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Soft Robotics

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN2169-5172eISSN2169-5180

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.789

H-Indexi

106

SNIPi

2.213

Total Worksi

852

Total Citationsi

42,947

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Robotics; Artificial Intelligence; Biophysics; Control and Systems Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyBimonthly, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications852

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2169-5172 / 2169-5180

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

5.6k

2019

2020

3.2k

2021

2.1k

2022

1.4k

2023

952

2024

203

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

BiophysicsQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Robotics

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsControl and Systems EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soft Robotics and ApplicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceMicro and Nano RoboticsRobot Manipulation and LearningAdvanced Materials and MechanicsDielectric materials and actuatorsProsthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsTactile and Sensory InteractionsUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Frequently asked questions about Soft Robotics

Is Soft Robotics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soft 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 Soft Robotics?

Soft 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 3.97.

Is Soft Robotics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Soft Robotics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Soft Robotics?