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Robotics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2218-6581Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 16 / 198 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 127 / 740 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 140 / 570 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.4.
Robotics is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 16 of 198), Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 127 of 740) and Q1 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 140 of 570), by CiteScore 2025.
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 7.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.737, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,172 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.
Robotics is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2218-6581.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Robotics has an h-index of 66 and a 2-year mean of 4.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
Robotics published 200 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Germany (13%), Italy (11.5%) and China (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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