2026 Tom Brijs: 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	51	3915	3755	47	47	421	8780

Overview

Tom Brijs is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and focuses on research within the fields of Engineering and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality; Social Psychology; Automotive Engineering; Transportation; and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Tom Brijs's research include:

Traffic and Road Safety
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
Urban Transport and Accessibility
Safety Warnings and Signage
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
Traffic Control and Management
Older Adults Driving Studies

Tom Brijs has contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with co-authors such as Kris Brijs, Veerle Ross, Ali Pirdavani, Geert Wets, and Wael Alhajyaseen.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in a number of academic venues, the most common being:

Accident Analysis & Prevention
Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Transportation Research Procedia
Sustainability
University of the Future: Re-Imagining Research and Higher Education

Notable recent papers include:

Safety implications of higher levels of automated vehicles: a scoping review (2021), published in Transport Reviews
Driver distraction and in-vehicle interventions: A driving simulator study on visual attention and driving performance (2023), published in Accident Analysis & Prevention
The impact of cognitive functioning on driving performance of older persons in comparison to younger age groups: A systematic review (2020), published in Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Towards better road safety management: Lessons learned from international benchmarking (2020), published in Accident Analysis & Prevention
Exploring psychological factors of mobile phone use while riding among motorcyclists in Vietnam (2020), published in Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Best Publications

Using association rules for product assortment decisions: a case study

Tom Brijs;Gilbert Swinnen;Koen Vanhoof;Geert Wets

541
Citations
Studying the effect of weather conditions on daily crash counts using a discrete time-series model

Tom Brijs;Dimitris Karlis;Geert Wets

302
Citations
Benchmarking road safety: lessons to learn from a data envelopment analysis.

Elke Hermans;Tom Brijs;Geert Wets;Koen Vanhoof

215
Citations
Explaining variation in safety performance of roundabouts

Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

212
Citations
Road safety risk evaluation and target setting using data envelopment analysis and its extensions.

Yongjun Shen;Elke Hermans;Tom Brijs;Geert Wets

161
Citations
Driving with intelligent speed adaptation: Final results of the Belgian ISA-trial

Sven Vlassenroot;Sven Vlassenroot;Steven Broekx;Johan De Mol;Luc Int Panis

161
Citations
Speed perception and actual speed in a driving simulator and real-world: A validation study

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161
Citations
Investigating the influence of working memory capacity when driving behavior is combined with cognitive load: An LCT study of young novice drivers.

Veerle Ross;Ellen M.M. Jongen;Weixin Wang;Tom Brijs

149
Citations
Injury crashes with bicyclists at roundabouts: influence of some location characteristics and the design of cycle facilities.

Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

139
Citations
Integrating Bayesian networks and decision trees in a sequential rule-based transportation model

Davy Janssens;Geert Wets;Tom Brijs;Koen Vanhoof

134
Citations
The relationship between impact speed and the probability of pedestrian fatality during a vehicle-pedestrian crash: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Qinaat Hussain;Hanqin Feng;Raphael Grzebieta;Tom Brijs

130
Citations
An overview of large-scale stationary electricity storage plants in Europe: Current status and new developments

Frederik Geth;Tom Brijs;J. Kathan;Johan Driesen

126
Citations
A data mining framework for optimal product selection in retail supermarket data: the generalized PROFSET model

Tom Brijs;Bart Goethals;Gilbert Swinnen;Koen Vanhoof

125
Citations
Building an Association Rules Framework to Improve Product Assortment Decisions

Tom Brijs;Gilbert Swinnen;Koen Vanhoof;Geert Wets

124
Citations
Safety effects of reducing the speed limit from 90 km/h to 70 km/h

Ellen De Pauw;Stijn Daniels;Melissa Thierie;Tom Brijs

117
Citations
Externality of risk and crash severity at roundabouts

Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

107
Citations
A generalized multiple layer data envelopment analysis model for hierarchical structure assessment: A case study in road safety performance evaluation

Yongjun Shen;Elke Hermans;Da Ruan;Geert Wets

103
Citations
Profiling of High-Frequency Accident Locations by Use of Association Rules

Karolien Geurts;Geert Wets;Tom Brijs;Koen Vanhoof

103
Citations
An evaluation of graduated driver licensing programs in North America using a meta-analytic approach

Ward G. M. Vanlaar;Dan Mayhew;Kyla Marcoux;Geert Wets

101
Citations
IDENTIFICATION AND RANKING OF BLACK SPOTS: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Karolien Geurts;Geert Wets;Tom Brijs;Koen Vanhoof

97
Citations
Profiling high frequency accident locations using associations rules

Karolien Geurts;Geert Wets;Tom Brijs;Koen Vanhoof

96
Citations
An evaluation of the traffic safety effect of fixed speed cameras

Ellen De Pauw;Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Elke Hermans

91
Citations