Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Frontiers in Future Transportation is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2673-5210Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 76 / 295 | 74th | Q2 |
| Automotive Engineering | 43 / 143 | 70th | Q2 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 164 / 390 | 58th | Q2 |
| Transportation | 81 / 169 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.7.
Frontiers in Future Transportation is Q2 in Urban Studies (rank 76 of 295), Q2 in Automotive Engineering (rank 43 of 143) and Q2 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 164 of 390), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Frontiers in Future Transportation is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.361, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,353 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Frontiers in Future Transportation is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2673-5210.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Future Transportation has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 2.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Frontiers in Future Transportation published 24 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 44. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 95 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (18.1%), United States (11.9%) and United Kingdom (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
Comments load as you scroll here.