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Case Studies on Transport Policy
ISSN 2213-624X · eISSN 2213-6258 · Elsevier
Case Studies on Transport Policy: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,950; review about 182 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 319 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Case Studies on Transport Policy is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Transport and Accessibility, Transportation Planning and Optimization and Transportation and Mobility Innovations, together about 50.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A Journal of the World Conference on Transport Research SocietyTransport policy is a multidisciplinary field where engineering, economics, sociology and law must come together in well-articulated and effective solutions. Despite being a field of effective intervention, most scientific publications address transport policy with a theoretical and often abstract approach, making its understanding difficult for non-senior academics and even more opaque for practitioners. While the merits of case study methods both for undergraduate and graduate teaching are recognised, academics struggle to find empirical material that provides objective and operational illustration of the theories and approaches lectured. This is a major barrier not only in the teaching context but also for practitioners.Case Studies on Transport Policy covers this gap by providing a repository of relevant material to support teaching and transferability of experiences. Observation of field experience highlighting the details and drawbacks of implementation is invaluable to show how Transport Policy can be applied in the operational field, maintaining consistency with strategic options. Teaching with case studies introduces students to challenges they may face in the real world, and provides a very rich learning method for executive training at every institutional level. For practitioners, and specially governments, case studies are a powerful tool to show the potential benefits from policy measures and packages.Case Studies on Transport Policy and its sister journal Transport Policy provide a valuable reference for the specialised study of transport policy offering in-depth theoretical analysis and detailed case study description and analysis, and in this way providing very complete material for decision makers planners and practitioners to undertake transferability of experiences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): TRANSPORTATION
Editor-in-chief Pierluigi CoppolaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 11 in mainland China (about 15%); most named United States 13, Mainland China 11, Australia 7, Italy 6, Belgium 6 (72 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences21.7%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences18.4%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering10.1%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering6.5%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering5.3%
- Maritime Ports and LogisticsEngineering5.1%
- Aviation Industry Analysis and TrendsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureEngineering3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 751OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 295LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,911 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 253 | 109 | 85 |
| 2025 | 319 | 139 | 697 |
| 2024 | 190 | 75 | 1,273 |
| 2023 | 162 | 73 | 1,828 |
| 2022 | 218 | 90 | 4,069 |
| 2021 | 192 | 47 | 3,488 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
182 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Submission to acceptance
- 182 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,950 / EUR 1,820 / GBP 1,560 / JPY 241,860 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,950 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 1,800
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- articlesArticles should be under 7,000 words long, although articles longer than 7,000 words will be accepted on an occasional basis, if the topic demands this length o…Length not stated
- book reviewArticles should be under 7,000 words long, although articles longer than 7,000 words will be accepted on an occasional basis, if the topic demands this length o…Length not stated
- book reviewsand 2500 for Book Reviews.Length not stated
- case studyArticles should be under 7,000 words long, although articles longer than 7,000 words will be accepted on an occasional basis, if the topic demands this length o…Length not stated
- reviewArticles should be under 7,000 words long, although articles longer than 7,000 words will be accepted on an occasional basis, if the topic demands this length o…Length not stated
- review of country cases and policyIf you are submitting manuscripts for the article types Review of Country Cases and Policy, the word count should be 5000Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
Authors must disclose competing interests in a summary declaration and via a separate Declaration of Interest form. Model summary
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright managed via a Journal Publishing Agreement completed upon acceptance. Model summary
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles includ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.To prevent any conflict of interest, you can only make this choice after receiving notification that your article has been accepted for publication. The fee of $1,800 excludes taxes and other potential author fees such as color charges. In some cases, institutions and funding bodies have entered int…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; papers deemed suitable are sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers; the Editor makes the final decision. Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Submissions may be checked with Crossref Similarity Check and other originality/duplicate checking software. Model summary
To verify compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and other originality or duplicate checking software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2213-624X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2213-6258
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Case Studies on Transport Policy
What CAS zone is Case Studies on Transport Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Case Studies on Transport Policy is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Transportation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Case Studies on Transport Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at Case Studies on Transport Policy?
The publisher reports about 182 days (submission to acceptance). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Case Studies on Transport Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Case Studies on Transport Policy based?
Of the 72 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 11 (about 15%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), Mainland China (11) and Australia (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Case Studies on Transport Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Case Studies on Transport Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Case Studies on Transport Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Case Studies on Transport Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,950.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .