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Frank Witlox

Frank Witlox

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
84
Citations
22650
World Ranking
290
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Frank Witlox is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and focuses on research within the social sciences and engineering disciplines, particularly in the fields of transportation and urban studies. Their extensive publication record spans areas such as transportation planning, urban transport, and mobility innovations.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Transportation
  • Building and Construction
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Economics and Econometrics

Key topics central to their work are:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Urban Green Space and Health

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Land Use Policy
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
  • Transport Policy

They have collaborated with several coauthors notably including:

  • Long Cheng
  • Jonas De Vos
  • Hossein Azadi
  • Tanhua Jin
  • Kunbo Shi

Recent papers authored by Frank Witlox cover a variety of issues related to transportation and urban environments. Selected works include:

  • "Examining non-linear built environment effects on elderly's walking: A random forest approach," 2020, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • "City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities," 2022, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Examining geographical accessibility to multi-tier hospital care services for the elderly: A focus on spatial equity," 2020, Journal of Transport & Health
  • "COVID-19 and its long-term effects on activity participation and travel behaviour: A multiperspective view," 2021, Journal of Transport Geography
  • "Exploring non-linear built environment effects on the integration of free-floating bike-share and urban rail transport: A quantile regression approach," 2022, Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

Best Publications

  • Towards a circular economy : the role of Dutch logistics industries and governments

    Nicole van Buren;Marjolein Demmers;Rob van der Heijden;Frank Witlox

  • Travel and Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Findings, Methods and Future Research Needs

    Jonas De Vos;Tim Schwanen;Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • When Transport Geography Meets Social Psychology: Toward a Conceptual Model of Travel Behaviour

    Veronique Van Acker;Bert Van Wee;Frank Witlox

  • Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behaviour research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship

    Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • Applying a random forest method approach to model travel mode choice behavior

    Long Cheng;Long Cheng;Xuewu Chen;Jonas De Vos;Xinjun Lai

  • Travel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision utility and experienced utility

    Jonas De Vos;Patricia L. Mokhtarian;Tim Schwanen;Veronique Van Acker;Veronique Van Acker

  • An Appraisal of the Use of Airline Data in Assessing the World City Network: A Research Note on Data

    Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

  • Equity of urban service delivery: a comparison of different accessibility measures

    Tijs Neutens;Tim Schwanen;Frank Witlox;Philippe De Maeyer

  • Pathways of Change: Shifting Connectivities in the World City Network, 2000—08:

    Ben Derudder;Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Anneleen De Vos

  • Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization

    Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler

  • Hierarchical Tendencies and Regional Patterns in the World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis of 234 Cities

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  • Examining non-linear built environment effects on elderly’s walking: A random forest approach

    Long Cheng;Jonas De Vos;Pengjun Zhao;Min Yang

  • Understanding monthly variability in human activity spaces: A twelve-month study using mobile phone call detail records

    Olle Järv;Olle Järv;Rein Ahas;Frank Witlox

  • Identifying public transport gaps using time-dependent accessibility levels

    Koos Fransen;Tijs Neutens;Steven Farber;Philippe De Maeyer

  • The Prism of Everyday Life: Towards a New Research Agenda for Time Geography

    Tijs Neutens;Tim Schwanen;Frank Witlox

  • Reducing car use: changing attitudes or relocating? The influence of residential dissonance on travel behavior

    Jonas De Vos;Ben Joseph Romain Derudder;Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities

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  • Cities in globalization : practices, policies and theories

    Peter Taylor;Ben Derudder;Pieter Saey;Frank Witlox

  • Commuting trips within tours: how is commuting related to land use?

    Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: towards a world‐systems' integration

    Ed Brown;Ben Derudder;Christof Parnreiter;Wim Pelupessy

  • Mapping world city networks through airline flows: context, relevance, and problems

    Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

  • International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities

    Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler;Peter J. Taylor;Frank Witlox

  • When transport geography meets social psychology: towards a new conceptual model of travel behavior

    V. van Acker;F. Witlox

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Derudder
Ben Derudder KU Leuven
Hossein Azadi
Hossein Azadi Ghent University
Peter J. Taylor
Peter J. Taylor Northumbria University
Tijs Neutens
Tijs Neutens Ghent University
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
Jonathan V. Beaverstock University of Bristol
Tim Schwanen
Tim Schwanen University of Oxford
Steven Van Passel
Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Steven Farber
Steven Farber University of Toronto

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