Journal profile · Social Sciences-Transportation
Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems
ISSN 2473-2907 · eISSN 2473-2893 · American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) · United States
Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.42; subscription journal; median 185 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 175 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems is published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Traffic control and management, Transportation Planning and Optimization and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, together about 49.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Automotive Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems contains technical and professional engineering articles on the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of air, highway, rail, and urban transportation systems and infrastructure. Specific topics include management of roads, bridges, and transit systems; traffic management technology and intelligent transportation systems; connected and automated vehicle impacts; highway engineering; railway engineering; and economics, safety, and environmental aspects of transportation. ASCE strives to advance research across civil engineering and related disciplines that will help inform, develop, and inspire sustainable action. We therefore encourage authors to categorize their research using at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Transportation
Editor-in-chief Chris T. HendricksonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traffic control and managementEngineering17.9%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences17.4%
- Traffic Prediction and Management TechniquesEngineering14.3%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering12.7%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences6%
- Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyEngineering4.5%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering3.9%
- Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringEngineering3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | 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 | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 440OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 170LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,457 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 10 | 23 |
| 2025 | 175 | 11 | 196 |
| 2024 | 141 | 7 | 494 |
| 2023 | 164 | 13 | 1,164 |
| 2022 | 178 | 11 | 1,536 |
| 2021 | 144 | 14 | 1,407 |
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
185 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 138 days – 263 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 92 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 282 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (403 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2473-2907
- Electronic ISSN
- 2473-2893
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 152 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems
What CAS zone is Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Civil / 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 Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.42; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 185 days (interquartile range 138–263 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .