Nonlinear Analysis-Hybrid Systems

Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems is a journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, published by Elsevier.《Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems》是国际自动控制联合会的期刊，由 Elsevier 出版。

It addresses systems that combine discrete logic with continuous dynamics, such as switched, impulsive, jump-flow and piecewise affine models.刊物研究离散逻辑与连续动态相结合的系统，例如切换系统与脉冲系统，也包括跳变流系统和分段仿射模型。

The journal sits at the junction of control theory and computer science, drawing on applied mathematics, with applications across cyber-physical systems.刊物处在控制理论与计算机科学的交汇处，也借助应用数学工具，应用面向信息物理系统。

Scope

• Modelling, modelling languages and specification are listed first among the journal's interests.建模、建模语言与规范位列刊物关注方向之首。
• Analysis, computability and complexity are treated as core mathematical questions for hybrid systems.分析、可计算性与复杂度被视为混合系统的核心数学问题。
• Stochastic hybrid systems and impulsive systems each have a dedicated place in the scope.随机混合系统与脉冲系统在范围内各有专门位置。
• Hybrid automata, timed automata and piecewise affine systems are named as canonical model classes.混合自动机、定时自动机与分段仿射系统被列为典型模型类别。
• Application studies are welcome when they expose a modelling or analysis problem that generalises beyond the specific case.应用研究只要揭示出可推广到具体案例之外的建模或分析问题，就受到欢迎。
• Formal verification and abstraction connect the journal to computer science, especially for safety-critical designs.形式验证与抽象把刊物与计算机科学连接起来，在安全攸关设计中尤其如此。
• Optimization and controller synthesis form a large share of published work, often with guarantees on stability or safety.优化与控制器综合占已发表工作的很大比重，常附带稳定性或安全性保证。
• Control over communication networks is included, covering self-triggered and event-triggered schemes.通信网络上的控制纳入范围，涵盖自触发与事件触发方案。
• Network science and multi-agent systems appear regularly, as do fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control.网络科学与多智能体系统经常出现，故障诊断与容错控制同样如此。
• Simulation, implementation and tools are accepted as subjects in their own right, not merely as support for theory.仿真、实现与工具本身即可作为主题，而不只是理论的附属。
• Safety, security, privacy and resilience for cyber-physical systems form a distinct cluster within the journal.信息物理系统的安全性、安保、隐私以及韧性已形成一个独立集群。
• Planning and integrated control in dynamical systems are included, linking hybrid methods to task-level decision making.动态系统中的规划与集成控制也在范围内，把混合方法接到任务级决策上。
• Application papers are encouraged in manufacturing and automotive work, and also in avionics, energy, transport and robotics.刊物鼓励制造业与汽车领域的应用论文，也欢迎航空和能源方向，交通与机器人研究同样在列。
• Biomedical and synthetic biology applications are accepted, including models of firing neurons and other non-smooth biological processes.生物医学与合成生物学应用可以投稿，包括放电神经元模型与其他非光滑生物过程。
• Non-smooth mechanics with impacts and friction is one example, and switched power converters or walking robots show the same underlying structure.带碰撞与摩擦的非光滑力学是一个例子，切换功率变换器和步行机器人同样属于编辑希望看到的应用。

