Transport Policy

Top Research Topics at Transport Policy?

The primary areas of discussion in Transport Policy are Transport engineering, Public transport, Marketing, Travel behavior and Public economics. Transport engineering research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Policy analysis and Service (business). Public transport research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Mode choice.

• Transport engineering (27.98%)
• Public transport (19.42%)
• Marketing (10.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The sustainable mobility paradigm (1259 citations)
• Understanding attitudes towards public transport and private car: A qualitative study (698 citations)
• 'Complacent Car Addicts' or 'Aspiring Environmentalists'? Identifying travel behaviour segments using attitude theory (696 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Transport Policy:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Transport engineering, Public transport, Travel behavior, Transportation planning and Marketing. The journal publications address concerns in Transport engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Sustainable transport and Environmental economics. Quality (business), Service quality, Public economics, Customer satisfaction and Structural equation modeling are some topics wherein Public transport research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact.

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

• Law
• China
• Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Transport Policy covers a variety of subjects, including Public transport, Transport engineering, Pandemic, China and Public economics. Some problems in Public transport that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under TRIPS architecture, Service (business) and Travel behavior. The journal features studies on Service (business), including topics such as Service quality.

It connects the study in Travel behavior with the closely related area of Demographic economics. Transport Policy facilitates the exploration of Pandemic in relation to the fields of Development economics and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. China and Government are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• COVID-19 and Transport: Findings from a World-wide Expert Survey. (44 citations)
• Observed impacts of the Covid-19 first wave on travel behaviour in Switzerland based on a large GPS panel (23 citations)
• Will Covid-19 put the public back in public transport? A UK perspective (23 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 Transport Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

• David A. Hensher (28 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Anthony D. May (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alexa Delbosc (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Tom Rye (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Corinne Mulley (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Transport Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Leeds (91 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Sydney (55 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Delft University of Technology (51 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Transport Research Institute (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Royal Institute of Technology (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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, 7.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.40% of all publications and 55.17% 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.

Career Opportunities and Advancements in Transport Policy

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