2026 Simon Washington: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	66	1389	1318	85	82	253	19223

Overview

Simon Washington is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia and specializes in engineering with a focus on safety, risk, reliability, and quality. Their research covers a range of subfields including building and construction, transportation, control and systems engineering, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

Their primary research topics include:

Traffic and Road Safety
Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
Traffic control and management
Urban Transport and Accessibility
Occupational Health and Safety Research
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Simon Washington has contributed to a number of recent academic papers, including:

"A systematic mapping review of surrogate safety assessment using traffic conflict techniques," 2021, published in Accident Analysis & Prevention
"A systematic review of traffic conflict-based safety measures with a focus on application context," 2021, published in Analytic Methods in Accident Research
"A bivariate extreme value model for estimating crash frequency by severity using traffic conflicts," 2021, published in Analytic Methods in Accident Research
"Understanding the discretionary lane-changing behaviour in the connected environment," 2020, published in Accident Analysis & Prevention
"CLACD: A complete LAne-Changing decision modeling framework for the connected and traditional environments," 2021, published in Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Washington include:

Md. Mazharul Haque
Ashutosh Arun
Zuduo Zheng
Tarek Sayed
Yasir Ali

Washington's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, most notably:

Accident Analysis & Prevention
Analytic Methods in Accident Research
Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies
SSRN Electronic Journal
Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

Best Publications

Statistical and econometric methods for transportation data analysis

Simon P. Washington;Matthew G. Karlaftis;Fred L. Mannering

3505
Citations
Poisson, Poisson-gamma and zero-inflated regression models of motor vehicle crashes: balancing statistical fit and theory

Dominique Lord;Simon P. Washington;John N. Ivan

1110
Citations
Bike Share: A Synthesis of the Literature

Elliot Fishman;Simon Washington;Narelle Haworth

850
Citations
Bike share's impact on car use: evidence from the United States, Great Britain, and Australia

Elliot Fishman;Simon Washington;Narelle Haworth

599
Citations
Experimental evaluation of hotspot identification methods.

Wen Cheng;Simon P. Washington

399
Citations
Factors influencing bike share membership: An analysis of Melbourne and Brisbane

Elliot Fishman;Simon Washington;Narelle Haworth;Angela Watson

396
Citations
Barriers and facilitators to public bicycle scheme use: a qualitative approach

Elliot Fishman;Simon P. Washington;Narelle Haworth

394
Citations
Advance transit oriented development typology : case study in Brisbane, Australia

Kamruzzaman;Douglas C. Baker;Simon Washington;Gavin Turrell

384
Citations
Structural Equation Model of Construction Contract Dispute Potential

Keith Molenaar;Keith Molenaar;Simon Washington;Simon Washington;James Diekmann;James Diekmann

337
Citations
Further notes on the application of zero-inflated models in highway safety

Dominique Lord;Simon P. Washington;John N. Ivan

332
Citations
Understanding the impacts of mobile phone distraction on driving performance: A systematic review

Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios;Md. Mazharul Haque;Mark King;Simon Washington

312
Citations
On the nature of over-dispersion in motor vehicle crash prediction models.

Sudeshna Mitra;Simon P Washington

310
Citations
Forecasting crashes at the planning level - Simultaneous negative binomial crash model applied in Tucson, Arizona

Felipe Ladrón de Guevara;Simon P. Washington;Jutaek Oh

309
Citations
Accident prediction model for railway-highway interfaces.

Jutaek Oh;Simon P. Washington;Doohee Nam

309
Citations
Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis (2nd Edition)

Simon Washington;Matthew Karlaftis;Fred Mannering

306
Citations
Barriers to bikesharing: an analysis from Melbourne and Brisbane

Elliot Fishman;Simon Washington;Narelle Haworth;Armando Mazzei

278
Citations
Modeling crash outcome probabilities at rural intersections: Application of hierarchical binomial logistic models

Do-Gyeong Kim;Yookyong Lee;Simon P. Washington;Kweon Choi

275
Citations
A systematic mapping review of surrogate safety assessment using traffic conflict techniques.

Ashutosh Arun;Mazharul Haque;Ashish Bhaskar;Simon Washington

262
Citations
A parametric duration model of the reaction times of drivers distracted by mobile phone conversations

Md. Mazharul Haque;Simon Washington

226
Citations
New Criteria for Evaluating Methods of Identifying Hot Spots

Wen Cheng;Simon Paul Washington

224
Citations
Hazard based models for freeway traffic incident duration.

Ahmad Tavassoli Hojati;Luis Ferreira;Simon P. Washington;Phil Charles

223
Citations
Shortest path and vehicle trajectory aided map-matching for low frequency GPS data

Mohammaed Quddus;Simon Washington

212
Citations