Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Transportation journal rankings 2018
47 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Transportation has 47 ranked journals in 2018. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2017 to 1.52, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.43. The top three are Cities, Transport Reviews, and Journal of Transport Geography.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
47 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1CitiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.42Q1 | 4.50 0.78 up from 2017 | 543 | 35% | $3,000 | ||
2Transport ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.00Q1 | 5.59 0.57 up from 2017 | 172 | 36% | — | ||
3Journal of Transport GeographyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.24Q1 | 4.45 0.86 up from 2017 | 473 | 31% | $2,990 | ||
4Transportation Research Part B MethodologicalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.98Q1 | 5.92 0.78 up from 2017 | 592 | 42% | $3,810 | ||
5Transportation Research Part A Policy and PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.85Q1 | 4.81 0.99 up from 2017 | 688 | 35% | $3,270 | ||
6Computers Environment and Urban SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.27Q1 | 4.68 0.37 up from 2017 | 263 | 37% | $3,740 | ||
7Travel Behaviour and SocietyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.21Q1 | 3.82 1.31 up from 2017 | 86 | 24% | $2,850 | ||
8Transport PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | 3.80 0.61 up from 2017 | 423 | 28% | $2,890 | ||
9TransportationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 2.64 0.20 down from 2017 | 258 | 32% | $2,990 | ||
10Research in Transportation Business & ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.59Q1 | 3.34 0.03 up from 2017 | 131 | 32% | $2,620 | ||
11Transportation Research Part D Transport and EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.45Q1 | 4.91 1.03 up from 2017 | 654 | 30% | $3,450 | ||
12International Journal of Health GeographicsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 4.03 0.50 up from 2017 | 124 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
13Journal of Transport and Land UseOAUniversity of Minnesota · United States | 2.38Q2 | 2.49 0.24 up from 2017 | 106 | 100% | $750 | ||
14Transactions in GISWiley · United Kingdom | 2.30Q2 | 3.12 0.65 up from 2017 | 165 | 29% | $3,800 | ||
15Research in Transportation EconomicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.95Q2 | 2.52 0.79 up from 2017 | 184 | 31% | $2,430 | ||
16Applied MobilitiesTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.89Q2 | 2.02 0.72 down from 2017 | 46 | 48% | — | ||
17International Journal of Sustainable TransportationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.82Q2 | 3.04 1.04 up from 2017 | 161 | 30% | — | ||
18European Transport Research ReviewOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.81Q2 | 2.78 0.35 up from 2017 | 128 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
19ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.80Q2 | 2.78 0.03 down from 2017 | 790 | 100% | $2,292 | ||
20Public TransportSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.79Q2 | 1.91 0.59 up from 2017 | 72 | 18% | $3,390 | ||
21Transportmetrica A Transport ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.73Q2 | 2.38 0.17 down from 2017 | 146 | 26% | — | ||
22European journal of transport and infrastructure researchOADelft University of Technology · Netherlands | 1.65Q2 | 2.01 0.53 up from 2017 | 106 | 100% | — | ||
23Networks and Spatial EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.56Q2 | 2.74 0.21 up from 2017 | 99 | 34% | $3,090 | ||
24Journal of Public TransportationOAUnited States | 1.52Q2 | 1.93 0.74 up from 2017 | 84 | 100% | $2,110 | ||
25Journal of Advanced TransportationOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · Canada | 1.47Q3 | 2.33 1.00 up from 2017 | 309 | 100% | $2,760 | ||
26Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.43Q3 | 2.02 0.90 up from 2017 | 165 | 37% | $3,650 | ||
27Case Studies on Transport PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.40Q3 | 1.57 0.13 up from 2017 | 178 | 23% | $1,950 | ||
28Journal of Urban Planning and DevelopmentAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.25Q3 | 1.24 0.12 down from 2017 | 148 | 11% | — | ||
29Journal of Transport & HealthElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.24Q3 | 1.48 1.26 down from 2017 | 549 | 32% | $2,720 | ||
30Australian PlannerTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.23Q3 | 0.95 0.18 down from 2017 | 87 | 26% | — | ||
31Urban Rail TransitOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.22Q3 | 1.44 0.07 up from 2017 | 62 | 100% | $1,590 | ||
32Transportation research procediaOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.21Q3 | 1.69 0.56 up from 2017 | 2,066 | 100% | — | ||
33Transportation Planning and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.96Q3 | 1.12no change | 159 | 12% | — | ||
34Transportation LettersTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.92Q3 | 1.33 0.52 up from 2017 | 143 | 16% | — | ||
35Articulo – revue de sciences humainesOASwitzerland | 0.92Q3 | 0.32 0.21 down from 2017 | 80 | 100% | — | ||
36Transportation in Developing EconomiesSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.80Q3 | 1.17 0.54 up from 2017 | 54 | 0% | $3,890 | ||
37Journal of Location Based ServicesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.71Q4 | 1.68 0.08 up from 2017 | 40 | 36% | — | ||
38Asian Transport StudiesOAElsevier BV · Japan | 0.43Q4 | 0.43 0.07 down from 2017 | 33 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
39Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal EngineerThomas Telford Ltd. · United Kingdom | 0.41Q4 | 0.70 0.03 down from 2017 | 105 | 41% | — | ||
40International Journal of TransportationAustralia | 0.39Q4 | 0.50 0.12 up from 2017 | 52 | 83% | — | ||
| 0.34Q4 | 0.57 0.11 up from 2017 | 84 | 100% | — | |||
42Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for transportation studies/Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation StudiesEastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies · Japan | 0.25Q4 | 0.08 0.16 down from 2017 | 194 | 0% | — | ||
43Journal of the Transportation Research ForumUnited States | 0.19Q4 | 0.16 0.08 down from 2017 | 66 | — | — | ||
44Transportation Research Board 94th Annual MeetingTransportation Research BoardPublisher not listed | 0.18Q4 | 0.00 0.27 down from 2017 | 1,443 | — | — | ||
45Transportation Research Board 95th Annual MeetingTransportation Research BoardPublisher not listed | 0.14Q4 | 0.22 0.01 up from 2017 | 1,367 | — | — | ||
46ITE journalInstitute of Transportation Engineers · United States | 0.14Q4 | 0.21 0.09 up from 2017 | 95 | 0% | — | ||
47Traffic engineering & controlHemming Group · United Kingdom | 0.02Q4 | 0.08 0.05 up from 2017 | 30 | — | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Transportation highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,315
- Education714
- Political Science and International Relations321
- Communication74
- Gender Studies61
- Health52
- Safety Research51
- Public Administration50
- Urban Studies49
- Law47
- Linguistics and Language47
- Transportation47
- Library and Information Sciences42
- Demography40
- Anthropology38
- Geography, Planning and Development29
- Cultural Studies9
- Development4
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Transportation journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 47
- Window papers (baseline)
- 30,211 -0.8% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 1.52 -9.1% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 51 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 8,867 | 9,543 | 10,186 | 10,873 | 11,598 | 12,477 | 13,558 | 14,735 | 15,795 | 17,085 | 18,709 | 20,716 | 23,170 | 25,781 | 28,152 | 30,461 | 31,404 | 31,480 | 30,211 | 29,600 | 29,380 | 31,002 | 31,749 | 31,901 | 30,499 | 30,896 | |
| Median OJR | 1.01 | 1.43 | 1.424 | 1.13 | 1.1609 | 1.57 | 1.51 | 1.415 | 1.48 | 1.29 | 1.85 | 1.97 | 1.90 | 1.88 | 2.24 | 1.68 | 1.72 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 1.1610 | 1.23 | 1.31 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.