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Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6294801 ↗
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The Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in all areas of artificial intelligence.

History

It was established in 1993 as one of the first scientific journals distributed online. Paper volumes were printed by the AAAI Press. The Journal for Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) is one of the premier publication venues in artificial intelligence. JAIR also stands out in that, since its launch in 1993, it has been 100% open-access and non-profit, a diamond open access journal.

Content

The Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) is dedicated to the rapid dissemination of important research results to the global artificial intelligence (AI) community. The journal's scope encompasses all areas of AI, including agents and multi-agent systems, automated reasoning, constraint processing and search, knowledge representation, machine learning, natural language, planning and scheduling, robotics and computer vision, uncertainty in AI, generative AI, human–AI interaction and ethical issues in AI.

Special Tracks

JAIR publishes articles in several special tracks, in addition to its main track for regular scientific articles. These include a track for survey papers, a track for award-winning conference papers, a track on AI & Society, and time-limited tracks dedicated to other special topics.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Inspec, Science Citation Index, and MathSciNet. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2024 impact factor of 4.

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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.