Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) has launched a new genre of research papers at the ongoing 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009). IJRR data papers will facilitate and encourage the release of quality, peer reviewed datasets to the robotics community.
Published by SAGE, IJRR claims to be the oldest and the most highly read scholarly publication on robotics research. The introduction of data papers will enable authors to share original experimental data and provide the means to overcome a significant barrier to entry in robotics which currently slows down development in the field.
Data papers will be fully peer reviewed, and the papers will appear in the print version of the journal, ensuring that they can be cited in the same way as research papers. Eventually, IJRR will provide an archival service to authors, hosting all datasets and their supporting websites, thereby providing extensive value over time to the robotics research community.
In addition to the new data papers, SAGE launched a revamped multimedia site for the journal. The first robotics journal to host multimedia alongside their articles in 2001, the updated site has an improved look, feel and ease of access for all supplementary data. Access to supplementary data remains free to authors, and accessible to all. Each extension is peer-reviewed to ensure only the highest quality and relevant material is accepted into IJRR.
