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Aims and scope

European Transport Research Review (ETRR) is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing original high-quality scholarly research and developments in areas related to transportation science, technologies, policy and practice. Established in 2008 by the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), the Journal provides researchers and practitioners around the world with an authoritative forum for the dissemination and critical discussion of new ideas and methodologies that originate in, or are of special interest to, the European transport research community. The journal is unique in its field, as it covers all modes of transport and addresses both the engineering and the social science perspective, offering a truly multidisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, engineers and policymakers. ETRR is aimed at a readership including researchers, practitioners in the design and operation of transportation systems, and policymakers at the international, national, regional and local levels.

ETRR covers the following main areas of interest:

  • Mobility and travel behavior
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Transportation economics
  • Transportation planning and policy
  • Human factors in transportation
  • Traffic and demand management
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
  • Freight transport and logistics
  • Air and waterway transport
  • Transportation impacts of emerging vehicle technologies
  • Environmental issues in transportation and climate change
  • Equity, social and health issues related to transport

 

Examples of particular topics of interest are: urban logistics, intermodal transport systems, transitions towards sustainable transport, accessibility and equity analysis, technologies for improving network and vehicle efficiency, advances in integrated transport systems and intermodal transportation, traffic safety analysis, traffic flo w theory and modeling, IT technologies for transport data collection and analysis, strategies for vehicle-to-vehicle communications and the transport impacts and indirect impacts of autonomous vehicles.
ETRR does not publish papers which focus purely on (road/rail) infrastructure technology, vehicle technology or information technology, but we welcome papers on the transport system impacts (e.g. improving network or vehicle efficiency) and/or policy impacts/implications of various (vehicle/infrastructure/information) technological developments.

The Journal encourages thematic collections of related articles from major European transport research projects, major conferences such as the TRA, ETC and WCTR, and international networks such as NECTAR.

ETRR aims to disseminate and discuss new ideas and methodologies that originate in, or are of special interest to, the European transport research community. While its focus is on Europe, it will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn from European experience or to develop new applications for European practice. We consider papers on non-European case studies if the relevance for the European transportation research field is sufficiently made clear.

 

 

Open access

All articles published by the European Transport Research Review are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in the European Transport Research Review you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the SpringerOpen copyright and license agreement.

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Article processing charges (APC)

Authors who publish open access in European Transport Research Review are required to pay an article processing charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for publication.

The current APC, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable, is: £1290.00/$1890.00/€1570.00

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Indexing services

All articles published in European Transport Research Review are included in:

  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
  • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
  • Social Science Citation Index
  • Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
  • SCOPUS
  • ABI/INFORM
  • Academic OneFile
  • Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Current Contents/Engineering
  • Computing and Technology
  • DOAJ
  • EBSCO Academic Search
  • EBSCO TOC Premier
  • EI-Compendex
  • OCLC
  • ProQuest Business Premium Collection
  • ProQuest Central
  • ProQuest Materials Science & Engineering Database
  • ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection
  • ProQuest Technology Collection
  • SCImago
  • Summon by ProQuest
  • Transport Research International Documentation (TRID)
  • Transportation Information Research Services (TRIS)

The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by SpringerOpen on SpringerLink. European Transport Research Review has an Impact Factor of 4.3 (2022) .

Peer-review policy

European Transport Research Review operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Citing articles in European Transport Research Review

Articles in European Transport Research Review should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title. Eur Transp Res Rev [year], [volume number]:[article number].

e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Eur Transp Res Rev 2009, 1:115.

1:115 refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to European Transport Research Review should adhere to SpringerOpen's editorial policies.

Once your article is accepted, it will be processed by production and published shortly afterwards. In some cases, articles may be held for a short period of time prior to publication. If you have any concerns or particular requirements please contact the Journal.

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Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies.

Benefits of publishing with SpringerOpen

High visibility

European Transport Research Review's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. 

Speed of publication

European Transport Research Review offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through European Transport Research Review and SpringerOpen.

Flexibility

Online publication in European Transport Research Review gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in European Transport Research Review are included in article alerts and regular email updates. 
In addition, articles published in European Transport Research Review may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in European Transport Research Review

Copyright

Authors of articles published in European Transport Research Review retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the copyright and license agreement).

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    4.3 - 2-year Impact Factor
    4.5 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.630 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.029 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    25 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    251 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage
    786,682 downloads
    136 Altmetric mentions

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