IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering is a quarterly archival journal launched in July 2004 and published by IEEE, edited by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, covering the science and engineering of automation across manufacturing, healthcare, security, energy and services, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.9 and a rank of 10 of 88 in automation and control systems《IEEE 自动化科学与工程汇刊》（IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering）是 2004 年 7 月创办的季刊，由（IEEE）出版、（IEEE Robotics and Automation Society）编辑，覆盖制造、医疗、安防、能源与服务等领域的自动化科学与工程，2025 年影响因子为 7.9，在自动化与控制系统类 88 种期刊中列第 10 位。

Scope

• The journal publishes new abstractions, algorithms, theory, methodologies, models, systems and case studies that can be applied across industries to advance efficiency, quality, productivity and reliability该刊刊载可跨行业应用的新抽象、算法、理论、方法、模型、系统与案例研究，用以提升效率、质量、生产率与可靠性。
• It covers methods, machines and systems operating in structured environments over extended periods, together with the explicit structuring of those environments该刊涵盖在结构化环境中长期运行的方法、机器与系统，以及对这些环境本身的有意结构化。
• Application areas extend well beyond mass production to biotechnology, pharmaceutical testing and health care delivery应用领域远不止大批量生产，还延伸到生物技术、药物检测与医疗服务。
• Home, service and retail automation, construction, transportation and security are also treated as core application domains家庭、服务与零售自动化以及建筑、交通与安防同样被视为核心应用领域。
• Manufacturing, maintenance and supply chains remain central, including CAD, assembly, grippers, fixtures and intelligent flexible manufacturing制造、维护与供应链仍是中心议题，包括计算机辅助设计、装配、夹爪、夹具与智能柔性制造。
• At the operational and enterprise levels the journal covers system modelling, analysis and performance evaluation, planning, scheduling, coordination, risk management and supply chain management在运营与企业层面，该刊覆盖系统建模、分析与性能评估，以及计划、调度、协调、风险管理与供应链管理。
• Real-time inspection with computer vision, mobile surveillance robots and long-duration autonomous systems are typical of the results published基于计算机视觉的实时检测、移动监控机器人以及长时自主系统是其所刊结果的典型代表。

History

• The journal was established by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society as a major archival journal on automation and began quarterly publication in July 2004该刊由（IEEE Robotics and Automation Society）作为自动化领域的主要存档期刊创办，2004 年 7 月起按季出版。
• It is a sibling publication of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, and both are published by IEEE and edited by the robotics and automation society该刊与《IEEE 机器人汇刊》为姊妹刊，两者均由（IEEE）出版、由机器人学与自动化学会编辑。
• Submissions grew from fewer than 400 in 2011 to more than 4300 in 2025, a more than tenfold increase投稿量从 2011 年的不足 400 篇增至 2025 年的 4300 余篇，增长逾十倍。
• Impact factors were 5.083 in 2021, 6.636 in 2022, 6.4 in 2024 and 7.9 in 2025影响因子为 2021 年 5.083、2022 年 6.636、2024 年 6.4、2025 年 7.9。
• In 2025 it ranked 10th of 88 in automation and control systems at the 89.2nd percentile, and its acceptance rate is about 29 per cent2025 年该刊在自动化与控制系统类 88 种期刊中列第 10 位，百分位 89.2，录用率约 29%。
• The journal is hybrid, and from 2026 authors may request open access for a fee of 2800 United States dollars该刊为混合开放获取，自 2026 年起作者可支付 2800 美元申请开放获取。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mariagrazia Dotoli of the Politecnico di Bari, who took the post for the 2026 to 2031 term after serving as a senior editor主编为（Politecnico di Bari）的 Mariagrazia Dotoli，其在担任高级编辑之后出任 2026 至 2031 年任期的主编。
• Editors and associate editors are appointed through periodic open nominations run by the society, and the editorial assistant handles all submission inquiries编辑与副编辑通过学会定期开展的公开提名产生，投稿事务由编辑助理统一处理。
• Review is double anonymous, with the identities of authors and reviewers hidden from each other, and each published article has been assessed by at least two independent reviewers评审采用双匿名方式，作者与审稿人彼此匿名，每篇发表文章至少经两位独立审稿人评审。
• Every paper must include a Note to Practitioners of 100 to 300 words that explains, without jargon, how the results can be applied in practice每篇论文须附 100 至 300 词的「致实践者说明」，以非术语语言说明成果如何应用于实践。
• Only one revise-and-resubmit decision is permitted, and manuscripts exceeding that limit may be rejected outright每篇稿件只允许一次「修改后再审」决定，超出该限度的稿件可能直接被拒。
• Communication items, intended for rebuttals and counter-examples, receive expedited review, while authors of tutorial or review papers are advised to contact the editor-in-chief before submitting用于反驳与反例的「通讯类」稿件走快速评审，而综述与教程类作者被建议在投稿前先联系主编。