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Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0965-8564eISSN1879-2375

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.843

H-Indexi

208

SNIPi

2.148

Total Worksi

5,441

Total Citationsi

252,448

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice considers papers dealing with policy analysis, planning, interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environments, and management and evaluation of transport systems. The journal explores topics in transport engineering, including travel behavior research, and may be approached from any discipline.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 342 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,441

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?

0965-8564 / 1879-2375

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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

291

16k

2019

299

14k

2020

261

10k

2021

258

7.7k

2022

296

2023

335

3.6k

2024

395

1.2k

2025

307

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ1

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsTransportationTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

TransportationManagement Science and Operations ResearchAerospace EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationUrban Transport and AccessibilityTransportation and Mobility InnovationsEconomic and Environmental ValuationUrban and Freight Transport Logistics

Frequently asked questions about Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Is Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice: 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 A: Policy and Practice?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 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 4.10.

Is Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.