Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
Transportation Science
ISSN 0041-1655 · eISSN 1526-5447 · INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Transportation Science: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.74; subscription journal; review about 12 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transportation Science is published by INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and is in Zone 2 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, Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods and Transportation and Mobility Innovations, together about 46.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Transportation Science, published quarterly by INFORMS, is the flagship journal of the Transportation Science and Logistics Society of INFORMS. As the foremost scientific journal in the cross-disciplinary operational research field of transportation analysis, Transportation Science publishes high-quality original contributions and surveys on phenomena associated with all modes of transportation, present and prospective, including mainly all levels of planning, design, economic, operational, and social aspects. Transportation Science focuses primarily on fundamental theories, coupled with observational and experimental studies of transportation and logistics phenomena and processes, mathematical models, advanced methodologies and novel applications in transportation and logistics systems analysis, planning and design. The journal covers a broad range of topics that include vehicular and human traffic flow theories, models and their application to traffic operations and management, strategic, tactical, and operational planning of transportation and logistics systems; performance analysis methods and system design and optimization; theories and analysis methods for network and spatial activity interaction, equilibrium and dynamics; economics of transportation system supply and evaluation; methodologies for analysis of transportation user behavior and the demand for transportation and logistics services. Transportation Science is international in scope, with editors from nations around the globe. The editorial board reflects the diverse interdisciplinary interests of the transportation science and logistics community, with members that hold primary affiliations in engineering (civil, industrial, and aeronautical), physics, economics, applied mathematics, and business.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences18.4%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering14.9%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering12.8%
- Traffic control and managementEngineering6.7%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering5.3%
- Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering3.3%
- Optimization and Packing ProblemsEngineering3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 4.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 197OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,861OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.53%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,681 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 10 | 27 |
| 2025 | 66 | 16 | 291 |
| 2024 | 79 | 18 | 865 |
| 2023 | 71 | 23 | 1,044 |
| 2022 | 94 | 27 | 2,256 |
| 2021 | 93 | 33 | 2,932 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
- INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0041-1655
- Electronic ISSN
- 1526-5447
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transportation Science
What CAS zone is Transportation Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transportation Science is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science / Transportation / Transportation Science & Technology. 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 Transportation Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.74; CiteScore 10, h-index 197.
How long does peer review take at Transportation Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Transportation Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transportation Science is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Transportation Science open access, and what is the APC?
Transportation Science 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; 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: .