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Journal of Public Transportation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6), ABDC B, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 1077-291XVerify ISSN ↗2375-0901Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 38 / 295 | 87th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 148 / 876 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Transportation | 56 / 169 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007 (also 2009, 2011–2018, 2020–present), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.
Journal of Public Transportation is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 38 of 295), Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 148 of 876) and Q2 in Transportation (rank 56 of 169), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Public Transportation is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.973, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,110 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.
Journal of Public Transportation is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 1077-291X and its online ISSN is 2375-0901.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Transportation, logistics and supply chains.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Public Transportation has an h-index of 71 and a 2-year mean of 3.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #24 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Journal of Public Transportation published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 43. 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 93 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (10.6%), United States (9.3%) and Sweden (7.9%).
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.
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