Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation
ISSN 2045-1059 · eISSN 2045-1067 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics, Soft Robotics and Applications and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Intelligent mechatronics, robotics and biomimetics Novel and unconventional mechatronic systems and robots Modelling and control of mechatronics systems and robots Elements, structures, mechanisms of micro and nano systems Sensors, wireless sensor networks and multi-sensor data fusion Biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, prosthetics and artificial organs AI, neural networks and fuzzy logic in mechatronics and robotics Industrial automation, process control and networked control systems Telerobotics, human computer interaction, human-robot interaction More on this journal... ObjectivesThe main objective of IJMA is to establish an excellent channel of communication between experts in academic and research institutions, practitioners and professionals working in the industry, and policy makers.ReadershipIJMA provides a forum for information exchange between professionals, academicians and engineers who are working in the area of mechatronics, control engineering, and industrial automation, helping them to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.ContentsIJMA publishes original papers, technical reports, case studies, review papers and tutorials. Special Issues devoted to important topics in advanced mechatronic systems, robotics, control engineering and industrial automation will be published from time to time.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Editor-in-chief M.A. DorghamPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Robotic Mechanisms and DynamicsEngineering12.7%
- Soft Robotics and ApplicationsEngineering8.2%
- Control and Dynamics of Mobile RobotsEngineering7.7%
- Robot Manipulation and LearningEngineering7.1%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering6.6%
- Teleoperation and Haptic SystemsEngineering5.5%
- Dynamics and Control of Mechanical SystemsEngineering5%
- Robotic Locomotion and ControlEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q3 | 238/384 | 38th |
| Computational Mechanics | Q3 | 56/89 | 37th |
| Computational Mathematics | Q3 | 124/189 | 34th |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q3 | 559/797 | 29th |
| Control and Systems Engineering | Q3 | 227/321 | 29th |
| Artificial Intelligence | Q4 | 280/350 | 20th |
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
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DBLPPublisher website
Other: J-Gate, Academic OneFile (Gale), cnpLINKer (CNPIEC), Google Scholar, Info Trac (Gale)
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 88 |
| 2022 | 36 | 0 | 94 |
| 2021 | 50 | 22 | 115 |
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
- 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
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Open Access
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
- Open access Open Access
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 2045-1059
- Electronic ISSN
- 2045-1067
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation
Which databases index International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .