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Transportation Science

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1526-5447

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

2.371

H-Indexi

193

SNIPi

2.029

Total Worksi

2,655

Total Citationsi

165,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Civil and Structural Engineering; Transportation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,655

Publisher OrgInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1526-5447

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

3.6k

2019

101

3.6k

2020

2.5k

2021

2.1k

2022

993

2023

810

2024

246

2025

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

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

TransportationCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsTransportation and Mobility InnovationsTraffic control and managementUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsFacility Location and Emergency ManagementAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationOptimization and Packing ProblemsUrban Transport and AccessibilityMaritime Ports and Logistics

Frequently asked questions about Transportation Science

Is Transportation Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transportation Science: it is indexed in 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 Science?

Transportation Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 2.371.

Is Transportation Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transportation Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Transportation Science?