History

• Volume 1, issue 1 appeared in March 2007, when the title was launched as a companion to Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications.第一卷第一期于 2007 年 3 月问世，当时作为 Nonlinear Analysis 系列理论方法刊的姊妹刊推出。
• The journal has carried the IFAC imprint from the start, which ties it to the automatic control community rather than to pure mathematics.刊物自创刊起带有国际自动控制联合会标识，因而更贴近自动控制学界而非纯数学领域。
• One volume appeared each year until 2011, two volumes from 2013 and four volumes from 2019 onward.2011 年以前每年一卷，2013 年起每年两卷，2019 年起增至每年四卷。
• Volume 63 is scheduled for 2027, and the 2025 output was 69 citable items across four volumes.2027 年计划出版第 63 卷，2025 年四卷合计 69 篇可被引文献。
• The editorial board has grown to 36 members, reflecting the widening base of hybrid systems research.编委会已扩展至 36 位成员，反映混合系统研究基础的扩大。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.2, with a five-year value of 3.2 and a 95.8th percentile in Mathematics, Applied.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，五年影响因子为 3.2，在应用数学类别位于 95.8 百分位。
• In Automation and Control Systems the title sits in the second quartile at rank 31 of 88, while its Journal Citation Indicator ranks 41 of 345 in applied mathematics.在自动化与控制系统类别，刊物位于第二四分位，排名 88 种期刊中的第 31 位，其期刊引证指标在应用数学的 345 种期刊中排第 41 位。
• Impact factors fell from 6.163 in 2021 and 5.477 in 2022 to 3.7 in 2023, then moved to 4.1 in 2024 and 3.2 in 2025.影响因子从 2021 年的 6.163 和 2022 年的 5.477 降至 2023 年的 3.7，2024 年为 4.1，2025 年为 3.2。
• CiteScore stands at 7.9, well above the impact factor, which reflects the journal's heavy citation in engineering literature.CiteScore 为 7.9，明显高于影响因子，反映出刊物在工程文献中的高被引程度。
• The title is hybrid, with an open access option priced at 3,570 dollars and a subscription route for institutions.刊物采用混合模式，开放获取选项价格为 3570 美元，同时为机构保留订阅渠道。
• OpenAlex records 1,603 works for the journal, a corpus whose growth tracks the wider expansion of cyber-physical systems research.OpenAlex 收录该刊 1603 项成果，其增长与信息物理系统研究的整体扩张同步。
• Two honorary editors, Alessandro Giua and Janan Zaytoon, represent the discrete-event and hybrid control traditions that shaped the journal.两位名誉编辑 Alessandro Giua 与 Janan Zaytoon 代表了塑造刊物的离散事件控制与混合控制传统。
• The title belongs to the Nonlinear Analysis family, whose other members concentrate on theory and methods, and also on real-world applications.刊物属于 Nonlinear Analysis 系列，该系列的其他成员侧重理论和方法，也关注现实应用。

Editors

• Maurice Heemels of Eindhoven University of Technology is Editor-in-Chief, working on hybrid and networked control systems.埃因霍温理工大学的 Maurice Heemels 担任主编，研究混合控制与网络化控制系统。
• Raphaël Jungers of UCLouvain serves as Deputy Editor, with interests in optimization, control and machine learning.鲁汶大学的 Raphaël Jungers 出任副主编，研究方向为优化、控制与机器学习。
• Senior editors are Kai Cai at Osaka Metropolitan University, Romain Postoyan at CNRS and George Yin at the University of Connecticut.高级编辑包括大阪公立大学的 Kai Cai，法国国家科研中心的 Romain Postoyan，以及康涅狄格大学的 George Yin。
• The board has 36 members from 14 countries, with seven in the United States, five in Italy and four in the Netherlands.编委会由 14 个国家的 36 位成员组成，其中美国 7 位，意大利 5 位，荷兰 4 位。
• Among respondents to the diversity survey, 68 percent are men, 29 percent are women and 4 percent prefer not to disclose.多样性调查的回复者中，男性占 68%，女性占 29%，4% 不愿披露。
• Associate editors cover formal methods through Erika Abraham at RWTH Aachen and networked control through Sam Coogan at Georgia Tech.副编辑覆盖形式化方法，例如亚琛工业大学的 Erika Abraham，也覆盖网络化控制，例如佐治亚理工学院的 Sam Coogan。
• Impulsive and non-smooth systems are represented by Stephan Trenn at Groningen, and optimization by Pavithra Prabhakar at New Mexico.格罗宁根大学的 Stephan Trenn 代表脉冲与非光滑系统方向，新墨西哥大学的 Pavithra Prabhakar 代表优化方向。
• Robotics and learning-based control appear through Pushpak Jagtap at the Indian Institute of Science and Abolfazl Lavaei at Newcastle.印度科学理工学院的 Pushpak Jagtap 与纽卡斯尔大学的 Abolfazl Lavaei 体现了机器人学与基于学习的控制方向。
• Members come from Europe and North America, and also from Asia, Latin America and North Africa, which keeps the review base broad.成员来自欧洲与北美，也来自亚洲、拉丁美洲和北非，使刊物的评审基础保持广泛。
• Alessandro Giua of Cagliari and Janan Zaytoon of Reims are listed as honorary editors.卡利亚里大学的 Alessandro Giua 与兰斯大学的 Janan Zaytoon 担任名誉编辑。
• Papers are handled by an editor and referees, and the journal states that contributions in all areas of hybrid dynamical systems are invited.稿件由编辑与审稿人处理，刊物表示欢迎混合动力系统各个方向的投稿。
• The editorial board includes both control engineers and computer scientists, matching the journal's interdisciplinary remit.编委会同时包括控制工程师与计算机科学家，与刊物的跨学科定位相称。
• A board drawn from control engineering and computer science suits papers that combine proofs with implementations.由控制工程与计算机科学人员组成的编委会，适合兼具证明与实现的论文。