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Transportation Research Record

US National Research Council · United States

ISSN0361-1981eISSN2169-4052

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.557

H-Indexi

195

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.792

Total Worksi

38,657

Total Citationsi

602,064

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Transportation Research Record covers a variety of subjects, including transport engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, simulation, and operations research. The journal publishes research related to pedestrian fatal crash location analysis and factors affecting travel demand by bus.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 887 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications38,657

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

US National Research Council

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0361-1981 / 2169-4052

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

840

15k

2019

764

12k

2020

902

10k

2021

989

8.5k

2022

962

6.7k

2023

830

2.9k

2024

870

857

2025

407

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 EngineeringQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, CivilTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Mechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationInfrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringAsphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationUrban Transport and AccessibilityTraffic and Road Safety

Frequently asked questions about Transportation Research Record

Is Transportation Research Record a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transportation Research Record: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Transportation Research Record?

Transportation Research Record 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 1.55.

Is Transportation Research Record indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transportation Research Record is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.