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Journal of Field Robotics

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1556-4967

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.141

H-Indexi

129

SNIPi

2.172

Total Worksi

1,974

Total Citationsi

74,778

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Robotics; Computer Science Applications; Control and Systems Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,974

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1556-4967

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

5.7k

2019

3.3k

2020

1.5k

2021

101

2.3k

2022

140

2.6k

2023

226

1.8k

2024

277

832

2025

193

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Robotics

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsUnderwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceRobotic Locomotion and ControlSmart Agriculture and AISoft Robotics and ApplicationsRobot Manipulation and LearningAdvanced Vision and ImagingIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Field Robotics

Is Journal of Field Robotics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Field Robotics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Field Robotics?

Journal of Field Robotics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.99.

Is Journal of Field Robotics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Field Robotics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Field Robotics?