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Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1998

ISSN1573-7454
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.716
H-Indexi
89
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~ 43 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications957
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Netherlands
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-7454
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
34
1.3k
2019
57
814
2020
49
538
2021
55
644
2022
37
184
2023
52
365
2024
41
56
2025
37
9
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. 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.

What is the aims and scope of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems?

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.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref