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Best Transportation journals

159 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Transportation. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 42 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 eTransportation 24.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Tourism Management 24.3 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Journal of Travel Research 22.7 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
4 Analytic Methods in Accident Research 22.6 97th Q1 SSCI B No
5 Sustainable Cities and Society 22.3 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Transport Reviews 21.7 96th Q1 SSCI A No
7 Energy and Built Environment 20.1 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 International Journal of Logistics Management 19.7 95th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 15.4 94th Q1 SCIE A* No
10 International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 15.1 94th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 14 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
12 Communications in Transportation Research 13.6 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI C Yes
13 Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 13.6 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
14 Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition) 13.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles 13.3 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 12.9 90th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 12.1 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
18 Accident Analysis and Prevention 12.1 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
19 Maritime Economics and Logistics 11.4 89th Q1 SSCI B No
20 Multimodal Transportation 10.9 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 10.7 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
22 Travel Behaviour and Society 10.3 87th Q1 SSCI A No
23 Maritime Policy and Management 10.3 86th Q1 SSCI B No
24 Transport Policy 10.3 86th Q1 SSCI A No
25 Transportation 10.2 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
26 Journal of Transport Geography 10 84th Q1 SSCI A No
27 Maritime Transport Research 10 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Transportation Science 10 83rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
29 Railway Engineering Science 9.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 9.7 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
31 International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 9.7 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Transportation Geotechnics 9.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
33 Transportmetrica A: Transport Science 9.1 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
34 European Transport Research Review 9 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
35 Journal of Urban Mobility 8.8 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Research in Transportation Business and Management 8.7 78th Q1 SSCI B No
37 International Journal of Rail Transportation 8.6 78th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Air Transport Management 8.4 77th Q1 SSCI B No
39 Utilities Policy 8.2 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
40 Logistics 8.1 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 7.6 76th Q1 SSCI A No
42 Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics 7.6 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Transportation Letters 7.3 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
44 Journal of the Air Transport Research Society 7.2 74th Q2 – – No
45 IATSS Research 7 73rd Q2 ESCI C Yes
46 International Journal of Tourism Research 7 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
47 Research in Transportation Economics 6.9 72nd Q2 SSCI B No
48 Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6.6 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
49 Journal of Transportation Safety and Security 6.4 71st Q2 SSCI – No
50 Transportmetrica B 6.4 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
51 Public Transport 6.4 70th Q2 ESCI – No
52 Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 6.4 69th Q2 SSCI B No
53 IET Intelligent Transport Systems 6.2 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
54 Case Studies on Transport Policy 6.1 68th Q2 ESCI C No
55 WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 6.1 67th Q2 ESCI – No
56 Journal of Public Transportation 6 67th Q2 SSCI B Yes
57 Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management 5.7 66th Q2 ESCI – No
58 Journal of Transport and Health 5.7 65th Q2 SSCI B No
59 Maritime Business Review 5.6 65th Q2 ESCI C No
60 International Journal of Crashworthiness 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure 5.3 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
62 Journal of Computational Social Science 5.2 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
63 EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics 5.1 63rd Q2 ESCI B Yes
64 IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems 5.1 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
65 Journal of International Logistics and Trade 4.9 61st Q2 – – Yes
66 Automotive Experiences 4.8 61st Q2 – – Yes
67 Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements 4.8 60th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Urban Rail Transit 4.8 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
69 Journal of Shipping and Trade 4.6 59th Q2 – – Yes
70 Maritime Technology and Research 4.6 58th Q2 – – No
71 Zhongguo Gonglu Xuebao/China Journal of Highway and Transport 4.6 58th Q2 – – No
72 Journal of Transport and Land Use 4.6 57th Q2 SSCI B Yes
73 Journal of Human Trafficking 4.5 57th Q2 – – No
74 CEAS Aeronautical Journal 4.4 56th Q2 ESCI – No
75 Asian Transport Studies 4.4 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems 4.3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Infrastructure Asset Management 4 54th Q2 ESCI – No
78 Transport Economics and Management 3.9 54th Q2 – – Yes
79 Economics of Transportation 3.9 53rd Q2 SSCI B No
80 IEEE Journal on Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation 3.8 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
