International Journal of Robotics Research

The International Journal of Robotics Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, founded in 1982 as the first scholarly publication devoted to robotics, covering the field's engineering, mathematical and computational foundations, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.7 and a rank of 8th among 48 robotics journals《国际机器人研究杂志》（International Journal of Robotics Research）是（SAGE）出版的同行评审期刊，1982 年创刊，是首份专门面向机器人学的学术出版物，覆盖该领域的工程、数学与计算基础，2025 年影响因子为 7.7，在 48 种机器人学期刊中列第 8 位。

Scope

• Kinematics, dynamics and the mechanics of rigid and soft bodies provide the journal's theoretical core运动学、动力学以及刚体与软体力学构成该刊的理论核心。
• Control theory for robots is covered from classical feedback design to learning-based and optimal control机器人控制理论从经典反馈设计到基于学习的最优控制均在范围内。
• Manipulation, grasping, contact modelling and dexterous hands are long-running specialities of the journal操作、抓取、接触建模与灵巧手是该刊长期关注的方向。
• Locomotion for legged, wheeled, aerial and aquatic robots is treated together with the perception that supports it足式、轮式、空中与水下机器人的运动与其支撑性感知一并讨论。
• Robot learning, including imitation learning, reinforcement learning and foundation models for robotics, has become a major share of recent content机器人学习，包括模仿学习、强化学习与机器人基础模型，已占近年内容的很大比重。
• Field, service, medical and industrial robotics are represented through systems papers that report complete, tested implementations野外、服务、医疗与工业机器人通过报告完整且经测试系统的论文体现。
• Datasets, benchmarks and open software releases are published as citable contributions rather than relegated to supplementary material数据集、基准与开源软件作为可引用的成果发表，而非降格为补充材料。

History

• The journal was founded in 1982, when robotics was emerging as a discipline with its own methods rather than a branch of control engineering该刊 1982 年创刊，当时机器人学正从控制工程的分支成长为拥有自身方法的学科。
• Its founding editors were J. Michael Brady of the University of Oxford and Richard Paul of the University of Pennsylvania创刊编辑为牛津大学（University of Oxford）的（J. Michael Brady）与宾夕法尼亚大学（University of Pennsylvania）的（Richard Paul）。
• John Hollerbach of the University of Utah, a long-serving editor, is now editor emeritus and remains associated with the title犹他大学（University of Utah）的（John Hollerbach）长期担任编辑，现为名誉编辑，仍与该刊保持联系。
• Articles are posted online first and then gathered into frequent issues, so the journal reads as a continuous stream rather than a monthly magazine论文先在线发布，再结集为密集的期次，因此该刊更接近连续的信息流，而非按月编排的杂志。
• Its impact factor was 4.703 in 2021, 6.887 in 2022, 5.0 in 2024 and 7.7 in 2025该刊影响因子 2021 年为 4.703，2022 年为 6.887，2024 年为 5.0，2025 年为 7.7。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Antonio Bicchi, who holds posts at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the University of Pisa in Italy and works on robotic manipulation and soft robotics现任主编为（Antonio Bicchi），他在意大利技术研究院（Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia）与比萨大学（University of Pisa）任职，研究机器人操作与软体机器人。
• A senior editorial board of about twenty-three members covers the major subfields and advises on strategy约 23 位成员组成的高级编委会覆盖主要分支领域，并就办刊策略提供建议。
• An advisory board of about thirty-two senior figures, including several founders of the field, sits alongside more than a hundred associate editors约 32 位资深学者组成的顾问委员会与百余位副编辑并行运作，顾问中包括该领域的多位奠基者。
• Associate editors are drawn from universities and corporate research laboratories in more than twenty countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia副编辑来自北美、欧洲、亚洲与澳大利亚的二十多个国家的大学与企业研究实验室。
• The journal reports a first-decision median of eleven days, a review median of eighty-five days and an acceptance rate of about sixteen per cent该刊公布的首轮决定中位时间为 11 天，审稿中位时间为 85 天，录用率约为 16%。