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Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1998

ISSN1573-7454

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

398

days submission → published

measured · last 7 articles · accept 369d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.716

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.906

Total Worksi

957

Total Citationsi

38,951

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Focuses on the development, analysis, and applications of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. Offers comprehensive reviews and authoritative tutorials of research and practice in agent systems. Presents significant, novel applications of agent technology. Covers topics from agent decision-making architectures to robotic agents and virtual agents. Emphasizes on learning agents, including computational architectures for learning agents and multi-agent learning.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications957

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-7454

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

792

2020

513

2021

614

2022

172

2023

330

2024

2025

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsComputer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Scopus Categories

Artificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multi-Agent Systems and NegotiationAuction Theory and ApplicationsLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeGame Theory and Voting SystemsReinforcement Learning in RoboticsGame Theory and ApplicationsSemantic Web and OntologiesAI-based Problem Solving and PlanningMobile Agent-Based Network ManagementOptimization and Search Problems

Frequently asked questions about Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Is Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems?

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 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 2.88.

Is Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.