Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics is a fully peer-reviewed, open access, electronic-only journal that publishes original, high-quality research on topics broadly related to neuronally and psychologically inspired robots and other behaving autonomous systems. The journal provides the readers with free, instant, and permanent access to all content worldwide; and the authors with extensive promotion of published articles, long-term preservation, no space constraints, and quick publication upon the acceptance.

Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics is indexed by SCOPUS. Our standard policy requires each paper to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind.

Since 2020 Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics is subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC). There are no submission charges – Article Processing Charges apply after the acceptance of a manuscript. Authors, who have limited access to funds, may request for a discount or full waiver. Inquiries concerning APCs should be addressed before or immediately after submission of a paper to the Managing Editor (Justyna.Zuk@degruyter.com). For more details please refer to Article Processing Charges document (in PDF).

The aim of Paladyn is to become a premier source of knowledge and a worldwide-recognized platform of exchange for scientists of different disciplinary origins and backgrounds (e.g., engineers, computer scientists, physicists, neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists) who are inspired by the analogy between robotic autonomy and human behaviour.

• cognitive robotics
• developmental robotics
• affective robotics
• evolutionary robotics, genetic algorithms
• artificial life, artificial intelligence
• assistance robotics
• visual cognition, computer vision
• neurally inspired robotics, animats
• neural networks, neural computation
• humanoids
• human-robot interaction, symbiotic robots
• machine learning, adaptation and imitation
• development of language, speech recognition
• emergent behaviors of mobile robots
• multi-robot systems, swarm robotics, robot self-organization
• computer-brain interfaces
• decision-making in autonomous robots

• and other related

The journal considers submissions of different types of articles. "Research Articles" are focused on fundamental theoretical aspects, as well as on significant applications in science, engineering etc. “Rapid Communications” are intended to present information of exceptional novelty and exciting results of significant interest to the readers. “Review articles” and “Commentaries”, which present the existing literature on the specific topic from new perspectives, are welcome as well.

Topical/Special Issues:

• Special Issue on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human Robot Interaction (SCRITA)
  Guest Editors:
  Alessandra Rossi (lead Guest Editor), School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  Patrick Holthaus, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  Sílvia Moros, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  Gabriella Lakatos, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  Marcus Scheunemann, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK


• Topical Issue on Roboethics, Part III
  Editorial Board/Guest Editors:
  Fiorella Operto, The School of Robotics, Italy
  Raja Chatila, ISIR, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France
  Guido Nicolosi, University of Catania, Italy
  George Bekey, University of Southern California, USA
  Mariachiara Tallacchini, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
  Isabel Ferreira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  Endre Kadar, University of Portsmouth, UK
  Sarah Fletcher, Cranfield University, UK
  Editorial Advisory Board:
  Gianmarco Veruggio, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
  Mohammad Osman Tokhi, London South Bank University, UK
  


• Special Issue on Learning from Humanoid AI: Motivational, Social and Cognitive Perspectives
  Guest Editor
  Yuefang Zhou, University of Potsdam, Germany
  Advisory Editors
  Kino Coursey, chef AI researcher at Realbotix, USA
  Martin Fischer, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
  Nicole Krämer, Department of Social Psychology, Media and Communication, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  Janett Mohnke, Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Technical University of Applied Sciences, Wildau, Germany