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RSS 2022 - 18th Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS)

Location: New York City , United States

Conference dates: 6/27/2022 - 7/1/2022

Research H-index
28

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 23 45 99 25
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 16 17 20 9

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the 18th edition of the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference to be held in New York City in summer of 2022. RSS is a single-track conference that connects researchers working on all aspects of robotics including scientific foundations, mechanisms, algorithms, applications, and analysis of robotic systems. The single-track format gives attendees an opportunity to see state-of-the-art research in all areas of robotics, and will consist of oral and poster presentations of accepted papers, invited talks, and panels.

The conference will preserve the RSS tradition of selecting excellent papers via a thorough and fair review process. Paper submissions will be evaluated in terms of their novelty, technical quality, significance, potential impact, and clarity.

RSS also features a series of vibrant and engaging workshops across a diverse range of topics. RSS workshops are a highlight of the conference and offer participants an opportunity to discuss bleeding-edge topics in-depth with renowned experts.

Subject Areas

RSS seeks high-quality research papers that introduce new ideas and stimulate future trends in robotics. We invite submissions in all areas of robotics, including: mechanisms and design, robot learning, control and dynamics, planning, manipulation, field robotics, human-robot interaction, perception, formal methods, multi-robot systems, healthcare and medical robotics, bioinspired robots, and mobile robotics.

Highlights of RSS 2022

After two years of virtual conferences due to the Coronavirus pandemic, RSS 2022 is planned as a hybrid conference with substantial in-person activities! We are closely monitoring the developing COVID-19 situation and will make further determinations about the distribution of in-person vs virtual activities as we get closer to the conference date.

The 2022 program committee consists of a set of Area Chairs with broad and deep expertise across all sub-disciplines of robotics. The review process will continue RSS’s strong tradition in emphasizing care, quality, fairness, and rigor. Reviews will be double-blind, and authors will be allowed to submit a rebuttal to the reviews. Author rebuttals will be directed to the ACs and considered during the program committee meeting.

To encourage a more balanced consideration of “systems” papers, additional review criteria have been introduced that ask reviewers and Area Chairs to gauge the potential impact of a paper on deployed robotic systems. See the Open Letter from the Program Chair for more information about the rationale for this change.

RSS maintains a strong on-going relationship with top robotics journals and authors have been invited in the past to submit papers to IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), and to special issues of the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) and Autonomous Robots (AuRo).

Overview

The scientific conference ranking presented on this page offers a comprehensive evaluation of events in the field of Engineering and Technology. Developed by Research.com, one of the leading platforms for science research and data analysis across major disciplines since 2014, this ranking is designed to assist the academic community in identifying the most influential venues for scholarly exchange and collaboration.

The position of each conference in this ranking is determined by a unique bibliometric score meticulously computed by Research.com. This score incorporates both the estimated h-index and the number of leading scientists—reputable experts who have participated in each conference—during the three years preceding the latest assessment. Such an approach ensures a holistic and reliable measure of each conference's impact and scientific prominence.

For this edition, the ranking includes conferences with Impact Score values collected on 2024-11-27. The selection process involved rigorous inspection of more than 2,262 conferences, each carefully chosen following a detailed examination of over 26,934 scholarly documents published within the last three years. These documents reflect the work of 9,385 respected scientists, further attesting to the credibility and depth of the analysis.

For a thorough explanation of the methodology employed in computing the ranking scores, including the underlying metrics and expert assessment criteria, please consult our Methodology Page.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing at Robotics: Science and Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Howie Choset (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David Hsu (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Marco Pavone (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Nathan Michael (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vijay Kumar (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at Robotics: Science and Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carnegie Mellon University (101 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (89 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (57 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (51 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (47 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 10.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.28% of all publications and 20.43% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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