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Public Transport
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Public Transport

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Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12469/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 1036 14 17 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 26
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.749
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Public Transport?

The topics of Public transport, Transport engineering, Operations research, Transit (satellite) and Mathematical optimization are the focal point of discussions in Public Transport. The studies in Public transport featured incorporate elements of Quality of service, Smart card, Scheduling (computing), Headway and Marketing. Level of service studies in the realm of Transport engineering interact with fields like Context (language use).

The studies on Operations research discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Quality (business), Crew and Process (engineering). The study on Crew featured in it expounds on the topic of Crew scheduling in particular. The study on Mathematical optimization presented in Public Transport intersects with the topics under Computation.

Service (business) research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Service quality. Public Transport explores topics in Service quality which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Structural equation modeling and Customer satisfaction.

  • Public transport (46.62%)
  • Transport engineering (41.64%)
  • Operations research (29.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An overview on vehicle scheduling models (137 citations)
  • Trip purpose inference using automated fare collection data (79 citations)
  • The bus bridging problem in metro operations: conceptual framework, models and algorithms (76 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Public Transport:

The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Transport engineering, Public transport, Operations research, Scheduling (computing) and Service (business). The works on Transport engineering tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Quality (business), Key (cryptography), Reliability (computer networking) and Service (systems architecture). The published articles facilitate discussions in Mode choice as part of the larger field of Public transport, however, they also tackle fields such as Conceptual framework.

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

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Marketing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Public transport, Transport engineering, Operations research, Transit (satellite) and TRIPS architecture. Issues in Public transport were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Marketing, Order (business) and Data mining. It addresses concerns in the field of Transport engineering by exploring it in line with topics in Estimation which intersect with Service (systems architecture) subjects.

Public Transport explores issues in Operations research which can be linked to other research areas like Transit network, Relation (database) and Heuristics. While the primary focus in Public Transport is Transit (satellite), it also dissects topics surrounding Bus rapid transit and Service level, Measure (data warehouse) and Database transaction as a whole. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on TRIPS architecture, it also covered topics in Node (networking), Smart card and Process (engineering).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Next Step in Disruption Management: Combining Operations Research and Complexity Science (6 citations)
  • Public transport network optimisation in PTV Visum using selection hyper-heuristics (6 citations)
  • A procedure for public transit OD matrix generation using smart card transaction data (6 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.

The top authors publishing in Public Transport (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rob M.P. Goverde (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ahmed El-Geneidy (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kam Lo (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dennis Huisman (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Stefan Voß (6 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Public Transport (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Delft University of Technology (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Linköping University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • McGill University (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Göttingen (7 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, 23.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.77% of all publications and 34.62% 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.

Top Publications

  • Traffic congestion relief associated with public transport: state-of-the-art

    Duy Q. Nguyen-Phuoc;William Young;Graham Currie;Chris De Gruyter

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Analysis of demand–supply gaps in public transit systems based on census and GTFS data: a case study of Calgary, Canada

    Koragot Kaeoruean;Santi Phithakkitnukoon;Merkebe Getachew Demissie;Lina Kattan

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • A next step in disruption management: combining operations research and complexity science

    Mark M. Dekker;Rolf N. van Lieshout;Robin C. Ball;Paul C. Bouman

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Abstracting mobility flows from bike-sharing systems

    Fabio Kon;Fabio Kon;Éderson Cássio Ferreira;Higor Amario de Souza;Fábio Duarte;Fábio Duarte

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Evaluation of bus bridging scenarios for railway service disruption management: a users’ delay modelling tool

    Aya Aboudina;Aya Aboudina;Alaa Itani;Ehab Diab;Ehab Diab;Siva Srikukenthiran

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Preference-based and cyclic bus driver rostering problem with fixed days off

    Safae Er-Rbib;Guy Desaulniers;Issmail Elhallaoui;Patrick Munroe

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • An optimization model for planning limited-stop transit operations

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • A spatially disaggregated model for the technology selection and design of a transit line

    Luigi Moccia;Duncan W. Allen;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Assessing operation and customer perception characteristics of high frequency local and limited-stop bus service in Vancouver, Canada

    Emily Grisé;Ahmed El-Geneidy

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Time–space analysis to evaluate cell-based quality of service in bus rapid transit station platforms through passenger-specific area

    Sewmini Jayatilake;Jonathan M. Bunker;Ashish Bhaskar;Marc Miska

    (2021)
    3 Citations

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