Automatica

Automatica is a monthly journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control, founded in 1963 and published by Pergamon, an imprint of Elsevier, covering systems and control, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.2《自动控制》是国际自动控制联合会的官方月刊，1963 年创刊，由（Elsevier）旗下（Pergamon）出版，覆盖系统与控制领域，2025 年影响因子为 6.2。

Scope

• Automatica is a leading archival publication in the field of systems and control《自动控制》是系统与控制领域领先的档案性出版物。
• The field today spans a broad set of areas and topics, and the journal keeps abreast of its evolution while driving trends in the field该领域如今涵盖广泛的领域与议题，期刊紧跟其演进并引领领域潮流。
• Its impact extends beyond the field itself, into communications, computers, biology, energy and economics其影响超越领域本身，延伸至通信、计算机、生物、能源与经济。
• The journal features a characteristic blend of theoretical and applied papers of archival, lasting value该刊以理论与应用兼备、具档案性持久价值的论文为特色。
• Articles appear in distinct categories, including regular papers, brief papers, survey papers, technical communiqués, correspondence items and book reviews论文分明确类别刊出，包括长论文、短论文、综述、技术快报、通信与书评。
• Special issues are occasionally published on emerging new topics or established mature topics of interest to a broad audience期刊不定期出版特刊，主题或为新兴议题，或为广受关注的成熟议题。
• The journal solicits original high-quality contributions in all areas of systems and control interpreted in a broad sense该刊征集广义系统与控制各领域的原创高质量稿件。

History

• The journal was founded in 1963 and became a journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, in 1969该刊创办于 1963 年，并于 1969 年成为国际自动控制联合会（IFAC）的期刊。^[1]
• Anniversaries of IFAC and its publications have been reviewed in the journal's own pages国际自控联合会及其出版物的周年历程曾在该刊版面上得到回顾。^[2]
• The founding Editor-in-Chief was G.S. Axelby, who served from 1969 to 1993创刊主编（G.S. Axelby）的任期为 1969 年至 1993 年。
• He was followed by Huibert Kwakernaak from 1994 to 2003, Tamer Basar from 2004 to 2014 and Roberto Tempo from 2014 to 2017其后（Huibert Kwakernaak）于 1994 年至 2003 年、（Tamer Basar）于 2004 年至 2014 年、（Roberto Tempo）于 2014 年至 2017 年相继出任主编。
• Andrew Teel of the University of California, Santa Barbara served as Editor-in-Chief before the current holder of the post加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校的（Andrew Teel）在现任主编之前执掌该刊。
• Since 2026 the Editor-in-Chief has been Sophie Tarbouriech of LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse, the first woman to head an IFAC journal, who had served as Deputy Editor since 20232026 年起，主编由图卢兹（LAAS-CNRS）的（Sophie Tarbouriech）出任，她是（IFAC）期刊的首位女性主编，此前自 2023 年起任副主编。
• The journal appears monthly under print ISSN 0005-1098 and electronic ISSN 1873-2836, and operates as a hybrid journal with an article processing charge of 3,760 US dollars该刊按月出版，印刷 ISSN 为 0005-1098，电子 ISSN 为 1873-2836，为混合型期刊，开放获取发表需支付 3760 美元的文章处理费。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.944 in 2021 through 6.15 in 2022 and 5.9 in 2024 to 6.2 in 2025, ranking 18th among 88 journals in Automation and Control Systems其影响因子由 2021 年的 5.944 经 2022 年的 6.15 与 2024 年的 5.9 走至 2025 年的 6.2，在自动化与控制系统类 88 种期刊中列第 18 位。

Editors

• The editorial team comprises the Editor-in-Chief, a Deputy Editor-in-Chief and nine subject editors overseeing optimization, nonlinear systems, adaptive and distributed control, applications, networks, theory, identification, surveys and short publications编辑团队由主编、副主编与 9 位领域编辑组成，分管优化、非线性系统、自适应与分布式控制、应用、网络、理论、辨识、综述与短文。
• Some 134 associate editors handle submissions across the full breadth of systems and control约 134 位领域编委负责处理覆盖系统与控制全领域的稿件。
• The associate editors come from 25 countries and regions, led by the United States with 24, Italy with 21, and France and China with 11 each领域编委来自 25 个国家和地区，其中美国 24 位、意大利 21 位、法国与中国各 11 位。
• Further countries include Canada, Australia and Singapore with 8 each, and Germany with 6其余国家包括加拿大、澳大利亚与新加坡各 8 位，德国 6 位。
• Past editors-in-chief remain associated with the journal as emeritus editors历任主编以荣誉主编身份继续与该刊保持联系。