81 Frontiers in Future Transportation 3.7 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
82 Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs 3.6 51st Q2 – – No
83 Journal of Air Transportation 3.6 51st Q2 – – No
84 Applied Mobilities 3.6 50th Q2 ESCI – No
85 Advances in Transport Policy and Planning 3.5 50th Q2 – – No
86 Urban, Planning and Transport Research 3.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
87 International Journal of Supply and Operations Management 3.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
88 Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology 3.4 48th Q3 ESCI – No
89 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport 3.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
90 International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research 3.3 47th Q3 ESCI – No
91 Transportation Planning and Technology 3.3 46th Q3 SCIE B No
92 Archives of Automotive Engineering 3.3 45th Q3 – – No
93 Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management 3.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
94 Archives of Transport 3.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
95 Jiaotong Yunshu Xitong Gongcheng Yu Xinxi/Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology 3.2 44th Q3 – – No
96 European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 3.1 43rd Q3 SSCI B Yes
97 Open Transportation Journal 2.9 42nd Q3 – – No
98 Nase More 2.8 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
99 Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2.7 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
100 LOGI - Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics 2.7 41st Q3 – – Yes
101 Journal of Transportation Security 2.7 40th Q3 ESCI B No
102 Journal of Applied Engineering Science 2.6 39th Q3 – – No
103 Lex Portus 2.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
104 Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research 2.4 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
105 Journal of Transportation Engineering and Information 2.4 37th Q3 – – No
106 Acta Logistica 2.3 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
107 Promet - Traffic and Transportation 2.3 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
108 Transactions on Maritime Science 2.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
109 International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics 2.3 34th Q3 SSCI – No
110 Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport 2.3 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
111 Traffic Safety Research 2.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Transportation Journal 2.3 32nd Q3 SSCI B No
113 International Journal of Automotive Science and Technology 2.2 32nd Q3 – – Yes
114 European Transport - Trasporti Europei 2 31st Q3 ESCI C No
115 International Journal on Food System Dynamics 2 30th Q3 – – Yes
116 Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Administratio Locorum 1.9 29th Q3 – – Yes
117 International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering 1.9 29th Q3 – – Yes
118 Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 1.8 28th Q3 SSCI B No
119 Transport and Sustainability 1.8 28th Q3 – – No
120 Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport 1.7 27th Q3 SCIE – No
121 Transport Findings 1.7 26th Q3 – – Yes
122 World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research 1.6 26th Q3 – – No
123 Latin American Transport Studies 1.6 25th Q3 – – No
124 TransNav 1.6 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Transactions on Transport Sciences 1.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
126 Gonglu Jiaotong Keji/Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development 1.6 23rd Q4 – – No
127 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 23rd Q4 – – No
128 Journal of Road Safety 1.4 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
129 Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic 1.4 21st Q4 – – No
130 Hydro-Science and Engineering 1.3 20th Q4 – – Yes
131 Transport Problems 1.3 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
132 Urban Sustainability 1.2 18th Q4 – – No
133 Peace Review 1.2 17th Q4 ESCI – No
134 Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
135 Advances in Transportation Studies 1 16th Q4 – – No
136 Journal of Tourism History 1 15th Q4 ESCI C No
137 Transfers 1 15th Q4 ESCI – No
138 International Journal of Transport Economics 1 14th Q4 – C No
139 Navigation of China 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
140 Revista de Economia Mundial 0.8 13th Q4 SSCI – Yes
141 Journal of Transport History 0.7 12th Q4 ESCI C No
142 Journal of Airport Management 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
143 African Transport Studies 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
144 Ingegneria Ferroviaria 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
145 European Transport Studies 0.5 10th Q4 – – Yes
146 Journal of the Korean Society for Railway 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
147 Research for Development 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
148 International Journal of Maritime History 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
149 Geographical Science 0.4 6th Q4 – – Yes
150 Journal of Dalian Jiaotong University 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
151 Lecture Notes in Mobility 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
152 Journal of Global Tourism Research 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
153 Public Roads 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
154 Rivista del Diritto della Navigazione 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
155 Proceedings. Smart City Symposium Prague, SCSP 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
156 Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
157 IEEE European Technology and Engineering Management Summit, E-TEMS 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
158 Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport 0 0th Q4 – C No
159 Advances in Airline Economics 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Transportation Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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