Journal profile · Multiple
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
ISSN 1556-8318 · eISSN 1556-8334 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.06; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 286 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 100 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation is published by Taylor & Francis 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 49.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Transportation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Sustainable Transportation provides a discussion forum for the exchange of new and innovative ideas on sustainable transportation research in the context of environmental, economical, social, and engineering aspects, as well as current and future interactions of transportation systems and other urban subsystems. The scope includes the examination of overall sustainability of any transportation system, including its infrastructure, vehicle, operation, and maintenance; the integration of social science disciplines, engineering, and information technology with transportation; the understanding of the comparative aspects of different transportation systems from a global perspective; qualitative and quantitative transportation studies; and case studies, surveys, and expository papers in an international or local context. Equal emphasis is placed on the problems of sustainable transportation that are associated with passenger and freight transportation modes in both industrialized and non-industrialized areas. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the Editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert reviewers. All peer review is single-anonymized. Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief S.C. WongPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences22.6%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences17.2%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering10.1%
- Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureEngineering6.8%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering6.5%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy4.8%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering4.1%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering3.9%
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 | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: CSA Technology Research Database, Geobase, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Social Scisearch
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.12Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.46LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.46Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 694OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 196,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,070 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 25 | 16 |
| 2025 | 100 | 27 | 301 |
| 2024 | 64 | 22 | 464 |
| 2023 | 32 | 11 | 372 |
| 2022 | 68 | 30 | 1,450 |
| 2021 | 82 | 35 | 2,081 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
286 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 224 days – 354 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 314 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (185 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 123 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Incr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1556-8318
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-8334
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
What CAS zone is International Journal of Sustainable Transportation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Green & Sustainable Science & Technology / Transportation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Sustainable Transportation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.06; CiteScore 9.7, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Sustainable Transportation?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 286 days (interquartile range 224–354 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Sustainable Transportation based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Japan (1) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Sustainable Transportation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Sustainable Transportation open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .