IEEE Transactions on Robotics ranked top journal.
Press Release Summary:
According to 2006 Journal Citation Reports, IEEE Transactions on Robotics had impact rating of 1.763, which is a calculated figure indicating average number of times articles published in previous 2 years are cited in current year. JCR includes data for nearly 6,200 highly cited titles in variety of disciplines. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and preceding journal, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, have ranked number one in Robotics category for several years.
Original Press Release:
IEEE Transactions on Robotics is Top Rated Robotics Journal in Re-Issued 2006 Journal Citation Reports
1 November - The IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) is the top ranking journal in the robotics category in the 2006 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with an impact factor of 1.763, the highest in this category. The impact factor is a calculated figure indicating the average number of times articles published in the previous two years are cited in the current year, 2006, in this case.
When the JCR was originally published in June, T-RO appeared to have slipped to third place in this category. After the data was analyzed by Editor-in-Chief Alessandro De Luca, it was determined that a number of 2006 citations were missing. The JCR publisher, Thomson Scientific, confirmed the error and corrected it in the recently re-issued version of the 2006 JCR. JCR includes data for nearly 6,200 highly cited titles in a wide variety of disciplines.
The IEEE Transactions on Robotics and the preceding journal, the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, have ranked number one in the Robotics category for several years and specifically for the five year period 2002 - 2006. The IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine is also in this category which includes a total of 12 journals; it ranks sixth in the 2006 JCR. The 2007 edition of the Journal Citation Reports will be published in June 2008.
