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Eight peer-reviewed journals and a federation newsletter

From leading theoretical research to applied studies, IFAC aims to bring the work of our community to the wider engineering and scientific world.

Overview of IFAC Publications

The IFAC Publications portfolio includes eight peer-reviewed journals published with Elsevier, the IFAC Newsletter, and the Diamond open access IFAC-PapersOnLine series. The federation’s Publications Board oversees the scope and editorial standards of all publications.
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Automatica

Founded in 1963, this leading international journal in the field of systems and control features a blend of theoretical and applied papers reporting cutting edge research. It features articles such as regular, brief and survey papers, technical communiqués, correspondence items, and reviews on published books.
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Journal Awards

Definition of the 8 IFAC Journal Awards

Dimitri Peaucelle President elect 2029-2032
AUTOMATICA 12 August 2026
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Control Engineering Practice

To bridge control theory and industrial deployment, this journal contains articles which illustrate the direct application of control theory and its supporting technologies in all possible areas of automation.
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Annual Reviews in Control

Curated review articles and perspective papers on the state of the art in automatic control — written by leading researchers across the IFAC community.
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Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Engineering applications of AI methods — neural networks, fuzzy systems, expert systems, evolutionary computation, knowledge-based systems and more.
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Journal of Process Control

Theory and application of process control with emphasis on chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, energy and food process industries.
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Mechatronics

The synergistic combination of precision mechanical, electronic and computer engineering — covering both fundamental research and industrial applications.
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Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems

Theory and applications of hybrid dynamical systems — including stochastic, switched, impulsive, network and event-driven hybrid systems.
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IFAC Journal of Systems and Control

An open-access journal devoted to systems and control engineering — fast-track peer review, fully online, no subscription required.
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IFAC PapersOnLine

All papers from IFAC meetings where IFAC is the main sponsor are published, in partnership with Elsevier, in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings series hosted at the ScienceDirect web service. All the papers are Diamond Open Access.
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What is IFAC-PapersOnLine?

We are very proud to make all papers from IFAC meetings available to authors and readers free of charge.

Derik le Roux IFAC Secretary
PAPERSONLINE 13 August 2026

Author Guide

All you need to know to prepare your article!

Dimitri Peaucelle IFAC Secretariat
PAPERSONLINE 15 July 2023
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Newsletter

The IFAC Newsletter is the federation’s bimonthly digital publication, sharing news from National Member Organisations, Technical Committees and the Secretariat.
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