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Open Transportation Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2007

ISSN1874-4478

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-02-16). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal has not published enough articles. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.329

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.529

Total Worksi

307

Total Citationsi

2,396

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Modeling and Simulation; Transportation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary Languageen

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications307

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA LicenseCC-BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPubMed Central (PMC)

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-4478

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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?

Portico, PubMed Central (PMC)

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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?

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

376

2019

262

2020

198

2021

116

2022

2023

163

2024

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.

Modeling and SimulationQ3

TransportationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

TransportationModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationTraffic and Road SafetyUrban Transport and AccessibilityTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesTraffic control and managementAviation Industry Analysis and TrendsTransportation and Mobility InnovationsUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsVehicle emissions and performanceInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring

Frequently asked questions about Open Transportation Journal

Is Open Transportation Journal a predatory journal?

Open Transportation Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal has not published enough articles" (2016-02-16). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Transportation Journal?

Open Transportation Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.329.

Is Open Transportation Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Transportation Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Open Transportation Journal?