Control of Nancy）。
• The Deputy Editor-in-Chief is Takeshi Hatanaka of the Institute of Science Tokyo in Japan副主编为（Takeshi Hatanaka），来自日本的（Institute of Science Tokyo）。
• The Advisory Board includes Christos Cassandras, Pramod Khargonekar, Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue and Tariq Samad顾问委员会包括（Christos Cassandras）、（Pramod Khargonekar）、（Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue）与（Tariq Samad）。
• Other advisory members include Iven Mareels and Carlos Eduardo Pereira其他顾问成员包括（Iven Mareels）与（Carlos Eduardo Pereira）。
• Associate editors include Ming Cao, Emilia Fridman, Giulia Giordano, Maurice Heemels and Karl H. Johansson副编辑包括（Ming Cao）、（Emilia Fridman）、（Giulia Giordano）、（Maurice Heemels）与（Karl H. Johansson）。^[2]
• Further associate editors include Lei Guo, Naira Hovakimyan, Marija Ilic and Melanie Zeilinger还有（Lei Guo）、（Naira Hovakimyan）、（Marija Ilic）与（Melanie Zeilinger）等副编辑。