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Autonomous Robots
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Autonomous Robots

0929-5593

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10514

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 179 53 61 20
Computer Science 216 95 97 25
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 304 14 17 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 156
Documents by Best Scientists*: 152
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 135
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.096
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Autonomous Robots?

Autonomous Robots focuses on Robot, Artificial intelligence, Simulation, Computer vision and Mobile robot. The work on Robot tackled in it brings together disciplines like Task (project management) and Human–computer interaction. Autonomous Robots focuses on Human–computer interaction research which is adjacent to topics in Human–robot interaction.

The study on Artificial intelligence presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Machine learning. The research on Simulation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Control theory, Real-time computing, Actuator, Torque and Trajectory. The studies on Computer vision discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Simultaneous localization and mapping, Odometry and Robustness (computer science).

Mobile robot navigation and Social robot are some of the study areas of Mobile robot discussed.

  • Robot (54.22%)
  • Artificial intelligence (49.24%)
  • Simulation (24.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • OctoMap: an efficient probabilistic 3D mapping framework based on octrees (1487 citations)
  • Cooperative mobile robotics: antecedents and directions (1166 citations)
  • Globally Consistent Range Scan Alignment for Environment Mapping (1110 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Autonomous Robots:

The most cited articles focus on Robot, Artificial intelligence, Simulation, Mobile robot and Computer vision. The Robot research tackled in the most cited articles is interrelated with Human–computer interaction which concerns subjects like User interface. In addition to Artificial intelligence research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Machine learning and GRASP.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Programming language
  • Machine learning

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Robot, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Human–computer interaction and Trajectory. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Robot, it also covered topics in Motion (physics), Distributed computing, Task (project management), Object (computer science) and Set (psychology). The studies in Artificial intelligence featured incorporate elements of Field (computer science) and Pattern recognition.

Some problems in Computer vision that were presented in Autonomous Robots overlapped with concepts under Odometry and Robustness (computer science). Human–computer interaction research discussed connects with the study of Teleoperation. The journal connects the study in Trajectory with the closely related area of Control theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Reinforcement based mobile robot path planning with improved dynamic window approach in unknown environment (9 citations)
  • Road surface detection and differentiation considering surface damages (6 citations)
  • Sensorless environment stiffness and interaction force estimation for impedance control tuning in robotized interaction tasks (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal 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 in Autonomous Robots (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vijay Kumar (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Daniela Rus (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Geoffrey A. Hollinger (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Darwin G. Caldwell (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nathan Michael (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

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

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Autonomous Robots (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carnegie Mellon University (91 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Southern California (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • California Institute of Technology (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (31 papers) absent at the last edition.

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

Publication chance based on affiliation

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

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, 8.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.61% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.70% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal 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 journal 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 in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, 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.

Top Publications

  • Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans

    Unknown

    (2023)
    259 Citations
  • TidyBot: Personalized Robot Assistance with Large Language Models

    Unknown

    (2023)
    248 Citations
  • AlphaPilot: autonomous drone racing

    Philipp Foehn;Dario Brescianini;Elia Kaufmann;Titus Cieslewski

    (2021)
    128 Citations
  • An informative path planning framework for UAV-based terrain monitoring

    Marija Popovic;Teresa A. Vidal-Calleja;Gregory Hitz;Jen Jen Chung

    (2020)
    126 Citations
  • dRRT * : Scalable and informed asymptotically-optimal multi-robot motion planning

    Rahul Shome;Kiril Solovey;Andrew Dobson;Dan Halperin

    (2020)
    107 Citations
  • OverlapNet: a siamese network for computing LiDAR scan similarity with applications to loop closing and localization

    Xieyuanli Chen;Thomas Läbe;Andres Milioto;Timo Röhling

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Online learning for 3D LiDAR-based human detection: experimental analysis of point cloud clustering and classification methods

    Zhi Yan;Tom Duckett;Nicola Bellotto

    (2020)
    91 Citations

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