Abstract:
Open access movement enhances the researchers to access good number of resources. The freely available content has created a great impact on accessing many journal articles in various subject disciplines and enriches the academic community with widespread knowledge. The present study attempts to analyze the open access journals and articles listed in the Directory of Open Access journals (DOAJ) on Robotics. The study results that 49 journals and 12311 articles are listed in DOAJ as on 15 September 2021. 34 journals have articles on Technology, 13 on Science. 22% journals are not charging any article processing charges (APC). A majority of 22 journals have CC BY license. MDPI AG are the most predominant publishers, United Kingdom is the most productive country (8) in Robotics and English is the predominant language of publication (86.49%). 45% journals in Robotics in DOAJ follow blind Review process followed by 14% journals follows Double blind review process. The journal “Sensors” has published 1069 articles. A majority of 6266 journal articles are published in DOAJ in the year 2021.
