PUBLICATIONS
ACTIVITIES BOARD
September, 2003
Outline
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Publication Rankings
Transactions on Mechatronics update
New initiatives
Summary of Progress over last 4 years
T-RA report
T-ASE report
Magazine report
Publication Rankings
Journal
Abbreviation
IEEE Contr Syst Mag
IEEE T. Automa Contr
Management Science
IEEE T. Contr Syst T
J PROCESS CONTR
IEEE Trans ROBOTIC & AUTOM
IEEE T. Semiconduct. M.
AUTON ROBOT
Computer Aided Design
Operations Research
IEEE ROBOT & AUTOM MAG
IEEE T. Ind Appl
INT J FLEX MANU SYS
ROBOT AUTON SYST
IEEE T SYST MAN CY B
INT J ROBOT RES
Lab Robotics Autom. 0895-7533
INT J PROD RES
2001
Rank
1
4
2
7
13
3
16
12
5
10
9
8
34
19
11
6
21
24
2002
2002
Impact
Rank Total Cites Factor
1066
2.473
1
11014
1.553
2
6497
1.349
3
979
1.241
4
437
1.110
5
2575
1.048
6
599
1.031
7
236
0.990
8
1669
0.965
9
3994
0.892
10
138
0.865
11
2967
0.764
12
203
0.694
13
408
0.650
14
672
0.630
15
1215
0.614
16
116
0.614
17
3049
0.600
18
Immed.
Index
0.162
0.186
0.125
0.088
0.143
0.083
0.046
0.059
0.048
0.184
0.000
0.113
0.000
0.373
0.125
0.12
-0.050
2002
Articles
37
295
104
91
70
96
65
34
83
98
20
194
16
67
80
50
0.000
261
Cited
Half-life
7.0
>10.0
>10.0
5.0
4.6
8.7
6.6
3.6
7.6
>10.0
5.1
7.7
7.4
4.4
4.5
>10.0
4.0
8.7
Publication Rankings
Journal
2001
Abbreviation
Rank
IEEE T. Ind Electron
14
IEEE-ASME T MECH
15
IEEE T. SMC, A
18
II E Trans 0740-817X
32
J ROBOTIC SYST
20
J. Mechatronics
30
ASME J DYNAM SYST, MEAS, & CONTL
25
INT J ADV MANUF TECH
26
INT J COMPUT INTEGR MANUF
29
ROBOTICA
28
ASME J OF MANUF SCI
27
ROBOT CIM-INT MANUF
23
SME J MANF SYS
31
IEEE T. SMC, C
17
J. Mech Design 1050-0472
22
ADV ROBOTICS
35
J INTELL ROBOT SYST
33
Assembly Automation
37
IND ROBOT
36
2002
2002
Impact
Rank Total Cites Factor
1367
0.560
19
267
0.544
20
364
0.528
21
1204
0.523
22
543
0.477
23
242
0.449
24
1216
0.429
25
526
0.376
26
243
0.367
27
274
0.357
28
473
0.356
29
217
0.348
30
455
0.329
31
171
0.288
32
880
0.268
33
123
0.184
34
163
0.130
35
55
0.055
36
47
0.041
37
Immed.
Index
0.084
0.037
0.054
0.060
0.064
0.012
0.011
0.014
0.049
0.000
0.044
0.050
0.000
0.115
0.029
0.000
0.016
0.031
0.01
2002
Cited
Articles Half-life
143
6.8
54
4.2
56
4.4
83
9.1
47
8.1
86
5.1
9.2
8.7
222
4.4
41
6.5
66
6.2
113
4.6
40
6.5
12
8.9
26
4.1
103
7.8
64
5.6
63
5.5
64
6.2
97
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Transactions on Mechatronics
„ Joint publication of ASME Dynamic
Systems and Control & Design Divisions;
IEEE IES and RAS
„ Dispute over distribution of IEEE ASPP
income
„ Management committee operated on basis
of splitting ASPP income
„ IES does not want to share the ASPP
funds with ASME
„ ~$300k involved
Transactions on Mechatronics
„ Negotiation Activities
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IEEE TAB requested to arbitrate
RAS position and history paper prepared
Enrique Ruspini, as Div. Dir., mediates
Mediation meeting with IES, Ruspini
IEEE issues statement that ASPP income not
to be shared
Orin prepares financial proposal
Orin, Volz talk with Wayne Book
Dario sends proposal to IES
Prepared draft proposed agreement for future
New Initiatives: Digital Library
„ Committee established to investigate the
possibility of additional electronic offering
z Lumelsky (chair), Hamel and Valavanis
„ Things to be considered
z Offering major conferences and/or
transactions papers on DVD
z Offering all conference/workshops on DVD
z Joining with Control Society on activity
♦ CS emphasis on putting Xplore info on DVD
♦ Selling to those who don’t have Xpore access
z Economic issues
New Initiatives: Newsletter
„Background:
zIncreasing number of requests for
conference announcements
zStrict IEEE Rules make this difficult
„PAB suggests creating monthly
newsletter
zElectronic
zMembers can opt out of receiving it
zAnnouncements of forthcoming events
zCentral control of inputs
Summary of Publication
Progress Over Last Four Years
„ T-RA continued to increase its ratings and
is top rated robotics journal
„ RAM highly rated, now > IJRR
„ Legacy publications made available on
web and then in Xplore
„ Successful publications reviews
z T-RA, T-Mech and RAM
„ Member surveys conducted
„ New transactions approved
Summary of Publication
Progress Over Last Four Years
„ Conflict of Interest policy in place.
„ “Invitation to submit” statement to be sent
to authors of accepted conference papers.
„ Obtained information on co-sponsored
publications.
„ Participation in negotiating Mechatronics
dispute.
„ Initiated digital library planning activity
„ Initiating plans for electronic newsletter
T-RA Report
„ Separate report by Peter Luh
T-ASE Report
„ Separate report by Peter Luh
T-RO Report
„ Separate report by Alessandro DeLuca
MAGAZINE REPORT
„ Separate report by Kimon Valavanis and
Roz Snyder