AT-Automatisierungstechnik

AT-Automatisierungstechnik is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Advanced Control Systems Optimization, together about 35.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal ObjectiveAutomatisierungstechnik (AUTO) publishes articles covering the entire range of automation technology: development and application of methods, the operating principles, characteristics, and applications of tools and the interrelationships between automation technology and societal developments. The journal includes a tutorial series on "Theory for Users," and a forum for the exchange of viewpoints concerning past, present, and future developments. Automatisierungstechnik is the official organ of GMA (The VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automatic Control) and NAMUR (The Process-Industry Interest Group for Automation Technology). Topics control engineering digital measurement systems cybernetics robotics process automation / process engineering control design modelling information processing man-machine interfaces networked control systems complexity management machine learning ambient assisted living automated driving bio-analysis technology building automation factory automation / smart factories flexible manufacturing systems functional safety mechatronic systems Article formatsOverview articles (reviews), methodological papers, applications papers, tools papers Your Benefits Your benefits:Practical relevance of published articlesImportant guide on matters related to automation technologyNew theoretical methods and their potential areas of applicationClose ties to research institutes and universities engaged in automation researchAnnual Best Paper Awards sponsored by industry partnersSpecial Issues on hot topics by renowned Guest EditorsComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. History The journal at – Automatisierungstechnik was founded in 1953 in West Germany, at the time entitled rt – Regelungstechnik, nine years after the first German chair for automation control was established at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg. The first German institute entirely dedicated to automation control was founded in 1955 in Dresden. The division of Germany into East and West as of 1949 affected the German automation control community in terms of knowledge exchange, personal contacts and publication habits, with West German results usually being published in at, while researchers in East Germany published in Messen, Steuern, Regeln (msr), founded in 195

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Automation & Control Systems

Editor-in-chief Ulrich JumarPublisher website

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Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

0.87LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

0.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.28LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.57LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

40OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

307OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.06OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

33.33%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

74LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

German

Frequency

Monthly

ISSN

0178-2312

Electronic ISSN

2196-677X

Official links

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