Journal profile · HISTORY
Journal of Transport History
ISSN 0022-5266 · eISSN 1759-3999 · SAGE
Journal of Transport History: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Transport History is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Transport and Economic Policies and History of Science and Medicine, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities13.9%
- Transport and Economic PoliciesBusiness, Management and Accounting9.5%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities9.4%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Maritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArts and Humanities5.5%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 41.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,424 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 68 | 27 | 8 |
| 2024 | 45 | 24 | 22 |
| 2023 | 38 | 18 | 26 |
| 2022 | 47 | 13 | 74 |
| 2021 | 31 | 6 | 52 |
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.
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0022-5266
- Electronic ISSN
- 1759-3999
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Transport History
What CAS zone is Journal of Transport History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Transport History is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Transport History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Transport History is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Transport History open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Transport History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .