Aims & Scope

Transport Policy is an international refereed journal aimed at improving quality of transport policy and strategy analysis, designing and sharing innovative policy and management practices, and application bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport.

Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, management strategists in industry, and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy and strategy decisions have been made, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved.

The journal covers the entire transport sector including all modes: air, maritime, urban, intercity, domestic and international transport economics, policy and strategy issues, etc.

Policy and strategy concerns in transport are wide and cover safety, efficiency, economic development, infrastructure, environment, energy, land-use, equity and access.

Papers are expected to have clear policy and strategy relevance, to analyze/evaluate transport policies and strategies using up-to-date research methods (both quantitative and qualitative).

Papers are also welcomed which focus on understanding the nature and influences affecting policy and strategy change, including technical, attitudinal, institutional, structural and political constraints, including those which provide a comparative analysis.

Papers focusing only on methodological development without clear policy focus and relevance will NOT be considered.

However, we welcome qualitative policy papers that build on the body of literature, and show clear contributions over and above what exist in the literature, and/or widely applicable to other jurisdictions. (Qualitative papers will NOT be considered if the author(s) advocate certain policy positions without presenting a rigorous framework of analysis.) Papers that focus entirely on individual case studies are more appropriate for our sister journal Case Studies in Transport Policy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 5.3
2024 6.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 1.726

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 134

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 1855

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 5783

Impact Factor Trend


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Subjects & Keywords

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Most Cited Articles

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Quick Facts

Current Factor
5.3
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
1.726
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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