《野戰機器人學雜志》致力于促進學術出版物的出版，這些出版物涉及非結構化和動態環境中機器人學的基礎知識。鼓勵介紹機器人研究及其在環境、建筑、林業、農業、采礦、海底、智能公路、搜索和救援、軍事和空間（軌道和行星）中的應用。鼓勵在傳感、傳感器、機械設計、計算體系結構、通信、規劃、學習和控制等領域發表應用于現場應用的論文。該雜志關注實驗機器人技術，并鼓勵出版既有理論意義又有實際意義的著作。鼓勵作者實施他們的工作，并在重大問題上展示其效用，強調基本原則。也就是說，期刊鼓勵報道在工作中所學到的東西，而不僅僅是報道所做的事情。此外，還鼓勵進行比較或元研究，驗證先前公布的結果，以及尋求在代表性環境中驗證自主系統的擴展現場實驗報告。系統文件是受歡迎的，但它們必須包括分析和洞察方法為什么有效以及有待解決的挑戰。鼓勵對已部署的系統進行長期研究。該雜志將只出版高質量的文章，而不是達到特定數量的論文或接受的論文與提交的論文的比例。JFR不會發表實驗驗證僅限于模擬或控制實驗室實驗的文章。

The Journal of Field Robotics seeks to promote scholarly publications dealing with the fundamentals of robotics in unstructured and dynamic environments. Articles describing robotics research with applications to the environment, construction, forestry, agriculture, mining, subsea, intelligent highways, search and rescue, military, and space (orbital and planetary) are encouraged. Papers in sensing, sensors, mechanical design, computing architectures, communication, planning, learning, and control, applied to field applications are encouraged.The journal focuses on experimental robotics and encourages publication of work that has both theoretical and practical significance. Authors are encouraged to implement their work and demonstrate its utility on significant problems with emphasis on the underlying principles. That is, the journal encourages reporting on what was learned in doing the work, rather than merely on what was done. Also encouraged are comparative or meta-studies and verification of previously published results as well as reports of extended field experiments that seek to validate autonomous systems in representative environments. Systems papers are welcome but they must include analysis and insight into why approaches work and the challenges still to be addressed. Studies of systems that have been fielded over extended durations are encouraged. The journal will publish only articles of high quality rather than achieving a particular number of papers or a ratio of accepted papers to those submitted. JFR will not publish articles in which the experimental validation is restricted to simulation or controlled laboratory experiments.