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NextGen Journal - Robotics and Automation
NextGen Journal - Robotics and Automation is a peer-oriented platform dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and practical applications in robotics, automation, intelligent systems, and industrial technologies. The journal provides a forum for students, researchers, engineers, and industry professionals to share original research, technical reviews, case studies, and emerging developments that shape the future of automated systems. The journal's scope includes industrial robotics, autonomous systems, mechatronics, control systems, machine vision, sensors and actuators, embedded systems, artificial intelligence for automation, human–robot interaction, and smart manufacturing. It also welcomes work on industrial automation technologies such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, industrial IoT, digital twins, additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0/5.0 applications. By connecting academic research with real-world engineering practice, the journal aims to promote safe, efficient, sustainable, and intelligent automation solutions. It encourages interdisciplinary contributions that address challenges in manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, energy, transportation, and service industries. NextGen Journal - Robotics and Automation seeks to inspire the next generation of engineers and researchers to develop technologies that improve productivity, enhance precision, reduce operational risks, and create smarter, more adaptive industrial environments.
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Within the scope of the journal
Alongside its regular quarterly issues, each of the press's five journals will publish a special issue. The theme is the journal's own scope: any paper the journal already welcomes is welcome to the special issue. Special-issue papers go through the same screening and peer review as every other submission, and publication remains free of cost.
- Theme
- Robotics and Industrial Automation
Author guidelines
Before you send your paper
- What we publish
- Original research, technical reviews, case studies, and emerging developments
- Screening
- Every submission is screened for similarity before it goes out for review.
- Review
- Every submission is peer-reviewed before acceptance. Accepted work is scheduled into the issue as it clears review.
- First decision
- You hear the outcome of the first round within four weeks of submitting.
- Frequency
- The journal is published quarterly.
- Deadline
- Submissions for Volume 1, Issue 1 close on 26 March 2027.
- Cost
- Publication is free of cost. There is no submission charge and no article processing fee.
- Rights & licence
- Authors retain copyright in their work. The press's copyright form grants the press a licence to publish and distribute the paper, and the published paper is released open access under CC BY 4.0, so anyone may read and share it with credit to the author.
- Language
- Manuscripts are considered in English. Please include a title, an abstract, keywords, and the full text.
- Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Ben Clements, University of Leicester, England, United Kingdom.
- How to submit
- Send your manuscript through the press's submission form and name this journal in it. You will hear from the editorial desk once your submission has been read.
Author documents
Copyright Form
The journal's author agreement, completed and returned with the manuscript.
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Author, reviewer, or editorial details, completed at registration.
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Article Template
The journal's editable manuscript format and style guidance.
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