Publication

IEEE Systems Journal

Publication Menu

IEEE Xplore Journal Bibliometrics
Impact Factor
4.4
Eigenfactor® Score
0.01977
Article Influence® Score
0.885
CiteScore
9.1
Scope

This publication provides a systems-level, focused forum for application-oriented manuscripts that address complex systems and system-of-systems of national and global significance. It intends to encourage and facilitate cooperation and interaction among IEEE Societies with systems-level and systems engineering interest, and to attract non-IEEE contributors and readers from around the globe. Our IEEE Systems Council job is to address issues in new ways that are not solvable in the domains of the existing IEEE or other societies or global organizations. These problems do not fit within traditional hierarchical boundaries. For example, disaster response such as that triggered by hurricanes, tsunamis, or volcanic eruptions is not solvable by pure engineering solutions. We need to think about changing and enlarging the paradigm to include systems issues.

JOURNAL NEED: The journal is intended to stimulate awareness, appreciation and utilization of systems thinking and the supporting systems engineering disciplines, especially for complex systems, systems-of-systems, complex cyber-physical systems, and complex smart systems, across many domains and application areas.

Attention will be directed to theory, technology, design methodology, management, applications, successful lessons, impact in the real life, and social implications. In particular, but not only, themes that will be addressed include architectures, complexity, dynamics, integration, interoperability, adaptability, completeness, effectiveness, modeling, analysis, simulation, development tools and environments, engineering, science, mission assurance, regulatory compliance, robustness, reliability, availability, safety, maintainability, quality, risk management, interaction, usability, human factors, privacy, deployment, management, operations, communications, security, standards, applications, ethics, and education.

Examples of in-scope papers: Papers considering systems in which several independent entities are interacting and cooperating. For example, networked systems such as power grids, sensor networks, multi-agent systems, and communication networks are considered in-scope, when the main focus is not just one component of the network. In other words, the analysis and design should take the interaction between these components into account.

Examples of out-of-scope papers: Papers considering one single system or one specific component of a network. For example, papers dealing with one specific power grid component, such as inverters, transformers, etc. are considered out-of-scope. Note that a feedback control system, although it consists of different components such as a plant, a controller, an actuator, and a sensor, is considered just one system, so this type of control system is out-of-scope, no matter how complex the controller is. A system consisting of a transmitter and a receiver is also not within this journal’s scope because these two devices are considered one system combined. Papers merely dealing with graph theory are not in-scope. Papers dealing with neural networks and fuzzy systems are not in scope, unless they are used to address a problem related to, for example, interconnected systems. Also, papers based only on data analysis are out-of-scope because they do not tackle a complex system from the systems engineering viewpoint. Papers on pure cryptography with no impact analysis on the communication network are also out-of-scope. BioMed applications related to brain interface or related to robotic vision or image processing are considered out-of-scope even though these are complex problems. There are other IEEE journals for this type of application. Papers related to signal and image processing techniques are out-of-scope.

Description

APPROPRIATE USE OF BIBLIOMETRICS: IEEE has issued a recommendation about the appropriate use of bibliometric indices.

NEW ISSUE ALERT: IEEE Xplore offers free subscription to the alerting system. When a new issue is posted in IEEE Xplore, the system sends you an email with the link to the table of content. Log in IEEE Xplore, go to the IEEE Systems Journal, page and select “Add Journal to My Alerts” at the top right corner.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: The manuscripts should be prepared and submitted by following the detailed instructions provided in the Authors’ Instructions page. The manuscripts should present original work in the scope of the journal and must be exclusively submitted to this journal, must not have been published before, and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Significantly extended and expanded versions of papers published in conference proceedings can be submitted, providing also a detailed description of the additions.
This publication is a hybrid journal, allowing traditional manuscript publication and open-access manuscripts. If the paper will be accepted for publication, you can choose to have your manuscript published open access.
For more information about preparing and submitting manuscripts as well as possible charges for accepted papers, please visit the Authors page.

SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS: IEEE Systems Journal now accepts Special Issue proposals.

QUESTIONS: Questions concerning papers submitted to regular issues should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief.
Questions concerning papers submitted to special issues should be sent to the respective guest editors (see the call for papers of the specific special issue).
Questions, comments and suggestions, and any other problem concerning the journal as well as any questions concerning papers accepted in special issues should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief.

Editorial Committee

Systems Journal Senior Editor

  • Title

    Choon Ki Ahn

    Country
    KR
    Affiliation
    Korea University
  • Title

    Minghua Chen

    Country
    HK
    Affiliation
    City University of Hong Kong
  • Title

    Xiaodai Dong

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    University of Victoria
  • Country
    BR
    Affiliation
    Institute of Computing of the University of Campinas
  • Title

    Javad Lavaei

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Title

    Wanjiun Liao

    Country
    TW
    Affiliation
    National Taiwan University
  • Country
    PT
    Affiliation
    Federal University of Piauí, Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunicações
  • Title

    Yan Zhang

    Country
    NO
    Affiliation
    University of Oslo

Systems Journal Associate Editor

  • Title

    Taufik Abrao

    Country
    BR
    Affiliation
    Londrina State University
  • Country
    FI
    Affiliation
    Lappeenranta University of Technology
  • Title

    Ramon Aguero

    Country
    ES
    Affiliation
    University of Cantabria
  • Country
    IN
    Affiliation
    National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela
  • Country
    AE
    Affiliation
    University of Sharjah
  • Country
    GB
    Affiliation
    University College London
  • Title

