Transportation Research Part E

Transportation Research Part E
Title	Transportation Research Part E
Discipline	Transportation studies
Abbreviation	Transp. Res. Part E
Publisher	Elsevier
History	1997–present
Frequency	Monthly

Transportation Research Part E.

Overview

Transportation Research Part E is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on topics in transportation systems analysis, operations research, and policy evaluation. The journal addresses interdisciplinary problems that intersect with World Bank, United Nations, European Commission, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and International Transport Forum agendas, drawing contributions from scholars affiliated with institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Imperial College London, and Tsinghua University. Authors publishing in the journal often collaborate with researchers from National University of Singapore, Delft University of Technology, University of Melbourne, ETH Zurich, and Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Scope and Topics Covered

The journal covers quantitative modeling and empirical analysis relevant to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Agreement, European Green Deal, and regional initiatives like Belt and Road Initiative. Key topics include network optimization studied in contexts such as Panama Canal, Suez Canal, and Port of Rotterdam operations; demand modeling applied to urban systems in cities like New York City, London, Shanghai, Mumbai, and São Paulo; freight logistics examined alongside corporations such as Maersk, DHL, FedEx, UPS, and Amazon (company); and public transport planning referencing agencies like Transport for London, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Société de transport de Montréal, Chicago Transit Authority, and Tokyo Metro. The journal also publishes work on regulatory frameworks in jurisdictions including European Union, United States Department of Transportation, Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, and National Transport Commission (Australia).

Publication History and Editorial Information

Launched in the late 1990s, the journal developed alongside other titles in the Transportation Research Board family and publishers such as Elsevier and editorial leadership drawing on scholars connected to Cornell University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, and Purdue University. Editorial boards have featured academics who held positions at Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, Northwestern University, and Johns Hopkins University. Special issue editors have included guest scholars from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed in major abstracting services such as Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and specialist databases used by researchers at National Technical University of Athens, Politecnico di Milano, RWTH Aachen University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and University of São Paulo. It appears in citation analyses alongside journals like Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, and Journal of Transportation Geography.

Impact and Reception

The journal's articles inform policymaking at organizations including Federal Highway Administration, California Air Resources Board, Transport Canada, Ministry of Transport, New Zealand, and Swedish Transport Administration and are cited in work by researchers from Stanford University School of Engineering, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, London School of Economics, University College London, and National Taiwan University. Its impact metrics are compared with applied journals such as Operations Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, European Journal of Operational Research, Energy Policy, and Ecological Economics.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Notable contributions have addressed topics related to autonomous vehicles research tied to projects at DARPA, Toyota Research Institute, Waymo, Cruise (company), and NVIDIA Corporation; shared mobility studies intersecting with Uber Technologies, Lyft, Inc., BlaBlaCar, Grab (company), and Ola Cabs; and climate adaptation analyses referencing events like Hurricane Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan, Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and European floods of 2002. Special issues have focused on freight resilience with case studies involving Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, Hamburg Port Authority, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, and Shanghai International Port Group.

Access and Submission Policies

The journal is published by Elsevier with options for subscription access and hybrid open access, allowing authors affiliated with institutions such as Max Planck Society, CNRS, CSIRO, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology to comply with funder mandates from bodies like Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, National Science Foundation (US), Horizon Europe, and UK Research and Innovation. Submission processes use editorial management systems common to publishers serving authors at University of Edinburgh, University of Manchester, Monash University, Seoul National University, and Pohang University of Science and Technology.

Category:Transportation journals