# Global Transportation Academic Journals Navigator (50+ Top Venues)

> **Version**: V1.0.0 (International Edition) | **Updated**: 2026-07-05 | **Journals Listed**: 65
> **Organization**: 7 domains | **Basis**: Journal Citation Reports (JCR) / publisher information; impact factors are approximate (latest published cycle) and for orientation only
> **Scope**: This is a global reference dataset. The Chinese-language-only journals from the original edition have been removed; missing top international venues have been added so the list serves as an international benchmark.

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## Reading Notes
- **Open Access?** — "Gold OA" = fully open access; "Hybrid" = optional paid OA on a subscription base; "Subscription" = paywalled.
- **Impact/Note** — approximate latest Journal Impact Factor (IF) plus a one-line editorial note. Verify current metrics on the publisher / JCR site before citing.
- This navigator intentionally excludes single-country (Chinese-language) journals to remain a *global* reference.

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## 1. General Transportation

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 1 | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice | Elsevier | Transport policy, planning, governance, travel behavior | Hybrid | IF ~6.8; flagship policy journal. |
| 2 | Transportation Research Part B: Methodological | Elsevier | Transport operations, modeling, optimization | Hybrid | IF ~7.2; top methods journal. |
| 3 | Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies | Elsevier | ITS, connected/automated vehicles, AI, MaaS | Hybrid | IF ~9.8; leading tech journal. |
| 4 | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment | Elsevier | Environment, emissions, electrification | Hybrid | IF ~8.2; sustainability focus. |
| 5 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | Elsevier | Logistics, supply chain, transport economics | Hybrid | IF ~10.5; top logistics journal. |
| 6 | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour | Elsevier | Traffic psychology, driver behavior, HCI | Hybrid | IF ~4.5; human factors. |
| 7 | Transport Reviews | Taylor & Francis | Authoritative reviews & commentaries | Hybrid | IF ~12.3; high-impact review journal. |
| 8 | Transport Policy | Elsevier | Transport policy, governance, pricing | Hybrid | IF ~6.5; policy practice. |

## 2. ITS, AI & Computing

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 9 | IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | IEEE | ITS, AI perception, control, V2X | Hybrid | IF ~8.5; premier ITS journal. |
| 10 | IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology | IEEE | Vehicle communications, V2X, signal processing | Hybrid | IF ~6.8; vehicular networking. |
| 11 | IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles | IEEE | Automated/intelligent vehicles | Hybrid | IF ~8.2; AV research. |
| 12 | IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management | IEEE | Network management, V2X slicing, MEC | Hybrid | IF ~5.2; networking track. |
| 13 | IEEE Access (Transportation Section) | IEEE | Broad OA; all ITS topics | Gold OA | IF ~3.9; fast publication. |
| 14 | IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica | IEEE/CAA | Automation, control, autonomous systems | Gold OA | IF ~7.8; open access. |
| 15 | Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering | Wiley | AI/BIM/digital twin for infrastructure | Hybrid | IF ~11.5; top civil-AI journal. |
| 16 | Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems | Taylor & Francis | ITS technologies and applications | Hybrid | IF ~5.8; applied ITS. |
| 17 | IET Intelligent Transport Systems | IET/Wiley | ITS applications, sensing, signal control | Hybrid | IF ~4.2; practitioner-oriented. |
| 18 | European Transport Research Review | Springer | European transport research, sustainability | Gold OA | IF ~4.8; open access. |

## 3. Civil / Infrastructure / Traffic Engineering

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 19 | Transportation Research Record | SAGE / TRB | All transport topics (TRB proceedings) | Hybrid | IF ~1.8; broad US venue. |
| 20 | Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems | ASCE | Traffic engineering, operations, safety | Hybrid | IF ~3.2; civil engineering. |
| 21 | Journal of Infrastructure Systems | ASCE | Infrastructure systems, asset management | Hybrid | IF ~4.5; resilience focus. |
| 22 | Structure and Infrastructure Engineering | Taylor & Francis | Structural & infrastructure engineering | Hybrid | IF ~4.1; monitoring/SHM. |
| 23 | Automation in Construction | Elsevier | Construction automation, BIM, digital twin | Hybrid | IF ~10.2; AEC automation. |
| 24 | Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering | ASCE | Computing, AI, visualization in civil eng. | Hybrid | IF ~6.8; civil+computing. |
| 25 | Road Materials and Pavement Design | Taylor & Francis | Pavement materials and design | Hybrid | IF ~4.2; pavements. |
| 26 | International Journal of Pavement Engineering | Taylor & Francis | Pavement engineering | Hybrid | IF ~4.8; pavements. |

## 4. Logistics / Operations Research

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 27 | Transportation Science | INFORMS | Transport operations, networks, logistics | Subscription | IF ~5.8; leading OR journal. |
| 28 | European Journal of Operational Research | Elsevier | Operations research, management science | Hybrid | IF ~6.8; broad OR. |
| 29 | Computers & Operations Research | Elsevier | Computing + OR, optimization algorithms | Hybrid | IF ~5.5; algorithmic. |
| 30 | Journal of Business Logistics | Wiley | Business logistics, supply-chain management | Hybrid | IF ~8.2; logistics strategy. |
| 31 | Maritime Policy & Management | Taylor & Francis | Maritime policy and management | Hybrid | IF ~4.5; shipping/ports. |
| 32 | Transportation Journal | Penn State Press / Wiley | Transport logistics, supply-chain | Subscription | IF ~2.5; freight focus. |

