Journal profile · Transportation Science & Technology
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
ISSN 1547-2450 · eISSN 1547-2442 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.7; JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 396 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Transportation Planning and Optimization, Traffic control and management and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, together about 58.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Transportation and Automotive Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Important note for submitting authors Approximately 80% of submitted papers are desk rejected because they fall outside the scope of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (JITS). Before submitting, please ensure that your manuscript addresses technical or practice-oriented issues related to Intelligent Transportation Systems and demonstrates substantial implications for planning and operations. For details, please carefully review the journal’s Scope and Aims. Aims and Scope The Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems is devoted to scholarly research on the development, planning, management, operation, and evaluation of intelligent transportation systems. Intelligent transportation systems are innovative solutions that address contemporary transportation problems. They are characterized by information exchange, connectivity, dynamic feedback, and automation, enabling the efficient movement of people and goods. They encompass the full scope of information technologies used in transportation, including control, computation, and communication, as well as algorithms, databases, models, simulations, and human interfaces. We seek impactful research that advances scientific understanding of the implications of intelligent transportation systems for mobility, safety, energy consumption, and emissions. The journal is interdisciplinary and accepts work from engineering, planning, and related disciplines that advance scientific understanding of intelligent transportation systems. The journal is also multi-modal and accepts work on intelligent transportation for all ground transportation modes that takes a transportation systems perspective. Example topics include the role of emerging technologies in transportation, traffic flow and management, vehicle control, routing and scheduling, traveler response to technologies, planning for ITS innovations, evaluations of ITS field operational tests, connected and automated vehicles, technologies for vulnerable road users, public transportation, commercial vehicles, and tools/software for analysis of ITS, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. Papers that only apply machine learning or image processing techniques without explicitly discussing transportation system implications will not be accepted. Publication of Review Articles The Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems will, in rare cases, consider review articles that summarize and organize recent research results in a pa
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Transportation Science & Technology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences21.2%
- Traffic control and managementEngineering18.7%
- Traffic Prediction and Management TechniquesEngineering18.4%
- Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyEngineering6.4%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering5.3%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering4.5%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering2.9%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences2.8%
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 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | 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 | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexzbMATHCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: A Matter of Fact, Computing and Technology, CSA: Technology Research Database, Current, Informa Ergonomic Abstracts, International Abstracts in Operations Research, Ulrichs Periodicals Directory
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
- 3.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 10Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.99Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.69Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 581OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 76,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,030 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 77 | 11 | 167 |
| 2024 | 48 | 10 | 391 |
| 2023 | 38 | 7 | 464 |
| 2022 | 64 | 14 | 994 |
| 2021 | 61 | 15 | 1,301 |
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
396 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 288 days – 529 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 416 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (142 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 147 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- review articlesPublication of Review ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints
- Open access Open access
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems 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? Increase t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Desk rejection rate ~80% for out-of-scope submissions. Model summary
Approximately 80% of submitted papers are desk rejected because they fall outside the scope of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (JITS).
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1547-2450
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-2442
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
What CAS zone is Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Transportation / Transportation Science & Technology. 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 Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.7; CiteScore 10, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 396 days (interquartile range 288–529 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Engineering.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, zbMATH and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .