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International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2049-6427eISSN2049-6435

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.442

Total Worksi

292

Total Citationsi

2,017

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Robotics; Automotive Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Economics and Econometrics; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications292

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-6427 / 2049-6435

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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

349

2019

238

2020

378

2021

126

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.

Automotive EngineeringQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Modeling and SimulationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Robotics

Scopus Categories

Automotive EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsModeling and SimulationMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsRobotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsUAV Applications and OptimizationMobile Ad Hoc NetworksDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksSecurity in Wireless Sensor NetworksGuidance and Control SystemsOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems

Is International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned 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 International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems?

International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned 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 0.36.

Is International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems?