IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Aims & Scope

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine is a unique technology publication which is peer-reviewed, readable and substantive.

The Magazine is a forum for articles which fall between the academic and theoretical orientation of scholarly journals and vendor sponsored trade publications.

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering publish advances in theory and experiment that underpin the science of robotics and automation.

The Magazine complements these publications and seeks to present new scientific results to the practicing engineer through a focus on working systems and emphasizing creative solutions to real-world problems and highlighting implementation details.

The Magazine publishes regular technical articles that undergo a peer review process overseen by the Magazine's associate editors; special issues on important and emerging topics in which all articles are fully reviewed but managed by guest editors; tutorial articles written by leading experts in their field; and regular columns on topics including education, industry news, IEEE RAS news, technical and regional activity and a calendar of events.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4855

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	820

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.996

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	109

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Simultaneous localization and mapping: part I

  Citation: 3059

  Authors: H., T.

• The dynamic window approach to collision avoidance

  Citation: 2696

  Authors: D., W., S.

• The Uncanny Valley [From the Field]

  Citation: 2416

  Authors: Masahiro, Karl, Norri

• Visual servo control. I. Basic approaches

  Citation: 2016

  Authors: Francois, Seth

• Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM): part II

  Citation: 1848

  Authors: T., H.

• Multirotor Aerial Vehicles: Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Quadrotor

  Citation: 1218

  Authors: Robert, Vijay, Peter

• Visual Odometry [Tutorial]

  Citation: 1174

  Authors: Davide, Friedrich

• The Open Motion Planning Library

  Citation: 1152

  Authors: Ioan A., Mark, Lydia E.

• Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics]

  Citation: 907

  Authors: Mark, Wei-min, Behnam, Daniela, Mark, Hod, Eric, Gregory S.

• Visual servo control. II. Advanced approaches [Tutorial]

  Citation: 835

  Authors: Francois, Seth

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