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title: "IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics: journal guide"
description: "IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics: publisher, ISSN, official website, citation metrics explained and recent papers. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and belongs to our AI collection."
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# IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- category: AI
- publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- ISSN 2168-2267
- Journal website: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6221036
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2168-2267
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S4210191041

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## Journal at a glance

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and belongs to our AI collection.

*Journal at a glance*

| Basic information | Details |
|---|---|
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Tracked ISSN | 2168-2267 |
| Our collection | AI |
| Official website | [Publisher's journal page](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6221036) |

Basic information source: https://openalex.org/S4210191041

## What the metrics mean

*How to read journal metrics*

| Metric | What it means |
|---|---|
| 2-year mean citedness | OpenAlex's reported average citation measure for a recent two-year publication window. It is not Clarivate's Journal Impact Factor or Scopus CiteScore; databases and calculation rules differ. |
| h-index | An h-index of 7 means at least 7 indexed papers have at least 7 citations each. It covers the source's indexed publication history and favors longer, larger records. |
| i10-index | Number of indexed papers with at least 10 citations. It is a count, not an average citation rate. |
| Papers / citations in OpenAlex | Indexed works and incoming citation links across the source's record. Coverage, missing metadata and indexing delays affect both totals. |
| Rank among tracked journals | Position within this site's tracked peer set and stated metric. It is not a global journal ranking, quartile or accreditation. |

OpenAlex metrics below are not official Journal Impact Factor or CiteScore values. Any dated publisher-reported value is identified separately in the submission guide. Use the publisher's current information and the metric provider, checking the reference year. A small or new journal can have volatile citation averages; a missing value is not zero.

OpenAlex metric documentation: https://help.openalex.org/data/common-attributes/

## Choosing this journal

Before submitting, check the journal’s current aims, accepted article types, review procedure, data/code requirements, publication route and charges. Distinguish a submission fee from an open-access APC. Verify required database coverage by ISSN and year; this site’s OpenAlex metrics do not establish eligibility.

[Publisher instructions](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6221036)

## Key findings

- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics has a 2-year mean citedness of 10.09 and an h-index of 246 in OpenAlex, #12 of 41 tracked AI journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 653 papers, and its papers received 57,100 citations.
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics published 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #250 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: .
- 17% of the papers IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics published in 2023–2025 are open access in OpenAlex (hybrid 3%, bronze 5% and green 8%), #39 of 41 tracked AI journals by open-access share.
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics published 1,618 papers (45 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “multi-agent systems” (136), “event-triggered control” (105) and “denial-of-service attacks” (82).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “A Survey of Imitation Learning: Algorithms, Recent Developments, and Challenges” (2024-07-18), with 231 citations.

## Citation metrics

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2-year mean citedness | 10.09 |
| h-index | 246 |
| i10-index | 5,248 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 7,339 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 404,770 |
| Rank among tracked AI journals | [#12 of 41](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/ai.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 484 | 38,507 |
| 2025 | 653 | 57,100 |
| 2024 | 437 | 55,948 |
| 2023 | 350 | 52,461 |
| 2022 | 670 | 47,322 |
| 2021 | 841 | 41,812 |
| 2020 | 839 | 33,536 |
| 2019 | 606 | 26,765 |
| 2018 | 559 | 19,659 |
| 2017 | 406 | 14,025 |
| 2016 | 412 | 9,181 |

2-year mean citedness is the recent-publication citation average reported by OpenAlex. It is a separate metric from Clarivate's Journal Impact Factor and Scopus CiteScore, with different coverage and rules; the h-index and i10-index cover the indexed publication history. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly; the site's build date is not the metric's reference year.

Official Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) values and current availability are not verified here. Consult the publisher and metric provider for the applicable reference year. Journal website: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=6221036

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 410 | 613 | 595 | 1,618 |

*Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multi-agent systems](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-agent-systems.md) | 136 |
| 2 | [event-triggered control](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/event-triggered-control.md) | 105 |
| 3 | denial-of-service attacks | 82 |
| 4 | Lyapunov stability | 66 |
| 5 | distributed control | 54 |
| 6 | nonlinear systems | 51 |
| 7 | adaptive control | 49 |
| 8 | nonlinear multi-agent systems | 49 |
| 9 | actuator faults | 48 |
| 10 | backstepping control | 44 |

