The first article went through the JFR review process quickly, submitted in June 2022, received feedback in September, made minor revisions in October, accepted in November, and underwent proofreading before being published online in December.
The second article is moving at an unusually slow pace, submitted in June 2023, received the initial feedback in early February 2024 suggesting major revisions. The revised article was submitted in April and is currently in the status of Pending Recommendation. We hope for a smooth process ahead

(1) 讚！ | ccc

By the end of March, the impact factor is only 4+, and it is estimated that the KPI will not be completed this year

(0) 讚！ | wang_dachui

I have also been under review for a month now, and it went under review just two or three days after I submitted it. It remains under review even after a month

(0) 讚！ | 123

It has been five months since I submitted it, and it is still under review

(0) 讚！ | mmzpi

Hello, do you have a journal submission format? How is the overall progress?

(2) 讚！ | wanggong

I can't believe they dare to touch porcelain even in this journal

(0) 讚！ | xiaoro

Very good robotics journal, with an increasing impact factor and fast review speed, with first review comments returned within 2 months. High requirements for both theory and implementation. Deep analysis of the on-site performance and data of the robots is required

(3) 讚！ | yyds1236

The review process is fast, but there are too many formatting requirements, which took a long time to handle. It took 1 year and 2 revisions to be accepted, and the formatting may have taken 3 months

(0) 讚！ | yushengWang

Hello, may I ask how long the first trial period typically lasts?

(1) 讚！ | 三万余年

Recently, our team submitted another paper. It went through three reviewers and required major revisions. There were 28 modification suggestions, and the main text of the paper was 19 pages long. The response to the modification suggestions was 47 pages long. It took a whole month to make the revisions. After submission, it was accepted in about two weeks without minor revisions. This may be due to the thoroughness of our major revisions.

The current impact factor of the JFR journal is 8.3. It is gradually returning to its former glory. Judging from the number of paper downloads, it is estimated that the impact factor will continue to rise.

This journal prefers: 1) new robotic system platforms with complete introductions; 2) robotic systems with detailed results from field experiments or on-site experiments, with no page limit and no publication fees; 3) preferably, there should also be sections analyzing lessons learned from experience.

Wishing everyone great achievements, successful submissions, and smooth acceptances!

(24) 讚！ | 农二代

Hello. Can I ask about the experience of submitting contributions?

(0) 讚！ | tree3

Don't touch TRO anymore. It used to be decent, but the quality has dropped significantly since the new editorial board took over in the past two years. It's almost becoming a mediocre academic journal like a certain university's publication. Even top-notch international laboratories are submitting their research papers to the new journal, Field Robotics, founded by the previous editorial board.

(3) 讚！ | piggy_one

Is this called a top-tier journal?

(0) 讚！ | Zach_whu

Stop talking nonsense. It has been so many years.

(0) 讚！ | Zach_whu

Although the quality of articles has declined since the collective resignation of the old editorial board in 2011, it is still the preferred journal for field robotics. As long as the journal adheres to the requirement of conducting field experiments, the quality of the journal will be guaranteed. Submitted on July 20, 2022, revised twice, and accepted on January 31, 2023. It's great to catch the first wave of schools paying for Wiley Open Access, which is very good.

(0) 讚！ | 一学徒

Before, it used to be a top journal in the field of robotics. However, since the previous editorial board collectively resigned, the quality of the articles in this journal has noticeably declined...

(3) 讚！ | piggy_one

Top journals all the time? It's just a 2nd-tier journal, not top. Trying to bluff with this, its impact factor is also not high.

(0) 讚！ | Zach_whu

Is this top level one that you sealed? It doesn't even have the top label~~

(0) 讚！ | 66号小黄鸭

JFR used to be very influential, but ever since the previous group of senior figures in the field of robotics resigned, the new editorial board now consists of nearly half Chinese people, and the proportion of Chinese articles has rapidly increased (lol). The quality of the articles is noticeably lower than before, and the influence has started to decline. It is almost being surpassed by RAL, which is disappointing. Hopefully, the old editorial board's new creation, Field Robotics, will continue to thrive.

(5) 讚！ | piggy_one

6.02 Submitted
6.13 Returned to the author to be formatted for journal submission
6.24 Resubmitted after formatting in LaTeX
6.26 Under review
8.24 The paper was rejected because it was not relevant to the scope of the journal, after more than 2 months. They specifically wanted the paper to be within the scope or out of the scope.

(0) 讚！ | Abubaker747

4.13 submitted on
4.16 under review
6.28 review after major assignment
7.27 submitted (revision 1)
8.13 under review
8.23 accept after minor assignment
8.24 submitted (revision 2)
8.25 accepted
During the period from 7.27 to 8.13, there were several back and forth due to the system's inability to recognize the author's name, which wasted some time. Overall, the review process was very fast and the opinions of the two reviewers were very friendly.

(22) 讚！ | cat9536

2021.3.19 selecting for review
3.28 assigning for review

Translation: 
2021.3.19 - Selecting for review
3.28 - Assigning for review

(13) 讚！ | vigour

Top-tier magazine in the field of robotics, highly recognized by people in the robotics community, on par with IJRR, TRO, and others. Many renowned experts in the field publish their articles in this magazine. Its impact factor was high in previous years but has decreased in the past one or two years, which is puzzling. The magazine has recently changed its editorial board in 2021, and now the review process is very fast. One month after submitting the paper, it was rejected with feedback from four reviewers, which was very fair. Will continue to strive for improvement in the future!

(27) 讚！ | 农二代

The former name of the journal is Journal of Robotic Systems. It is one of the three top robotics journals and currently ranks third, after The International Journal of Robotics Research and The IEEE Transactions on Robotics. More and more articles have been published in the domestic in recent years, nearly ten articles per year. In the domestic, the publication frequency of IJRR is usually 1–3 articles every two years, and TRO is 3–6 articles per year.

(5) 讚！ | zarathustr

The ace journal in the field of robotics, whose influence is second only to the International Journal of Robotics Research in the robot field (currently Chinese)Only Hong Kong's Sun, D. and others sent it), ahead of IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

(7) 讚！ | 匿名