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Foundations and Trends in Robotics

Now Publishers Inc · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1935-8253

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

2.772

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

3,893

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Foundations and Trends in Robotics publishes survey and tutorial articles exploring the interdisciplinary field that combines computer science, engineering, and technology to design, build, and operate machines (robots). Articles that give tutorial coverage of subjects, research retrospectives as well as survey papers that offer state-of-the-art reviews fall within the scope of the journal.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications41

Publisher OrgNow Publishers

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Now Publishers Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1935-8253

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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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?

N/A

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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

221

2019

103

2020

135

2021

231

2022

2023

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 IntelligenceQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsControl and Systems EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsRobot Manipulation and LearningSocial Robot Interaction and HRIReinforcement Learning in RoboticsModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceRobotics and Automated SystemsAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesTarget Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor NetworksSoft Robotics and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Robotics

Is Foundations and Trends in Robotics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foundations and Trends in Robotics: it is indexed in 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 Foundations and Trends in Robotics?

Foundations and Trends in Robotics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 2.772.

Is Foundations and Trends in Robotics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foundations and Trends in Robotics is indexed in Scopus.