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International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
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International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

0219-8436

Published by: World Scientific

http://www.worldscinet.com/ijhr/ijhr.shtml

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 387 7 10 5
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 452 11 14 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 54
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.342
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Humanoid Robotics?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Robot, Artificial intelligence, Humanoid robot, Simulation and Computer vision. Robot research featured in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Trajectory and Human–computer interaction. The Artificial intelligence study featured in it draws connections with the study of Task (project management).

Topics in Humanoid robot were tackled in line with various other fields like Gait (human) and Motion planning. Issues in Simulation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Kinematics, Control theory, Torque, Work (physics) and Zero moment point. It features Computer vision research that overlaps with concepts in Inverse kinematics.

  • Robot (48.63%)
  • Artificial intelligence (46.05%)
  • Humanoid robot (37.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ZERO-MOMENT POINT — THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF ITS LIFE (1555 citations)
  • SYNTHESIS OF WHOLE-BODY BEHAVIORS THROUGH HIERARCHICAL CONTROL OF BEHAVIORAL PRIMITIVES (323 citations)
  • A QUASI-PASSIVE LEG EXOSKELETON FOR LOAD-CARRYING AUGMENTATION (313 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Humanoid Robotics:

The published articles primarily tackle Artificial intelligence, Robot, Humanoid robot, Simulation and Human–computer interaction. The most cited publications with studies in Artificial intelligence featured incorporate elements of Control system, Computer vision and Set (psychology). The published papers hold forums on Robot that merge themes from other disciplines such as Motion (physics) and Task (project management).

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Computer vision

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Robot, Artificial intelligence, Humanoid robot, Computer vision and Control (management). Studies on Robot discussed in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics link to the field of Reliability (statistics). Topics in Artificial intelligence explored in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics were investigated in conjunction with research in Tactile perception and Pattern recognition.

Humanoid robot research presented in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Simulation, Impedance control and Human–computer interaction. While Computer vision is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Sample entropy and Key (cryptography). The Human operator studies presented in it fall under the field of Control (management), but it also has connections to other fields such as Design modeling, Direct instruction and Operator (computer programming).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Math of Tasks: A Domain Specific Language for Constraint-Based Task Specification (1 citations)
  • HANDSHAKE: HANDling System for Human Autonomous KEeping (1 citations)
  • Design, modeling and control of an enhanced soft pneumatic network actuator (1 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 International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Miomir Vukobratović (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Honghai Liu (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Branislav Borovac (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiangyang Zhu (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Young-Jae Ryoo (9 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 International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carnegie Mellon University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 53.33% 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

  • Human-Inspired Representation of Object-Specific Grasps for Anthropomorphic Hands

    Julia Starke;Christian Eichmann;Simon Ottenhaus;Tamim Asfour

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Plantar Tactile Feedback for Biped Balance and Locomotion on Unknown Terrain

    J. Rogelio Guadarrama Olvera;Emmanuel Dean Leon;Florian Bergner;Gordon Cheng

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Whole-Body Compliant Motion by Sensor Integration of an EHA-Driven Humanoid Hydra

    Tianyi Ko;Kazuya Murotani;Ko Yamamoto;Yoshihiko Nakamura

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Semi-Passive Walk and Active Walk by One Bipedal Robot: Mechanism, Control and Parameter Identification

    Shintaro Noda;Fumihito Sugai;Kunio Kojima;Kim-Ngoc-Khanh Nguyen

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Could NAO Robot Function as Model Demonstrating Joint Attention Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? An Exploratory Study

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Classifying Obstacles and Exploiting Class Information for Humanoid Navigation Through Cluttered Environments

    Peter Regier;Andres Milioto;Cyrill Stachniss;Maren Bennewitz

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Design and Performance of a LARMbot PK Arm Prototype

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Humanoid Robot RGB-D SLAM in the Dynamic Human Environment

    Tianwei Zhang;Yoshihiko Nakamura

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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