Author Information & Instructions
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Open Access
The broad mission of the OJ-CSYS is that of promoting open access to all control systems research and education publications, including software, and data. The journal is Gold Open Access, which means that the content is freely available to users or their institutions. This journal is 100% open access, which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions.
All articles are currently published under Creative Commons licenses, and the author retains copyright. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles published, or use them for any other lawful purpose, as long as proper attribution is given.
Open access is provided through the payment of an article processing charge (APC) paid after acceptance. APCs are often financed by an author's institution or the funder supporting their research. For specific information regarding APCs, and special offers, please see "Article Processing Charges (APCs)" section below.
Review Process
The articles in this journal are peer-reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual. The articles in this journal are peer-reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers using a single-anonymous peer-review process, where the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors. Articles will be screened for plagiarism before acceptance.
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
US$2075 – effective 1 January 2025
Discounts
> The first several papers published in the special sections are eligible for a 50% discount. See Special Sections for more information.
> Partial discounts are available for regular papers published in Vol. 4. This offer is only valid on papers submitted by mid-June 2025 (20 weeks prior to the close of the volume). Contact the Editorial Assistant for more information.
> IEEE Members receive a 5% discount.
> IEEE Control Systems Society Members receive a 20% discount.
Discounts do not apply to undergraduate and graduate students. These discounts cannot be combined.
Check with your affiliation library for more possible discounts.
For papers accepted in 2024, the APC is US$1995 plus applicable local taxes.
Corresponding authors from low-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) are eligible for discounts on article processing charges. For more information, please visit the IEEE Author Center.
In a transformative agreement with the IEEE, the University of Illinois has agreed to cover the full cost of the article processing charges, or APCs, to corresponding authors at its campuses to publish open access in IEEE journals. See your library website for more details. As of 1 January 2024, the University of California will be ending open access publishing support through its agreement with IEEE. Funding for page charges will also end at that time, and UC authors who publish in IEEE journals will be responsible for covering the APCs.
To view all the current IEEE Open Access Institutional Partners please click here.
Additionally, some institutions provide funds to promote open access publishing and support their authors' research activities. To see whether your institution has open access funding, check with your library or view this partial list.
View the OJ-CSYS Author Guidelines
Please contact the OJ-CSYS editorial assistant with any questions.
Author Tools
IEEE is committed to supporting authors and researchers with IEEE Author Tools, including the IEEE Publication Recommender, IEEE Reference Preparation Assistant, LaTeX Analyzer, and more. CSS authors now have an option to submit their research data to IEEE DataPort, which enables free storage of Open Access datasets, during the article submittal process and link the data to their submitted article. Please also refer to the information on IEEE CodeOcean to store, run and share code over the cloud.
Discover the tools available at the IEEE Author Center.