*Most-cited papers published Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 231 | 8.4 | [A Survey of Imitation Learning: Algorithms, Recent Developments, and Challenges](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3395626) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-07-18 | Maryam Zare, Parham Mohsenzadeh Kebria, Abbas Khosravi et al. |
| 2 | 205 | 8.1 | [Fully Actuated System Approach for Control: An Overview](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3457584) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-09-24 | Guangren Duan |
| 3 | 195 | 6.2 | [Constructing Multiscroll Memristive Neural Network With Local Activity Memristor and Application in Image Encryption](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3377011) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-28 | Qiang Lai, Liang Yang, Genwen Hu et al. |
| 4 | 180 | 5.2 | [Data-Driven Event-Triggered Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control for Nonlinear Systems With Input Saturation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2023.3337779) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2023-12-20 | Mouquan Shen, Xianming Wang, Song Zhu et al. |
| 5 | 167 | 5.3 | [Quality Prediction Modeling for Industrial Processes Using Multiscale Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3365068) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-14 | Xiaofeng Yuan, Lingfeng Huang, Lingjian Ye et al. |

## Most-cited since November 2016

*The journal's most-cited papers published since November 2016*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 231 | 8.4 | [A Survey of Imitation Learning: Algorithms, Recent Developments, and Challenges](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3395626) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-07-18 | Maryam Zare, Parham Mohsenzadeh Kebria, Abbas Khosravi et al. |
| 2 | 205 | 8.1 | [Fully Actuated System Approach for Control: An Overview](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3457584) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-09-24 | Guangren Duan |
| 3 | 195 | 6.2 | [Constructing Multiscroll Memristive Neural Network With Local Activity Memristor and Application in Image Encryption](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3377011) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-28 | Qiang Lai, Liang Yang, Genwen Hu et al. |
| 4 | 180 | 5.2 | [Data-Driven Event-Triggered Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control for Nonlinear Systems With Input Saturation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2023.3337779) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2023-12-20 | Mouquan Shen, Xianming Wang, Song Zhu et al. |
| 5 | 167 | 5.3 | [Quality Prediction Modeling for Industrial Processes Using Multiscale Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3365068) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-14 | Xiaofeng Yuan, Lingfeng Huang, Lingjian Ye et al. |
| 6 | 165 | 6.4 | [Secure Control for Markov Jump Cyber-Physical Systems Subject to Malicious Attacks: A Resilient Hybrid Learning Scheme](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3448407) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-09-06 | Hao Shen, Yun Wang, Jiacheng Wu et al. |
| 7 | 150 | 6.0 | [Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Control for Switched Nonlinear Systems Under FDI Attacks and Input Saturation: A Flexible Transient Performance Approach](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3463689) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-10-01 | Guangdeng Zong, Hongzhen Xie, Dong Yang et al. |
| 8 | 143 | 4.5 | [Multiview Deep Subspace Clustering Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3372309) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-22 | Pengfei Zhu, Xinjie Yao, Yu Wang et al. |
| 9 | 130 | 4.1 | [CTNet: Contrastive Transformer Network for Polyp Segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3368154) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-18 | Bin Xiao, Jinwu Hu, Weisheng Li et al. |
| 10 | 120 | 3.8 | [A Two Phases Multiobjective Trajectory Optimization Scheme for Multi-UGVs in the Sight of the First Aid Scenario](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2024.3366974) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) | 2024-03-11 | Runqi Chai, Kaiyuan Chen, Bikang Hua et al. |

## Open access

*Papers per year by open-access status (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2017 | 406 | 20% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 17% | 80% |
| 2018 | 559 | 24% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 14% | 76% |
| 2019 | 606 | 27% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 9% | 15% | 73% |
| 2020 | 839 | 23% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 14% | 77% |
| 2021 | 841 | 22% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 13% | 78% |
| 2022 | 670 | 32% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 15% | 10% | 68% |
| 2023 | 350 | 31% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 69% |
| 2024 | 437 | 17% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 83% |
| 2025 | 653 | 9% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 7% | 91% |
| 2026 (so far) | 484 | 14% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 7% | 86% |

Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2026.3741184) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) |  |  |
| 2026-10-22 | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics Information for Authors](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2026.3741188) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) |  |  |
| 2026-10-22 | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics Publication Information](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2026.3741186) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) |  |  |
| 2026-10-22 | [Table of Contents](https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2026.3741182) | [IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics.md) |  |  |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-cybernetics

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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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