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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
ISSN 1729-8814 · SAGE Publications Inc. · AUSTRIA
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.62; fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; review about 15 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 17.3% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal Highlights Indexed using Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), DOAJ, Scopus, and EBSCO.Fourteen topic collections led by Topic Editors-in-ChiefPublication is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC) International Journal of Advanced Robotics Systems (IJARS) is a peer-reviewed open access journal which focusses on the full spectrum of robotics research. The journal is comprised of fourteen key Topic Areas, each led by an expert Topic Editor in the field. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information.This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Submission informationSubmit your manuscript today: https://sage.atyponrex.com/journal/arxPlease see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.Open access article processing charge (APC) informationPublication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license. The article processing charge (APC) is $2400.The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here. ContactAny correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems editorial office as follows: arx.pra@sagepub.com
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Artificial Intelligence
Editor-in-chief Intelligent RoboticsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 31 in mainland China (about 20%); most named Mainland China 31, India 20, Italy 14, United States 13, United Kingdom 10 (157 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsComputer Science12.8%
- Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationEngineering9%
- Robotic Mechanisms and DynamicsEngineering7%
- Robot Manipulation and LearningEngineering6.9%
- Robotic Locomotion and ControlEngineering6.4%
- Control and Dynamics of Mobile RobotsEngineering5.5%
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering5.4%
- Soft Robotics and ApplicationsEngineering5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,607OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,151 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 7 |
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | 56 |
| 2024 | 70 | 70 | 202 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 367 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | 764 |
| 2021 | 134 | 134 | 1,884 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted11
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- short communicationShort Communications are 4 to 6 pages long, prepared in the same manner as a full-length paper while keeping the text, figures, and tables to a minimum. These u…Length not stated
- viewpointView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions:Index of Special Collections for International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems: International J…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- AUSTRIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1729-8814
- Print ISSN
- 1729-8806
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
What CAS zone is International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Robotics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.62; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17.3%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems based?
Of the 157 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 31 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (31), India (20) and Italy (14). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .