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Journal of Modern Transportation

SpringerOpen · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2095-087XeISSN2196-0577

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

277

Total Citationsi

6,546

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Railway Engineering Science is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal focusing on cutting-edge fundamental research and emerging technologies of rail transit systems. Covering high-speed railways, heavy-haul railways, urban rail transit, maglev train system, evacuated tube (e.g., hyperloop) transportation, etc. Presenting an attractive mix of authoritative and comprehensive reviews, original articles on cutting-edge research, editorials, etc. Pursuing high-quality publications with high visibility. Offering rapid review and publication of articles free of charge.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

Status⚠️ Inactive

Total Publications277

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SpringerOpen

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-087X / 2196-0577

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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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

417

2012

582

2013

454

2014

832

2015

1.6k

2016

776

2017

492

2018

821

2019

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Railway Engineering and DynamicsTransportation Planning and OptimizationRailway Systems and Energy EfficiencyTraffic control and managementTraffic and Road SafetyTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesCivil and Geotechnical Engineering ResearchAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics ResearchGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresUrban Transport and Accessibility

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Modern Transportation

Is Journal of Modern Transportation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Modern Transportation: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Journal of Modern Transportation?

Journal of Modern Transportation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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

Journal of Modern Transportation is indexed in DOAJ.