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IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
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IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 63 253 620 43
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 88 60 104 24
Engineering and Technology 190 123 244 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 717
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1284
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 35
SCIMAGO H-index: 122
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.918
Impact Factor: 6.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Artificial intelligence, Mathematical optimization, Control theory, Robot and Control engineering. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Artificial intelligence, it also covered topics in Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition. Mathematical optimization research discussed connects with the study of Job shop scheduling.

The journal facilitates discussions on Job shop scheduling that incorporate concepts from other fields like Schedule and Scheduling (production processes). The journal concentrates on Control theory topics that focus on Control theory, Control system, Trajectory and Nonlinear system. In the Robot research discussed, Mobile robot, Robot kinematics and Motion planning are all tackled.

  • Artificial intelligence (17.55%)
  • Mathematical optimization (15.97%)
  • Control theory (12.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Carbon Footprint and the Management of Supply Chains: Insights From Simple Models (730 citations)
  • A Survey of Research on Cloud Robotics and Automation (540 citations)
  • Semidefinite Programming Approaches for Sensor Network Localization With Noisy Distance Measurements (404 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering:

The published articles facilitate discussions on Control theory, Mathematical optimization, Control engineering, Artificial intelligence and Petri net. While Mathematical optimization is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Artificial neural network and Job shop scheduling. Computer vision and Pattern recognition are some topics wherein Artificial intelligence research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering is to expand the discussion of research in Artificial intelligence, Mathematical optimization, Robot, Control theory and Control theory. The close relationship between Computer vision and Robustness (computer science) is one of the points of interest dissected in Artificial intelligence research. The concepts on Mathematical optimization presented in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering can also apply to other research fields, including Energy consumption and Job shop scheduling.

Job shop scheduling research featured in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Schedule and Scheduling (production processes). While IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering focused on Robot, it was also able to explore topics like Real-time computing, Task (project management), Task analysis and Human–computer interaction. The presentations discussing Control theory offer insights in topics such as Trajectory and Actuator.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Robust Optimal Energy Management of a Residential Microgrid Under Uncertainties on Demand and Renewable Power Generation (29 citations)
  • Multiresource-Constrained Selective Disassembly With Maximal Profit and Minimal Energy Consumption (27 citations)
  • Biobjective Task Scheduling for Distributed Green Data Centers (23 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 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • MengChu Zhou (97 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jingshan Li (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Max Q.-H. Meng (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhiwu Li (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jianjun Shi (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (91 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (74 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (65 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Northeastern University (China) (59 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (57 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous 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, 14.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.71% of all publications and 37.50% 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

  • Neural RRT*: Learning-Based Optimal Path Planning

    Jiankun Wang;Wenzheng Chi;Chenming Li;Chaoqun Wang

    (2020)
    488 Citations
  • Admittance-Based Controller Design for Physical Human–Robot Interaction in the Constrained Task Space

    Wei He;Chengqian Xue;Xinbo Yu;Zhijun Li

    (2020)
    248 Citations
  • An Improved Predefined-Time Adaptive Neural Control Approach for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems

    Unknown

    (2023)
    243 Citations
  • Robust Trajectory Tracking Control for Underactuated Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Uncertain Environments

    Shahab Heshmati-Alamdari;Alexandros Nikou;Dimos V. Dimarogonas

    (2021)
    176 Citations
  • Sim2Real in Robotics and Automation: Applications and Challenges

    Sebastian Hofer;Kostas Bekris;Ankur Handa;Juan Camilo Gamboa

    (2021)
    136 Citations
  • FuseSeg: Semantic Segmentation of Urban Scenes Based on RGB and Thermal Data Fusion

    Yuxiang Sun;Weixun Zuo;Peng Yun;Hengli Wang

    (2021)
    130 Citations
  • Deep Learning-Based Trajectory Planning and Control for Autonomous Ground Vehicle Parking Maneuver

    (2023)
    113 Citations
  • Adaptive Neural Self-Triggered Bipartite Fault-Tolerant Control for Nonlinear MASs With Dead-Zone Constraints

    (2023)
    100 Citations
  • Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring Using Feature Fusion and Hybrid Deep Learning

    Hung V. Dang;Hoa Tran-Ngoc;Tung V. Nguyen;T. Bui-Tien

    (2021)
    97 Citations

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