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International Journal of Robotics Research
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International Journal of Robotics Research

0278-3649

Published by: SAGE

http://ijr.sagepub.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 103 37 54 22
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 108 66 115 29
Engineering and Technology 494 23 34 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 233
Documents by Best Scientists*: 266
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 202
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.333
Impact Factor: 5

Overview

Top Research Topics at The International Journal of Robotics Research?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Artificial intelligence, Robot, Control theory, Computer vision and Control engineering. Most of the Artificial intelligence studies addressed also intersect with Machine learning. Robot research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Task (project management), Simulation and Human–computer interaction.

Kinematics and Position (vector) are some topics wherein Control theory research discussed in it have an impact. The work tackled in The International Journal of Robotics Research goes beyond the discipline of Computer vision as it also encompasses Simultaneous localization and mapping. The International Journal of Robotics Research focuses on Control engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Control system and Robot control.

It connects the study in Motion planning with the closely related area of Mathematical optimization.

  • Artificial intelligence (39.85%)
  • Robot (37.30%)
  • Control theory (29.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Real-time obstacle avoidance for manipulators and mobile robots (5727 citations)
  • Vision meets robotics: The KITTI dataset (3952 citations)
  • Passive dynamic walking (2845 citations)

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

The journal articles primarily tackle Artificial intelligence, Robot, Control theory, Control engineering and Computer vision. The Robot research tackled in the most cited publications is interrelated with Simulation which concerns subjects like Terrain. In addition to Control theory research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Industrial robot and Kinematics.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Programming language

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The International Journal of Robotics Research investigates studies in Robot, Artificial intelligence, Soft robotics, Control theory and Human–computer interaction. Topics in Robot were tackled in line with various other fields like Stiffness, Task (project management), Control engineering, Continuum (topology) and Adaptive control. Control engineering research discussed connects with the study of Actuator.

Studies on Artificial intelligence discussed in the journal link to the field of Computer vision. The International Journal of Robotics Research centers on topics in Control theory, with a focus on Trajectory. The work on Human–computer interaction tackled in it brings together disciplines like Active learning (machine learning), Control (linguistics), Human–robot interaction and Learning from demonstration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • How to train your robot with deep reinforcement learning: lessons we have learned: (27 citations)
  • Learning stabilizable nonlinear dynamics with contraction-based regularization: (23 citations)
  • TMTDyn: A Matlab package for modeling and control of hybrid rigid–continuum robots based on discretized lumped systems and reduced-order models: (22 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 The International Journal of Robotics Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Daniela Rus (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Vijay Kumar (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Corke (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oussama Khatib (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Matthew T. Mason (24 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 The International Journal of Robotics Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carnegie Mellon University (204 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (183 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (130 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Oxford (52 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, 2.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.68% of all publications and 36.62% 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

  • Learning robust, real-time, reactive robotic grasping:

    Douglas Morrison;Peter Corke;Jürgen Leitner

    (2020)
    438 Citations
  • Contact-aided invariant extended Kalman filtering for robot state estimation:

    Ross Hartley;Maani Ghaffari Jadidi;Jessy W. Grizzle;Ryan M. Eustice

    (2020)
    294 Citations
  • SegMap: Segment-based mapping and localization using data-driven descriptors:

    Renaud Dubé;Andrei Cramariuc;Daniel Dugas;Hannes Sommer

    (2020)
    206 Citations
  • Model-based dynamic feedback control of a planar soft robot: trajectory tracking and interaction with the environment:

    Cosimo Della Santina;Robert K. Katzschmann;Antonio Bicchi;Antonio Bicchi;Daniela Rus

    (2020)
    202 Citations
  • Batch Informed Trees (BIT*): Informed asymptotically optimal anytime search

    Jonathan D Gammell;Timothy D Barfoot;Siddhartha S Srinivasa

    (2020)
    198 Citations
  • Geometric constraint-based modeling and analysis of a novel continuum robot with Shape Memory Alloy initiated variable stiffness:

    Chenghao Yang;Chenghao Yang;Shineng Geng;Ian D. Walker;David T. Branson

    (2020)
    186 Citations
  • Canadian Adverse Driving Conditions dataset

    Matthew Pitropov;Danson Evan Garcia;Jason Rebello;Michael Smart

    (2021)
    156 Citations
  • Confidence-aware motion prediction for real-time collision avoidance1:

    David Fridovich-Keil;Andrea Bajcsy;Jaime F. Fisac;Sylvia L. Herbert

    (2020)
    123 Citations

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