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International Journal of Robotics and Automation
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International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 502 12 30 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 46
Documents by Best Scientists*: 70
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.229
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Robotics & Automation?

International Journal of Robotics & Automation aims to foster the development of research in Control theory, Artificial intelligence, Robot, Computer vision and Control engineering. International Journal of Robotics & Automation connects research in Control theory with the related topic of Control (management). International Journal of Robotics & Automation connects the study in Artificial intelligence with the closely related area of Pattern recognition.

The Robot study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Human–computer interaction. The Computer vision study featured in International Journal of Robotics & Automation draws connections with the study of Mobile robot.

  • Control theory (24.39%)
  • Artificial intelligence (19.27%)
  • Robot (16.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Exact linearization and sliding mode observer for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (52 citations)
  • Inverse Trajectory Control and Zero Dynamics Sensitivity of an Elastic Manipulator (50 citations)
  • SOFT ROBOTICS WITH COMPLIANCE AND ADAPTATION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND FORTHCOMING CHALLENGES (24 citations)

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

The journal articles mainly tackle studies in Control theory, Robot, Computer vision, Artificial intelligence and Control theory. The journal publications link adjacent topics like Control theory with Control (management). The published papers facilitate discussions in Feedback linearization as part of the larger field of Control theory, however, they also tackle fields such as Adaptive estimator.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Control theory

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Robotics & Automation focuses on Structural engineering, Artificial intelligence, Control theory, Computer vision and Robot. The concepts on Structural engineering presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Stress monitoring and Magnetic flux leakage. Topics in Artificial intelligence were tackled in line with various other fields like Systems engineering and Pattern recognition.

Some problems in Control theory that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Control (management) and Obstacle avoidance. It holds forums on Computer vision that merges themes from other disciplines such as Simultaneous localization and mapping and Monocular slam. While work presented in International Journal of Robotics & Automation provided substantial information on Robot, it also covered topics in Control engineering, Bending and Real-time computing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF NONHOLONOMIC UNCERTAIN PERTURBED WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT (1 citations)
  • ADAPTIVE ROBUST BACKSTEPPING SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF A DE-ICING INDUSTRIAL ROBOT MANIPULATOR USING NEURAL NETWORK WITH DEAD ZONE (1 citations)
  • COMPLEX MODAL ANALYSIS OF LOCOMOTIVE MOTIONS OF SOFT ROBOTIC FISH (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 Robotics & Automation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Simon X. Yang (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dan Zhang (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zengshun Chen (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jason Gu (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jianting Zhou (5 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 Robotics & Automation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Intel (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (2 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Self-Competition Leader-follower Multi-AUV formation control based on Improved PSO Algorithm with Energy Consumption Allocation

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • DETECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINE AGAINST EXTERNAL FORCE DAMAGE BASED ON IMPROVED YOLOv3

    Peng Liu;Changlin Song;Junmin Li;Simon X. Yang

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • A Novel Path Planning Algorithm of AUV with Model predictive control

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Structual Design and kinematic Analysis of a Group of translational Parallel Mechanisms

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PATH PLANNING FOR ROBOTIC FISH BASED ON NEURAL DYNAMICS MODEL

    Zhiwei Yu;Jielian Tao;Jianyu Xiong;Simon X. Yang

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • A SPEED JUMPING-FREE TRACKING CONTROLLER WITH TRAJECTORY PLANNER FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE

    Wenyang Gan;Daqi Zhu;Simon X. Yang

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Collision-Free Path Planning for Arc welding robot based on IDA-de Algorithm

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Tracking and Mapping System for an underwater Vehicle in Real position using sonar System

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • SELF-COMPETITION LEADER–FOLLOWER MULTI-AUV FORMATION CONTROL BASED ON IMPROVED PSO ALGORITHM WITH ENERGY CONSUMPTION ALLOCATION, 288-301.

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Closed-Form torsional Compliance of two-Axis Flexure Hinges

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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