Soft Robotics

Soft Robotics is a bimonthly journal founded in 2014 and published by SAGE Publications in association with Mary Ann Liebert, covering soft and deformable robots, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.5.《软体机器人》（Soft Robotics）为双月刊，2014 年创办，现由（SAGE Publications）与（Mary Ann Liebert）合作出版，覆盖软体与可变形机器人，2025 年影响因子为 5.5。

Scope

• The journal was the first devoted to soft and deformable robots, machines built from compliant materials rather than rigid links.本刊是首本专注软体与可变形机器人的期刊，这类机器由柔顺材料而非刚性连杆构成。
• Flexible electronics and stretchable sensors for robotics are core subjects.柔性电子与可拉伸传感器用于机器人，是核心主题。
• Soft actuators, artificial muscles and soft material fabrication are published.软体驱动器、人工肌肉与软材料制造工艺均予发表。
• Bioinspiration and biomimetics, drawing on animal locomotion and plant movement, are central themes.借鉴动物运动与植物运动机理的仿生学，是其中的核心议题。
• Modelling, simulation and control of highly deformable bodies are treated at length.高可变形体的建模、仿真与控制受到重点讨论。
• Medical and wearable applications, where compliance allows safe interaction with living tissue, are covered.当柔顺性允许与活体组织安全交互时，医学与可穿戴应用均在收录之列。
• The journal is interdisciplinary by necessity, combining materials science, biomechanics, computer science and tissue engineering.本刊因需而必然交叉，把材料科学、生物力学、计算机科学与组织工程结合在一起。

History

• Soft Robotics was launched in 2014 by Mary Ann Liebert, with its first volume opening that year.《软体机器人》由（Mary Ann Liebert）于 2014 年创办，第一卷即在该年问世。
• Barry Trimmer of Tufts University, the founding editor-in-chief, wrote the inaugural editorial asking why a journal of soft robotics was needed then.创始主编、塔夫茨大学的 Barry Trimmer 撰写了创刊社论，追问当时为何需要一本软体机器人期刊。
• The journal is issued every two months and publishes world-class peer-reviewed research on soft and deformable robots.本刊每两个月出版一期，发表软体与可变形机器人领域的经同行评审研究。
• Barbara Mazzolai of the Italian Institute of Technology was appointed deputy editor-in-chief in 2024.意大利技术研究院的 Barbara Mazzolai 于 2024 年获任副主编。
• From 2026 the journal is published by SAGE Publications in association with Mary Ann Liebert.自 2026 年起，本刊由（SAGE Publications）与（Mary Ann Liebert）合作出版。
• Its impact factor stood at 8.071 in 2021 and 5.5 in 2025, and the title is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus.其影响因子在 2021 年为 8.071，2025 年为 5.5，本刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）收录。

Editors

• Barry Trimmer, a professor at Tufts University, leads the journal as editor-in-chief.塔夫茨大学教授 Barry Trimmer 担任主编。
• Barbara Mazzolai of the Italian Institute of Technology serves as deputy editor-in-chief.意大利技术研究院的 Barbara Mazzolai 担任副主编。
• Associate editors come from institutions in Italy, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Germany and the United States.副编辑来自意大利、英国、中国、日本、德国与美国的机构。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and the journal publishes original research and review articles.稿件经同行评审，本刊发表原创研究与综述。
• The journal operates a hybrid model and is not a fully open access title.本刊采用混合模式，并非完全开放获取期刊。
• Its readership spans biomedical engineers, biomechanical engineers, biopolymer chemists, computer scientists and tissue engineers.其读者覆盖生物医学工程师、生物力学工程师、生物高分子化学家、计算机科学家与组织工程师。