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Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0191-2615eISSN1879-2367

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.07

H-Indexi

225

SNIPi

2.302

Total Worksi

4,144

Total Citationsi

274,288

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological publishes papers on all methodological aspects of transportation, particularly those requiring mathematical analysis. Areas covered include traffic flow, design and analysis of transportation networks, control and scheduling, optimization, queuing theory, logistics, supply chains, and the development and application of statistical, econometric, and mathematical models to address transportation problems.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 146 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,144

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0191-2615 / 1879-2367

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

196

12k

2019

141

7.1k

2020

174

7.1k

2021

145

3.6k

2022

127

2.7k

2023

164

1.8k

2024

146

625

2025

125

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsEngineering, CivilOperations Research & Management ScienceTransportationTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

TransportationManagement Science and Operations ResearchCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationTraffic control and managementTransportation and Mobility InnovationsUrban Transport and AccessibilityTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Is Transportation Research Part B: Methodological a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transportation Research Part B: Methodological: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological?

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.65.

Is Transportation Research Part B: Methodological indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.