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Kay W. Axhausen

Kay W. Axhausen

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Engineering and Technology
Switzerland
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 93 221 208 3 3 1291 35362

Kay W. Axhausen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kay W. Axhausen between 1984 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kay W. Axhausen published across 43 years, from 1984 to 2026, averaging 39.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 143 publications in 2020. 8 of the 1,690 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 143. Peak 143 publications in 2020. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 12 publications 1990: 17 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 30 publications 2002: 50 publications 2003: 45 publications 2004: 55 publications 2005: 59 publications 2006: 48 publications 2007: 65 publications 2008: 64 publications 2009: 62 publications 2010: 61 publications 2011: 64 publications 2012: 78 publications 2013: 69 publications 2014: 58 publications 2015: 68 publications 2016: 85 publications 2017: 98 publications 2018: 108 publications 2019: 84 publications 2020: 143 publications 2021: 97 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 25 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 4 publications
1984 2026

1,690 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kay W. Axhausen: publications per year, 1984 to 2026
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 2
1987 5
1988 4
1989 12
1990 17
1991 9
1992 2
1993 9
1994 8
1995 4
1996 7
1997 5
1998 10
1999 11
2000 18
2001 30
2002 50
2003 45
2004 55
2005 59
2006 48
2007 65
2008 64
2009 62
2010 61
2011 64
2012 78
2013 69
2014 58
2015 68
2016 85
2017 98
2018 108
2019 84
2020 143
2021 97
2022 27
2023 15
2024 25
2025 4
2026 4
Total 1,690
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Kay W. Axhausen publications per year - data summary

  • Kay W. Axhausen, a Engineering and Technology scholar from ETH Zurich, has 1,690 publications recorded across 43 years, from 1984 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1984 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 143 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1984, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 43 years in the span carries no publications at all (1985).
  • The rate of publication averages 39.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 40.2 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 75 publications, 4% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1984-1998: 95 publications (6.3 per year); 1999-2013: 779 publications (51.9 per year); 2014-2026: 816 publications (62.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Kay W. Axhausen publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kay W. Axhausen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 804+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 1,291 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100 1,291
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Kay W. Axhausen publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Kay W. Axhausen, a Engineering and Technology scholar from ETH Zurich, records 1,291 publications - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Kay W. Axhausen, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Kay W. Axhausen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Kay W. Axhausen D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kay W. Axhausen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9 93
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Kay W. Axhausen D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Kay W. Axhausen, a Engineering and Technology scholar from ETH Zurich, records 93 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Kay W. Axhausen, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Kay W. Axhausen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Operating system

Kay W. Axhausen mostly deals with Travel behavior, Transport engineering, Operations research, Advertising and Mode choice. Many of his research projects under Travel behavior are closely connected to Behavioral analysis with Behavioral analysis, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Kay W. Axhausen combines subjects such as Global Positioning System and Information system with his study of Transport engineering.

Process is closely connected to Microsimulation in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Operations research. His studies in Advertising integrate themes in fields like Marketing, Econometrics and Mobile phone. His Econometrics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Value of time and Consumer behaviour.

His most cited work include:

  • Smart cities of the future (942 citations)
  • Activity‐based approaches to travel analysis: conceptual frameworks, models, and research problems (508 citations)
  • OBSERVING THE RHYTHMS OF DAILY LIFE: A SIX-WEEK TRAVEL DIARY (388 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Transport engineering, Operations research, Econometrics, Travel behavior and Public transport. His Global Positioning System research extends to the thematically linked field of Transport engineering. His Operations research research includes themes of Transportation planning, Microsimulation and Discrete choice.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Mode choice, Travel time and Multinomial logistic regression in addition to Econometrics. His Mode choice study is concerned with the field of Mode as a whole.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Transport engineering (20.85%)
  • Operations research (14.50%)
  • Econometrics (11.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Transport engineering (20.85%)
  • Public transport (8.44%)
  • Mode choice (7.88%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Transport engineering, Public transport, Mode choice, Operations research and Econometrics. Travel behavior and TRIPS architecture are the primary areas of interest in his Transport engineering study.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim (296 citations)
  • Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services (182 citations)
  • Autonomous vehicles: The next jump in accessibilities? (137 citations)

Best Publications

  • Smart cities of the future

    M. Batty;K. W. Axhausen;F. Giannotti;A. Pozdnoukhov

  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim

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  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim

    Andreas Horni;Kai Nagel;Kay W Axhausen

  • Activity‐based approaches to travel analysis: conceptual frameworks, models, and research problems

    Kay W. Axhausen;Tommy Gärling

  • OBSERVING THE RHYTHMS OF DAILY LIFE: A SIX-WEEK TRAVEL DIARY

    Kay W. Axhausen;Andrea Zimmermann;Stefan Schönfelder;Guido Rindsfüser

  • Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services

    Patrick M. Bösch;Felix Becker;Henrik Becker;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Activity spaces: measures of social exclusion?

    Stefan Schönfelder;Kay W Axhausen

  • Introduction: Habitual travel choice

    Tommy Gärling;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Networks and tourism. Mobile social life

    Jonas Larsen;John Urry;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Habitual travel behaviour: Evidence from a six-week travel diary

    Robert Schlich;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Processing Raw Data from Global Positioning Systems Without Additional Information

    Nadine Schuessler;Kay W Axhausen

  • Mobilities, Networks, Geographies

    Jonas Larsen;John Urry;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Literature review on surveys investigating the acceptance of automated vehicles

    Felix Becker;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Autonomous vehicles: The next jump in accessibilities?

    Jonas Meyer;Henrik Becker;Patrick M. Bösch;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Route Choice of Cyclists in Zurich

    Gianluca Menghini;Nelson Carrasco;Nadine Schüssler;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Geographies of Social Networks: Meetings, Travel and Communications

    Jonas Larsen;Kay W. Axhausen;John Urry

  • Comparing Car-Sharing Schemes in Switzerland: User Groups and Usage Patterns

    Henrik Becker;Francesco Ciari;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Demand-driven timetable design for metro services

    Lijun Sun;Jian Gang Jin;Der-Horng Lee;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Sizes Required to Serve Different Levels of Demand

    Patrick M. Boesch;Francesco Ciari;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Understanding metropolitan patterns of daily encounters

    Lijun Sun;Kay W. Axhausen;Der-Horng Lee;Xianfeng Huang

  • Agent-Based Demand-Modeling Framework for Large-Scale Microsimulations

    Michael Balmer;Kay W. Axhausen;Kai Nagel

  • Social Networks, Mobility Biographies, and Travel: Survey Challenges

    Kay W Axhausen

  • Agent-based simulation of travel demand: Structure and computational performance of MATSim-T

    Michael Balmer;Konrad Meister;Marcel Rieser;Kai Nagel

  • Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and smart grids: Investigations based on a microsimulation

    Rashid A. Waraich;Matthias D. Galus;Christoph Dobler;Michael Balmer

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Polak
John W. Polak Imperial College London
Stephane Hess
Stephane Hess University of Leeds
Kai Nagel
Kai Nagel Technical University of Berlin
Michel Bierlaire
Michel Bierlaire École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Der-Horng Lee
Der-Horng Lee Zhejiang University
Chandra R. Bhat
Chandra R. Bhat The University of Texas at Austin
Sergio R. Jara-Díaz
Sergio R. Jara-Díaz University of Chile
Ennio Cascetta
Ennio Cascetta University of Naples Federico II
John Urry
John Urry Lancaster University

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