Journal profile · Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING

ISSN 1079-8587 · eISSN 2326-005X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING: impact factor 1.34; subscription journal; review about 6.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.

The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2017 (Volume 23, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.

Impact factor1.34Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ1Computational Theory and Mathematics · rank 22/203 · 89th percentile
Review timeabout 6.5 monthsCommunity average
APC—No source gives fee information
AcceptanceEasyCommunity average
Articles per year122025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems and Advanced Neural Network Applications, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published by TSI Press from 2018 Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing (Autosoft) is a world leading journal publishing research and development in intelligent automation, control, manufacturing, modeling and systems engineering. The journal has a broad interest in all engineering disciplines, computer science, and related technological fields such as medicine, biology, operations research, technology management, agriculture and information technology. Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to: Intelligent Automation: Robotics, automation, control, industrial inspection, design automation and rapid prototyping, scheduling, process control and automation, autonomous systems, computer integrated manufacturing, multi-agent systems, intelligent system of systems, MEMS, Nanotechnology, stochastic learning automation, autonomous control, cyber-physical systems, system of systems engineering, applications in space and earth-bound systems Soft Computing: Neural networks, neurocomputing, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, AI and expert systems, probabilistic reasoning, machine learning, learning control, fuzzy logic control, distributed intelligence, image processing and self-organizing systems, data mining, big data, data analytics, computer vision, speech recognition, pattern recognition, machine intelligence and machine translation The journal considers original and survey papers on intelligent automation and systems engineering with an emphasis on current and potential applications of soft computing. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind. Proposals for special issues in cutting-edge areas are encouraged, and should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief. Queries regarding submissions can be made by contacting the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science9.4%
  2. Fuzzy Logic and Control SystemsComputer Science8.5%
  3. Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science8%
  4. Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science4.7%
  5. Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science4.6%
  6. Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions4.5%
  7. Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering4.4%
  8. Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science4.4%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorComputer ScienceZone 4
MinorAutomation & Control SystemsZone 4
MinorComputer Science, Artificial IntelligenceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Computational Theory and MathematicsQ122/20389th
Theoretical Computer ScienceQ123/13583rd
SoftwareQ1109/50378th
Artificial IntelligenceQ1136/57076th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for editorial reasons on 20 September 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

Impact factor
1.34LetPub ·
CiteScore 2026-06
7.7LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.38LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.61LetPub ·
h-index
21LetPub ·
h-index
55OpenAlex ·
i10-index
733OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
3.63OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
95.42%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
511LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,940 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20261692,100
202512113,943
202456554,476
20233583583,727
20225845843,182
20215105101,913

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.

Review & acceptance

Review time and acceptance

Average review time (community reports)
about 6.5 monthsLetPub ·
Average acceptance (community reports)
EasyLetPub ·
Peer review
Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

Fees & open access

APC and open-access policy

Subscription journalLetPub

A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
Open access Open access

Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review

Initial editor appraisal followed by peer review Model summary

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Country or region
UNITED STATES
Language
English
Frequency
Quarterly
ISSN
1079-8587
Electronic ISSN
2326-005X
Latest issue on the website
Volume 23, Issue 4 (2017)
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING

What is the impact factor of INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.34; CiteScore 7.7, h-index 55.

How long does peer review take at INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING?

Authors report an average review time of about 6.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.

Which databases index INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING is indexed in Scopus.

Is INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING open access, and what is the APC?

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .