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Methods and Applications of Automatic Control and Information Technology
  • Editor-in-Chief: Ulrich Jumar
Languages: German, English
First published: June 20, 1964
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
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Objective
Automatisierungstechnik (AUTO) publishes articles covering the entire range of automation technology: development and application of methods, the operating principles, characteristics, and applications of tools and the interrelationships between automation technology and societal developments. The journal includes a tutorial series on "Theory for Users," and a forum for the exchange of viewpoints concerning past, present, and future developments. Automatisierungstechnik is the official organ of GMA (The VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automatic Control) and NAMUR (The Process-Industry Interest Group for Automation Technology).

Topics
  • control engineering
  • digital measurement systems
  • cybernetics
  • robotics
  • process automation / process engineering
  • control design
  • modelling
  • information processing
  • man-machine interfaces
  • networked control systems
  • complexity management
  • machine learning
  • ambient assisted living
  • automated driving
  • bio-analysis technology
  • building automation
  • factory automation / smart factories
  • flexible manufacturing systems
  • functional safety
  • mechatronic systems

Article formats
Overview articles (reviews), methodological papers, applications papers, tools papers

Your Benefits

Your benefits:

  • Practical relevance of published articles
  • Important guide on matters related to automation technology
  • New theoretical methods and their potential areas of application
  • Close ties to research institutes and universities engaged in automation research
  • Annual Best Paper Awards sponsored by industry partners
  • Special Issues on hot topics by renowned Guest Editors

History

The journal at – Automatisierungstechnik was founded in 1953 in West Germany, at the time entitled rt – Regelungstechnik, nine years after the first German chair for automation control was established at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg. The first German institute entirely dedicated to automation control was founded in 1955 in Dresden. The division of Germany into East and West as of 1949 affected the German automation control community in terms of knowledge exchange, personal contacts and publication habits, with West German results usually being published in at, while researchers in East Germany published in Messen, Steuern, Regeln (msr), founded in 1957. In 1991, following the German reunification, economic considerations dictated a merger of msr with the practical journal Automatisierungstechnische Praxis (atp), while the more theoretical content previously published by msr found itself drawn to at.

at – Automatisierungstechnik has been closely affiliated with the prime annual automation control conference in Germany, Regelungstechnisches Kolloquium, which is held every February in the town of Boppard near Koblenz. The 50th anniversary of this colloquium was celebrated in 2016 in at with a number of articles including historical accounts and rhymed wit.

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Previous Titles

at - Automatiserungstechnik was originally founded as rt – Regelungstechnik. Its current name was introduced in 1985.

at - Automatisierungstechnik publishes special and thematic issues focussed on important and emerging topics in the field of study. The journal has established a rigorous process to ensure that any special issue manuscripts follow the same high-quality standards and peer review processes as regular manuscripts. For further information on the journal’s peer review policy please see the "Instructions for Authors".
Recent Special Issues

Journal Impact Factor 0.9 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor 0.9 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
Journal Citation Indicator 0.18 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
CiteScore 2.1 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025)
SCImago Journal Rank 0.309 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper 0.570 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
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Your benefits of publishing with us
  • Rapid online publication with short turnaround times
  • High impact
  • High quality blind peer-review
  • Free publication of color figures in print and online
  • No page charges
  • Optional open access publication
  • Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
  • Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
  • Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
  • Professional sales and marketing activities

Submission process

  • Check that your topic fits the scope of the journal

  • Use our LaTeX or Word templates for drafting a manuscript Submission of your paper via our submission management tool

    The editorial office will forward your manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief for evaluation and peer-review. We aim to provide decisions after peer-review within 3 months of receipt (including any author revisions); papers deemed unsuitable for the journal will usually be returned to authors within two weeks of submission

  • You will be guided through every step of peer review process
  • Decision on your paper
  • You will be informed by e-mail if your manuscript has been accepted or rejected or if it requires further attention
  • Hybrid Open Access is available as an option post-acceptance
  • Publication online and in print
Please note
  • Before submitting your article please refer to our at Ethical Guidelines and our Copyright Transfer Agreement
  • Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise German or English
  • For German articles we recommend that authors additionally include abstract and keywords in English
  • Our Repository Policy allows you to distribute 30 PDF copies of your published article to colleagues (the PDF has to include the information that it is an author's copy). Please also feel free to distribute the link to the online abstract

  • If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ page for authors or contact us directly at [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Hybrid Open Access

In this journal, authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. Open Access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints.
Please note that authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement can publish open access without paying an article processing charge (APC). More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found under the "Funding and Support" tab here.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Jumar, Institute for Automation Engineering (IFAT), Magdeburg, Germany

Advisory Board
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Adamy, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Georg Bretthauer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sören Hohmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Kleinert, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ralf Mikut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Neidig, Siemens AG, Nürnberg, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Rauter, University of Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Math. Klaus Röbenack, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Joachim Rudolph, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin Wolter, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ningbo Yu, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China

Journal Coordinator
Birgit Zoglmeier
De Gruyter, Munich
[email protected]

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eISSN:
2196-677X
ISSN:
0178-2312
Languages:
German, English
Publisher:
De Gruyter (O)
Additional information
First published:
June 20, 1964
Publication Frequency:
12 issues per year
eISSN: 2196-677X
ISSN: 0178-2312
Audience(s) for this journal
researchers in the field of automation technology in academia and industry
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