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Unmanned Systems

World Scientific · Singapore · Est. 1986

ISSN2301-3850eISSN2301-3869

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.626

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.596

Total Worksi

653

Total Citationsi

5,679

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Automation & Control Systems; Aerospace Engineering; Automotive Engineering; Control and Optimization; Control and Systems Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

Annual Volume~ 113 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications653

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

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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?

World Scientific

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2301-3850 / 2301-3869

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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

794

2019

683

2020

484

2021

459

2022

511

2023

100

249

2024

157

113

2025

108

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ1

Automotive EngineeringQ1

Control and OptimizationQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control Systems

Scopus Categories

Automotive EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and OptimizationAerospace Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsRobotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsUAV Applications and OptimizationGuidance and Control SystemsAerospace and Aviation TechnologyControl and Dynamics of Mobile RobotsAerospace Engineering and Control SystemsUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Frequently asked questions about Unmanned Systems

Is Unmanned Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Unmanned Systems?

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 0.69.

Is Unmanned Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Unmanned Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Unmanned Systems?