Editorial and Peer-Review Policy
Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems follows a rigorous single-blind peer-review process to ensure the publication of high-quality, original, and ethically conducted research. Every manuscript is evaluated based on scientific merit, methodological quality, ethical compliance, originality, and relevance to the journal's scope. The editorial process is designed to maintain fairness, transparency, confidentiality, and academic integrity throughout every stage of publication.
Key Features:
- Every manuscript undergoes an initial editorial assessment to evaluate originality, relevance, scientific quality, and compliance with the journal's submission requirements.
- Submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism and publication ethics before entering the peer-review process.
- Each eligible manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field under a single-blind peer-review model.
- Reviewers provide constructive, objective, and confidential evaluations to improve the scientific quality and clarity of the manuscript.
- Editorial decisions are based on reviewer recommendations, scientific merit, ethical standards, and the journal's editorial policies.
- Authors are expected to address reviewer comments thoroughly and submit a detailed response during the revision process.
- All participants in the publication process are expected to adhere to internationally recognized publication ethics and maintain the confidentiality of submitted work.
Publication Frequency & Format
The Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems is published Annual (One issue per year). Accepted manuscripts are published online promptly after completing peer review, editorial processing, and production, ensuring rapid dissemination of scholarly research in both HTML and PDF formats with permanent DOI assignment.
Open Access Policy
The Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems follows the Open Access publishing model, providing immediate and unrestricted access to all published articles. Authors retain the copyright to their work, while articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. This license permits reading, downloading, sharing, copying, adapting, and redistributing the published work in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.
Indexing & Archiving
Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems is committed to maximizing the visibility, discoverability, and long-term accessibility of published research. The journal actively pursues inclusion in internationally recognized indexing and abstracting databases while preserving published content through trusted digital archiving and preservation practices to ensure permanent accessibility and scholarly continuity.
For Manuscript Submission
Authors are invited to submit original research articles, reviews, case reports, opinion papers, and other scholarly contributions through the journal's Online Manuscript Submission System. All submissions should comply with the journal's Author Guidelines, including manuscript preparation, ethical requirements, authorship criteria, funding disclosures, conflict-of-interest statements, and reporting standards.
Authors can submit their manuscripts through the journal's Online Submission System
(Submit Manuscript).
Publication Ethics & Integrity
Journal of Robotics, Automation and Smart Systems is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and research integrity in accordance with internationally accepted scholarly publishing principles. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to uphold ethical research practices, maintain confidentiality, disclose conflicts of interest, and ensure the accuracy and originality of published work. All submissions undergo plagiarism screening, and appropriate editorial action is taken in cases involving plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, image manipulation, authorship disputes, or other forms of publication misconduct.