The International Journal of Robotics Research


The International Journal of Robotics Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the field of robotics on topics from sensors and sensory interpretations to kinematics in motion planning. Its editor-in-chief is John M. Hollerbach. The journal was established in 1982 and is published by Sage Publications.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 2.503, ranking it 3rd out of 21 journals in the category "Robotics".