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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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Quick answers
Is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.5.
What quartile is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters in Scopus?
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 7 of 198), Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 61 of 740) and Q1 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 40 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters?
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.589, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 152.
How much does it cost to publish in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,645 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and what is its ISSN?
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Its ISSN is 2377-3766.
Is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters? — open metrics via OpenAlex
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters has an h-index of 165 and a 2-year mean of 4.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
165
h-index
4.58
2-yr mean citations
5,613
i10-index
11,538
works indexed
249,325
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,645
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#13 of 129Top 11%Control and Optimization
#100 of 641Top 16%Mechanical Engineering
#52 of 306Top 17%Control and Systems Engineering
Papers published per year
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters published 1,791 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationRobot Manipulation and LearningRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsSoft Robotics and Applications
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters? — latest 100 articles, 2026
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (41.8%), United States (16.8%) and Japan (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papersNone recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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