    Lin Chen

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Sun Yat-sen University
  • Title

    Xi Chen

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute North America
  • Title

    Tao Ding

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Xi’an Jiaotong University
  • Title

    Shi Dong

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Zhoukou Normal University
  • Title

    Ozan Erdinc

    Country
    TR
    Affiliation
    Yildiz Technical University
  • Title

    Zhen Gao

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Country
    GB
    Affiliation
    The University of Sheffield
  • Title

    Alex Gorod

    Country
    AU
    Affiliation
    The University of Adelaide
  • Title

    Zehua Guo

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Title

    Guangjie Han

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Hohai University
  • Title

    Ming Jin

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Virginia Tech
  • Title

    Jun Cai

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    Concordia University
  • Title

    Jiawen Kang

    Country
    SG
    Affiliation
    Nanyang Technological University
  • Title

    Irfan Khan

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Texas A&M University
  • Title

    Youngjin Kim

    Country
    KR
    Affiliation
    Pohang University of Science and Technology
  • Title

    Nand Kishor

    Country
    NO
    Affiliation
    Østfold University College
  • Country
    IN
    Affiliation
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  • Title

    Saru Kumari

    Country
    IN
    Affiliation
    Chaudhary Charan Singh University
  • Title

    Chunyan Lai

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    Concordia University
  • Country
    SA
    Affiliation
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Country
    TW
    Affiliation
    National Sun Yat-Sen University
  • Title

    Xingwang Li

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Henan Polytechnic University
  • Title

    Zhiyi Li

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Zhejiang University
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Title

    Kaitai Liang

    Country
    NL
    Affiliation
    Delft University of Technology
  • Title

    Zhiyun Lin

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Southern University of Science and Technology
  • Title

    Qi Liu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    South China University of Technology
  • Title

    Zhi Liu

    Country
    JP
    Affiliation
    The University of Electro-Communications
  • Title

    Jianxing Liu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Title

    Walter Lucia

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    Concordia University
  • Title

    Feng Lyu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Central South University
  • Title

    Sudip Misra

    Country
    IN
    Affiliation
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  • Country
    PT
    Affiliation
    Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)
  • Title

    Jianbing Ni

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    Queen’s University
  • Title

    Toan Phung

    Country
    AU
    Affiliation
    University of New South Wales
  • Title

    Jianbin Qiu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Title

    Ayman Radwan

    Country
    PT
    Affiliation
    University of Aveiro
  • Country
    NL
    Affiliation
    Delft University of Technology
  • Title

    Shaolei Ren

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of California, Riverside
  • Title

    Xiaojie Su

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Chongqing University
  • Title

    Ning Sun

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Nankai University
  • Title

    Jie Tang

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Tsinghua University
  • Title

    Yang Tang

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    East China University of Science and Technology
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Title

    Can Wan

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Zhejiang University
  • Title

    Ning Wang

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Dalian Maritime University
  • Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Title

    Kun Wang

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Title

    Yi Wang

    Country
    HK
    Affiliation
    The University of Hong Kong
  • Title

    Yishen Wang

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Co. Ltd.
  • Title

    Hung-Yu Wei

    Country
    TW
    Affiliation
    National Taiwan University
  • Title

    Wei Wei

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Tsinghua University
  • Title

    Chenye Wu

    Country
    HK
    Affiliation
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen
  • Title

    Huaming Wu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Tianjin University
  • Title

    Zehui Xiong

    Country
    SG
    Affiliation
    Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Title

    Jing Yan

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Yanshan University
  • Title

    Yujian Ye

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Southeast University
  • Title

    Xinwei Yue

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Beijing Information Science and Technology University
  • Title

    Chau Yuen

    Country
    SG
    Affiliation
    Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Title

    Ali Zemouche

    Country
    FR
    Affiliation
    University of Lorraine
  • Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Title

    Chris Zhang

    Country
    CA
    Affiliation
    University of Saskatchewan
  • Title

    Jun Zhao

    Country
    SG
    Affiliation
    Nanyang Technological University
  • Title

    Weiye Zheng

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    South China University of Technology
  • Title

    Fuhui Zhou

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Nanchang University
  • Title

    Guopu Zhu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Title

    Haifeng Zhu

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Smart Machinery Laboratory
  • Title

    Zhengyu Zhu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Zhengzhou University
  • Title

    Zuqing Zhu

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    University of Science and Technology of China

Systems Journal Editorial Advisory Board

  • Title

    Hojjat Adeli

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    The Ohio State University
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Title

    Rafik Aliev

    Country
    AZ
    Affiliation
    Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
  • Title

    George Bekey

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of Southern California
  • Title

    Zenn Bien

    Country
    KR
    Affiliation
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Title

    Pierre Borne

    Country
    FR
    Affiliation
    Ecole Centrale de Lille
  • Title

    Kim Fowler

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Campbell University
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Title

    Peter Luh

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of Connecticut
  • Title

    Asad Madni

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    BEI Technologies Inc.
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Montrose Compliance Services, Inc.
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Montana State University-Bozeman
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    The University of Texas at Austin
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Country
    US
    Affiliation
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Title

    Fei-Yue Wang

    Country
    CN
    Affiliation
    Chinese Academy of Science
  • Title

    Reza Zoughi

    Country
    US
    Affiliation
    University of Missouri-Rolla

Past Call Documents: