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Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2573-5144eISSN2573-5144
SJR Q1WOS 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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
3.426
H-Indexi
57
SNIPi
7.12
Total Worksi
182
Total Citationsi
13,283
2yr Mean Citednessi
8.89
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems provides comprehensive reviews of significant theoretical and applied developments that impact the engineering of autonomous and semiautonomous systems. The broad fields of control and robotics are the major areas covered, together with connections to theoretical and applied mechanics, optimization, communication, information theory, machine learning, computing, and signal processing. The journal covers important intersections with fields outside of engineering, including biology, neuroscience, and human behavioral sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2017
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications182
Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews
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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?
Annual Reviews Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2573-5144 / 2573-5144
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
19
3.1k
2019
20
1.7k
2020
36
1.6k
2021
18
1.6k
2022
22
723
2023
14
454
2024
21
103
2025
4
2
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
Control and Systems EngineeringQ1
Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1
Human-Computer InteractionQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Automation & Control SystemsRobotics

Scopus Categories

Human-Computer InteractionEngineering (miscellaneous)Control and Systems EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Modular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceRobot Manipulation and LearningSoft Robotics and ApplicationsMicro and Nano RoboticsRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsReinforcement Learning in RoboticsAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationFault Detection and Control SystemsFormal Methods in VerificationDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems

Is Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous 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 Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems?

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous 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 8.89.

Is Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems?

The Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems provides comprehensive reviews of significant theoretical and applied developments that impact the engineering of autonomous and semiautonomous systems. The broad fields of control and robotics are the major areas covered, together with connections to theoretical and applied mechanics, optimization, communication, information theory, machine learning, computing, and signal processing. The journal covers important intersections with fields outside of engineering, including biology, neuroscience, and human behavioral sciences.

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