## 5. Urban Planning / Geography

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 33 | Journal of Transport Geography | Elsevier | Transport geography, accessibility, land use | Hybrid | IF ~6.5; geography leader. |
| 34 | Transportation | Springer | Transport planning, travel behavior | Hybrid | IF ~5.8; broad planning. |
| 35 | Cities | Elsevier | Urban studies (incl. urban transport) | Hybrid | IF ~6.8; urban sustainability. |
| 36 | Journal of the American Planning Association | Taylor & Francis | Urban & transport planning (US) | Subscription | IF ~5.2; planning practice. |
| 37 | Transportmetrica A: Transport Science | Taylor & Francis | Transport science, methodology | Hybrid | IF ~3.8; modeling. |
| 38 | Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics | Taylor & Francis | Dynamic traffic assignment, network flows | Hybrid | IF ~4.2; dynamics. |

## 6. Aviation / Maritime / Rail

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 39 | Journal of Air Transport Management | Elsevier | Air transport operations & management | Hybrid | IF ~5.2; aviation. |
| 40 | Journal of Air Transport Studies | Hellenic Aviation Society | Air transport research | Gold OA | IF ~1.5; regional aviation. |
| 41 | Atmospheric Environment | Elsevier | Atmospheric environment (incl. aviation emissions) | Hybrid | IF ~5.5; emissions. |
| 42 | Maritime Economics & Logistics | Palgrave / Springer | Maritime economics and logistics | Hybrid | IF ~3.8; shipping economy. |
| 43 | Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management | Elsevier | Rail planning and management | Gold OA | IF ~3.2; rail ops. |
| 44 | Proceedings of the IMechE, Part F: Rail and Rapid Transit | SAGE | Rail vehicles, track, rapid transit | Hybrid | IF ~2.8; rail engineering. |
| 45 | Journal of Navigation | Cambridge | Navigation technology (GNSS, marine, air) | Hybrid | IF ~2.5; navigation. |

## 7. Added Top International Venues (Missing from prior lists)

| # | Journal | Publisher | Scope | Open Access? | Impact/Note |
|---|---------|-----------|-------|--------------|-------------|
| 46 | Accident Analysis & Prevention | Elsevier | Traffic safety, human factors, crash analysis | Hybrid | IF ~5.9; leading safety journal. |
| 47 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Wiley / Hindawi | ITS, transit, multimodal (verify status) | Gold OA | IF ~2.0; verify current publication status. |
| 48 | Travel Behaviour and Society | Elsevier | Travel behaviour (IATBR affiliated) | Gold OA | IF ~5.0; behaviour research. |
| 49 | Networks and Spatial Economics | Springer | Network & spatial economics, transport | Subscription | IF ~2.5; OR/spatial. |
| 50 | Sustainable Cities and Society | Elsevier | Urban sustainability, low-carbon cities | Gold OA | IF ~10.0+; high-impact. |
| 51 | Nature Sustainability | Nature Portfolio | Sustainability science (incl. mobility) | Hybrid | IF ~20+; flagship sustainability. |
| 52 | Journal of Transport and Land Use | JTLU | Land use & transport interaction | Gold OA | IF ~3.0; open access. |
| 53 | Case Studies on Transport Policy | Elsevier | Policy & practice case studies | Gold OA | IF ~2.0; practice-focused. |
| 54 | Research in Transportation Economics | Elsevier | Transport economics | Subscription | IF ~3.0; economics. |
| 55 | Public Transport | Springer | Transit planning & operations | Hybrid | IF ~2.0; transit. |
| 56 | Transportation Letters | Taylor & Francis | Transport engineering & policy | Hybrid | IF ~2.5; rapid comms. |
| 57 | IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine | IEEE | Practitioner ITS, surveys, applications | Hybrid | IF ~3.0; magazine. |
| 58 | Communications in Transportation Research | Elsevier | Interdisciplinary transport research | Gold OA | IF ~5.0 (new); open access. |
| 59 | Frontiers in Future Transportation | Frontiers | Emerging transport & mobility | Gold OA | IF ~2.0; open access. |
| 60 | Sustainability (Transport Section) | MDPI | Transport sustainability (broad OA) | Gold OA | IF ~3.3; fast OA (verify rigor). |
| 61 | Transport and Health | Elsevier | Transport, public health, active travel | Gold OA | IF ~4.0; health linkage. |
| 62 | Journal of Cleaner Production | Elsevier | Transport & environment, LCA, e-mobility | Hybrid | IF ~9.5; production sustainability. |
| 63 | Applied Energy | Elsevier | E-mobility, energy, charging systems | Hybrid | IF ~10.0+; energy systems. |
| 64 | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Elsevier | Interdisciplinary transport (TRIP) | Gold OA | IF ~4.0; open access. |
| 65 | Transportation Research Part H: Mobility and Behaviour (emerging) | Elsevier | Mobility & behaviour (successor venues) | Hybrid | IF n/a; monitor for new launches. |

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## Quick Picks

**Top-tier (IF > 8):** Nature Sustainability, Transport Reviews, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Applied Energy, Automation in Construction, Sustainable Cities and Society, TR Part E, TR Part C, IEEE T-ITS, IEEE T-IV, TR Part D, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Cleaner Production.

**Fast OA (Gold, < 3 months typical):** IEEE Access, Sustainability, Transport and Health, Travel Behaviour and Society, Case Studies on Transport Policy, Communications in Transportation Research, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Journal of Transport and Land Use.

**Best for AI / computer vision in transport:** TR Part C, IEEE T-ITS, CACAIE, IEEE T-IV, IEEE/CAA JAS, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.

> **Data note**: Impact factors are approximate and rounded from the latest published JCR cycle; journal scope and OA policies change—confirm on the publisher site before submission. This edition is intentionally *global*; country-specific (non-English) journals are out of scope.
