Journal of Physical Agents

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Pysical Agents (JoPha) looks for contributions describing scientific works in all areas that use agent-based technologies concepts, especially industrial applications, robotics and domotics (physical agents) and applications related to the information society, (software agents) highlighting the similarities and synergies among physical and software agents.

We understand that physical agents applications are mainly orientated to the control, coordination and planning of autonomous systems: industrial or mobile robots, industrial processes, domotics and complex systems.

Contributions can also be related to educational aspects of the above mentioned technologies.

Manuscripts intended for publication in the Journal of Physical Agents should be written in English and sent to one of the editors.

JoPhA publishes scientific papers that should reflect original, previously unplubished work, and not simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere.

The manuscript, if accepted, will be disseminated to the readers.

It is the responsability of the authors to obtain written permission of the material used in the article previously published.

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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.

• The influence of social presence on acceptance of a companion robot by older people

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Marcel, Ben, Vanessa, Bob

• Distributed intelligence: overview of the field and its application in multi-robot systems

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Lynne E.

• Pedestrian tracking using inertial sensors

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Raúl, Eduardo, Jaime

• MACSimJX: a tool for enabling agent modelling with Simulink using JADE

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Charles R., Peter, Tim

• Domestic applications for social robots: an online survey on the influence of appearance and capabilities

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Manja, Frank, Britta

• Voronoi-based space partitioning for coordinated multi-robot exploration

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Ling, Miguel Ángel, Domenec, Albert

• Developing a low-cost autonomous indoor blimp

  Citation: 19

  Authors: P., Wolfram, Rafael, Joaquín

• On the design of the huggable robot Probo

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Jelle, Kristof, Selma, Werner, Dirk

• Children’s relationships with robots: robot is child’s new friend

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Meghann, Sarah, Tanya N., Alejandro, Roman

• Children’s responses and opinion on three bots that motivate, educate and play

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Rosemarijn, Mark A., Vincent de