ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA  is an advanced academic periodical affiliated with CAA, the Chinese Association of Automation, and CASIA, the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Readers are assumed mainly as researchers, professors, engineers, and post- and undergraduate students in the field of automation science and technology. The journal publishes monthly high-quality papers in either Chinese or English on original theoretical and experiment research and development in the area of automation. The coverage of this journal includes but is not limited to (1) Automatic control; (2) Systems theory and engineering; (3) Automation engineering and applications; (4) Computer-aided technology for automation systems;(5) Robotics; (6) Artificial intelligence and intelligent control; (7) Pattern recognition and image processing; (8) Information processing and service; (9) Network based automation.

ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA started publication in 1963, stopped publication in the period of 1966-1978, and resumed publication in 1979. Now, the journal covers 112 pages for each issue, is published by Science Press and Elsevier Limited.

ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA has established itself as one of the top journals in the broad field of automation. In Year 2002 and Year 2004, the journal won, consecutively, the prestigious First Class Chinese National Journal Award. Over the years, the journal has enjoyed a steady increase in the citation impact factor.