Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Aims & Scope

Transportation Research: Part A contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems.

Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, etc.

Case studies, survey and expository papers are included, as are articles which contribute to unification of the field, or to an understanding of the comparative aspects of different systems.

Papers which assess the scope for technological innovation within a social or political framework are also published.

The journal is international, and places equal emphasis on the problems of industrialized and non-industrialized regions.

Part A's aims and scope are complementary to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies and Part D: Transport and Environment.

Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.

Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.

The complete set forms the most cohesive and comprehensive reference of current research in transportation science.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.124

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	182

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Preparing a nation for autonomous vehicles: opportunities, barriers and policy recommendations

  Citation: 1776

  Authors: Daniel J., Kara

• The statistical analysis of crash-frequency data: A review and assessment of methodological alternatives

  Citation: 802

  Authors: Dominique, Fred

• Driving to safety: How many miles of driving would it take to demonstrate autonomous vehicle reliability?

  Citation: 789

  Authors: Nidhi, Susan M.

• Help or hindrance? The travel, energy and carbon impacts of highly automated vehicles

  Citation: 488

  Authors: Zia, Don, Paul

• Car use: lust and must. Instrumental, symbolic and affective motives for car use

  Citation: 481

  Authors: Linda

• Vulnerability and resilience of transport systems – A discussion of recent research

  Citation: 425

  Authors: Lars-Göran, Erik

• Forecasting Americans’ long-term adoption of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies

  Citation: 422

  Authors: Prateek, Kara M.

• The role of instrumental, hedonic and symbolic attributes in the intention to adopt electric vehicles

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Geertje, Jillian, Stephen, Neale

• Energy-efficient operation of rail vehicles

  Citation: 351

  Authors: Rongfang (Rachel), Iakov M.

• Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: A qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations

  Citation: 338

  Authors: Ella, Benjamin, Charles, Stephen, Helga, Rebecca, Jenny

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