Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)

Top Research Topics at Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering?

The foci of the journal are Transport engineering, Structural engineering, Simulation, Geotechnical engineering and Asphalt. The majority of Transport engineering studies are focused on the issues of Traffic flow. While it focused on Structural engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Vibration and Stress (mechanics).

Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Simulation but it intersects with the subject of Control theory. The Geotechnical engineering research dealing mostly with Subgrade is the focus of Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Asphalt studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Composite material.

• Transport engineering (18.47%)
• Structural engineering (18.31%)
• Simulation (10.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A review of road extraction from remote sensing images (80 citations)
• Applications of terrestrial laser scanning for tunnels : a review (69 citations)
• Distracted walking: Examining the extent to pedestrian safety problems (63 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering:

The journal papers aim to foster the development of research in Transport engineering, Asphalt, Structural engineering, Crash and Pedestrian. The journal publications facilitate discussions in Speed limit as part of the larger field of Transport engineering, however, they also tackle fields such as Age and gender. The most cited articles hold forums on Asphalt that merge themes from other disciplines such as Geotechnical engineering, Waste management and Cracking.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Statistics
• Mechanical engineering
• Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering facilitates discussions on Transport engineering, Asphalt, Statistics, Pedestrian and Traffic conditions. The studies on Transport engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Big data, Truck, Hotspot (Wi-Fi) and Traffic police. The featured Asphalt research is covered under the field of Composite material.

Schema crosswalk is a key component of Pedestrian research discussed in Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering. In addition to Traffic conditions, it tackled discussions on Homogeneous. It holds forums on Dynamic shear rheometer that merges themes from other disciplines such as Creep and Asphalt pavement.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Pedestrian walking speed at un-signalized midblock crosswalk and its impact on urban street segment performance (7 citations)
• Safety of motorised two wheelers in mixed traffic conditions: Literature review of risk factors (4 citations)
• A multi-task deep learning model for short-term taxi demand forecasting considering spatiotemporal dependences (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Bruno Briseghella (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Zhanping You (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Huang Xiao-ming (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Wang Wei (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Khaled Ksaibati (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chang'an University (154 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Southwest Jiaotong University (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Southeast University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tongji University (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (29 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 33.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 56.25% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.