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Journal of Robotics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 1687-9600Verify ISSN ↗1687-9619Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (all) | 64 / 241 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 105 / 390 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.3.
Journal of Robotics is Q2 in Computer Science (all) (rank 64 of 241) and Q2 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 105 of 390), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Robotics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 6.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.477, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 31.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,100 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.
Journal of Robotics is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1687-9600 and its online ISSN is 1687-9619.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Robotics has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 2.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #84 of 219 Scopus journals in Computer Science (all).
Journal of Robotics published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 84. 2026* is the year so far.
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.
In its latest 66 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (31.9%), Vietnam (17.7%) and United States (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 82 retracted papers are recorded (138 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 10 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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