IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems is a quarterly journal sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and published by IEEE since 2014, covering control, estimation and optimization over networked systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.3《IEEE 网络系统控制汇刊》是由（IEEE Control Systems Society）主办、（IEEE）自 2014 年起出版的季刊，研究网络化系统中的控制、估计与优化，2025 年影响因子为 5.3。

Scope

• Collaborative control and multi-agent systems协同控制与多智能体系统。
• Distributed learning and distributed optimization分布式学习与分布式优化。
• Distributed estimation and dynamical systems over graphs分布式估计与图上的动力系统。
• Control of collective behavior and synchronization across networks群体行为控制与网络同步。
• Coevolutionary networks and large-scale complex systems协同演化网络与大规模复杂系统。
• Control under communication constraints, and control and computation over sensor networks通信约束下的控制，以及传感器网络上的控制与计算。
• Applications in smart infrastructure, swarm robotics, systems biology, smart health, communications, transportation, power systems and social networks在智能基础设施、群体机器人、系统生物学、智慧医疗、通信、交通、电力系统与社交网络中的应用。

History

• The journal was approved by the CSS Board of Governors in November 2012 and launched in 2014, with volume 1, issue 1 dated March 2014该刊于 2012 年 11 月获（IEEE Control Systems Society）理事会批准，2014 年创刊，第 1 卷第 1 期于 2014 年 3 月出版。
• It is sponsored by the Control Systems Society, with technical co-sponsorship from the Circuits and Systems, Communications, Computer and Robotics and Automation Societies该刊由控制系统学会主办，并由电路与系统、通信、计算机以及机器人与自动化学会提供技术协办。
• It appears quarterly and is distributed online through IEEE Xplore该刊为季刊，通过（IEEE Xplore）在线发行。
• It is a hybrid journal, and the article processing charge for open access papers submitted in 2026 is 2160 dollars该刊为混合开放获取期刊，2026 年投稿的开放获取论文版面费为 2160 美元。
• In 2018 it adopted the IEEE Alternate Transactions article template and limits submissions to 12 pages, with 10 pages for the paper and 2 for an appendix2018 年起采用（IEEE）替代汇刊模板，投稿上限为 12 页，其中正文 10 页、附录 2 页。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 3.502 in 2021, 4.347 in 2022, 5.0 in 2024 and 5.3 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 3.502，2022 年为 4.347，2024 年为 5.0，2025 年为 5.3。

Editors

• Lacra Pavel of the University of Toronto is editor-in-chief现任主编为（University of Toronto）的 Lacra Pavel。
• Ioannis Paschalidis of Boston University was the inaugural editor-in-chief, appointed in 2013 with Magnus Egerstedt of Georgia Tech as deputy首任主编为（Boston University）的 Ioannis Paschalidis，2013 年任命，（Georgia Tech）的 Magnus Egerstedt 任副主编。
• About fifty editors serve the journal, among them Keyou You of Tsinghua University, Daniel Zelazo of the Technion and Hao Zhu of the University of Texas at Austin该刊约有五十位编辑，其中包括（Tsinghua University）的 Keyou You、（Technion）的 Daniel Zelazo 与（University of Texas at Austin）的 Hao Zhu。
• Manuscripts are submitted as PDF files through the CONES submission site run by the Control Systems Society, and an ORCID is required for every author稿件以 PDF 形式经控制系统学会的（CONES）投稿系统提交，所有作者均须提供（ORCID）。
• The journal confers an annual TCNS Outstanding Paper Award该刊每年评选（TCNS）杰出论文奖。
• Special issues are published, human and animal studies must be confirmed at submission, and computer code may accompany accepted articles该刊出版特刊，涉及人体或动物研究的稿件须在投稿时确认伦理审批，录用论文可附计算机代码。