Conferences and Journals for Robotic Researchers

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Publication is strongly associated with the assessment of the quality of projects. Besides, publication is the primary way that science is communicated, validated, and advanced. Its importance spans several key areas: “Visibility and Reputation”, “Scientific Impact”, “Peer Review and Quality Assurance”, “Collaboration Opportunities”, and “Institutional and Societal Value”.

In Finland, we use JUFO levels to group conferences and journals (See JUFO, https://jfp.csc.fi/jufoportal)

At BISG-Robotics, researchers are expected to publish their work in the following conferences and journals.

1. Conferences with JUFO levels and deadlines

You can check the recommended conferences here, https://bisg-robotics.github.io/jufo_deadline. Note that you are welcome to contact Bike Chen if you find good conferences but them are not in the website.

2. Journals with JUFO levels (2026)

The recommended journals are as follows:

1) IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE TPAMI)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=34
Scope: computer vision, image understanding, Robotics
JUFO: Level 3

2) International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)

Link: https://link.springer.com/journal/11263
Scope: computer vision, robotics
JUFO: Level 3

6) International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/IJR
Scope: Robotics
JUFO: Level 3

7) Nature Communications

Link: https://www.nature.com/ncomms
Scope: multidisciplinary journal. More info, https://www.nature.com/ncomms/aims
JUFO: Level 3

8) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7083369
Scope: robotics, automation
JUFO: Level 2

9) IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

Link: https://ramagazine.ieee.org
Scope: robotics, automation
JUFO: Level 2

10) NPJ Robotics

Link: https://www.nature.com/npjrobot
Scope: robots and robotic systems, https://www.nature.com/npjrobot/aims
JUFO: Level 2

11) IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10718676
Scope: robots
JUFO: Level 2

12) IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10718676
Scope: robots
JUFO: Level 2

13) Soft Robotics

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/srb
Scope: soft and deformable robots
JUFO: Level 2

14) Journal of Field Robotics (JFR)

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15564967
Scope: robotics in unstructured and dynamic environments
JUFO: Level 2

15) Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai
Scope: biomedical and micro-nano systems to field robotics
JUFO: Level 1

16) Robotics and Computer‑Integrated Manufacturing (RCIM)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/robotics-and-computer-integrated-manufacturing
Scope: industrially-relevant robotics
JUFO: Level 3

17) Artificial Intelligence

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence
Scope: AI
JUFO: Level 3

18) IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6979
Scope: sensing, controls, planning, and implementation of intelligent transportation systems
JUFO: Level 2

19) IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (T-IV)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/aboutJournal.jsp?punumber=7274857
Scope: Artificial Intelligence, Control and Optimization, Automotive Engineering
JUFO: Level 2

20) IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=83
Scope: Computer Graphics, Computer-Aided Design Software, Computer Vision, Image Processing
JUFO: Level 3

21) IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and learning systems (TNNLS)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5962385
Scope: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications
JUFO: Level 3

22) IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=76
Scope: computer vision, image processing
JUFO: Level 2

23) IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6046
Scope: multimedia technology
JUFO: Level 3

24) IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=2945
Scope: computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)
JUFO: Level 3

25) IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=36
Scope: sensing the land, oceans, atmosphere, and space
JUFO: Level 3

26) IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=97
Scope: signal, image, speech, language and audio processing
JUFO: Level 2

27) Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computer-vision-and-image-understanding
Scope: Computer Vision, Image Understanding
JUFO: Level 2

28) Pattern Recognition (PR)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/pattern-recognition
Scope: computer vision, image processing, text and document analysis and neural networks
JUFO: Level 3

29) Pattern Recognition Letters (PRL)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/pattern-recognition-letters
Scope: computer vision, image processing, text and document analysis and neural networks
JUFO: Level 2

30) Pattern Recognition Letters (PRL)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/pattern-recognition-letters
Scope: computer vision, image processing, text and document analysis and neural networks
JUFO: Level 2

31) Image and Vision Computing (IVC)

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/image-and-vision-computing
Scope: image interpretation and computer vision
JUFO: Level 2

32) IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (TGRSL)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8859
Scope: remote sensing, sensing the earth, oceans, atmosphere and space, and the processing, interpretation, and dissemination of this information
JUFO: Level 1

33) IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (TCYB)

Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/aboutJournal.jsp?punumber=6221036
Scope: cybernetics, communication and control, computer vision, neural networks
JUFO: Level 3

Courses and Books for Fresh Researchers

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Taking courses and reading books are very important for fresh researchers. Here, the courses and books are suitable for the researchers who are interesting in Computer Vision, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), Deep Learning, Robotics, etc.

How can researchers improve themselves? Look at the figure above, researchers are “Agent”. “state” means knowledge in brains. “reward” shows achievements. “action” indicates practice. Reading books helps obtain knowledge (i.e., update “state”). At the same time, please apply the knowledge to applications (i.e., update “action”). Finally, the researchers will receive rewards, such as papers and decent jobs (i.e., update “reward”).

1. Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning – Christopher M. Bishop
Deep Learning – Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville

2. Image Processing & Computer Vision

Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision – Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman
Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications – Richard Szeliski
Digital Image Processing – Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods

3. SLAM

Introduction to Visual SLAM From Theory to Practice – Xiang Gao, Tao Zhang
SLAM in Robotics and Autonomous Driving – Xiang Gao
STATE ESTIMATION FOR ROBOTICS – Timothy D. Barfoot

4. Motion Planning & Control

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction – Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto

Courses | BISG-Robotics