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Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2210-9706eISSN2210-9714

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.696

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.373

Total Worksi

434

Total Citationsi

6,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Transportation; Civil and Structural Engineering; Computer Science Applications; Management Science and Operations Research; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications434

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2210-9706 / 2210-9714

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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

464

2019

786

2020

353

2021

621

2022

264

2023

166

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.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

TransportationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Transportation

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsTransportationManagement Science and Operations ResearchModeling and SimulationCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Railway Systems and Energy EfficiencyTransportation Planning and OptimizationRailway Engineering and DynamicsTransport and Economic PoliciesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMaritime Ports and LogisticsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsAviation Industry Analysis and Trends

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management

Is Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management: 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 Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management?

Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management 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 1.76.

Is Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management?