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Journal of Transport and Land Use is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.6), ABDC B, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Minnesota.
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ISSN 1938-7849Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Minnesota
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 65 / 295 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 221 / 876 | 74th | Q2 |
| Transportation | 72 / 169 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.6.
Journal of Transport and Land Use is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 65 of 295), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 221 of 876) and Q2 in Transportation (rank 72 of 169), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Transport and Land Use 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 4.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.830, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$750 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 Transport and Land Use is published by University of Minnesota. Its ISSN is 1938-7849.
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 Transport and Land Use has an h-index of 62 and a 2-year mean of 3.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #31 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Journal of Transport and Land Use published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 73. 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 United States (28.8%), China (15.3%) and Canada (11.1%).
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.
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