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Urban Rail Transit

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2015

ISSN2199-6679

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.512

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.015

Total Works

254

Total Citations

3,405

2yr Mean Citedness

3.28

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the optimization, planning, and operation of urban rail transit systems. It covers topics such as crew scheduling, station construction site layout, train formation and scheduling, vehicle maintenance, service disruptions, energy consumption, virtual coupling, stray current mitigation, tunnel reconstruction, wheel-rail adhesion, passenger flow prediction, accessibility, and the integration of urban rail with other transport modes like urban air mobility and high-speed rail. The research also addresses infrastructure safety, flood resilience in tunnels, and the impact of urban rail on social equity and transit-oriented development.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications254

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~5 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2199-6679

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Automotive EngineeringQ2

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

TransportationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

TransportationTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesAutomotive EngineeringTransportationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringGeography, Planning and DevelopmentCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Transportation Planning and OptimizationUrban Transport and AccessibilityRailway Engineering and DynamicsRailway Systems and Energy EfficiencyUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesTransportation and Mobility InnovationsEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsTraffic and Road SafetyInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring