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The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is committed to advancing innovation, knowledge, and excellence in robotics and automation. Our publications serve as a global platform for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to share groundbreaking ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and practical applications that shape the future of intelligent systems.
On this page, you will find essential resources and guidelines related to our journals, magazines, and submission processes, both RAS Sponsored Publications, Co-sponsored Publications and Technically Co-sponsored Publications. Whether you are preparing a manuscript, submitting a video, or exploring ethical standards, these links provide everything you need to contribute to and benefit from the RAS community.
Our portfolio includes leading publications such as RA-L, RA-M, T-ASE, T-RO, T-FR and RA-P, along with tools and programs designed to support authors, reviewers, and young researchers. We also provide guidance on topics like plagiarism, generative AI usage, Double-Anonymous Review Process
 and best practices for creating impactful robot videos.
Explore the sections below to access subscription details, author resources, and review guidelines including our Young reviewers Program, and join us in driving innovation in robotics and automation worldwide.

When you receive a request to review a paper, please download the paper as soon as possible to check that it is within your expertise and confirm that you can commit to completing the review within 30 days. We estimate it requires 1-4 hours to review a T-ASE submission.

Also check that you don’t have a conflict of interest (if you are on the same campus with a co-author or have written a paper with a co-author in the past 5 years). If so notify the assigning editor immediately.

When writing reviews, please put yourself into the position of the authors. You want detailed and constructive feedback. If the paper is not appropriate or needs to be revised for publication, please convey specifically how it can be improved.

The key part of your review is the Advice to Authors, which should be at least 200 words.

This is a body of text that should include these 5 parts:

  1. A summary of the paper’s main contributions in your own words (be careful not to simply restate the Abstract or Note to Practitioners).
  2. Your evaluation of how well the paper reviews Related Work. For this part use Google, CiteSeer, or your library using keywords from the paper. You can suggest that the authors reference specific related papers you find, especially journal papers from the last 2-3 years.
  3. Your evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Be careful to offer constructive suggestions about how the authors might address each of the latter.
  4. Suggestions on specific edits to fix, for example figures that are unclear or typos.
  5. A short summary of your overall evaluation and recommendation.

See also: The Task of the Referee, by Alan Smith.

Please note that IEEE policy does not permit the usage of AI-generated review reports.