About this journal
Aims and scope
An official journal of the Southeastern Transportation Center in partnership with Beijing Jiaotong University
Prior to the inception of the Journal of Transportation Safety & Security (JTSS), there were limited outlets for publishing research in the areas of comprehensive transportation safety or transportation security. JTSS fills that gap by emphasizing safety issues of multimodal transportation, including highway, transit, ride-sharing, pedestrian and bicycle modes as well as rail, water and aviation. The journal's aim is to disseminate advanced research results and engineering experience to educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to enhance transportation safety with comprehensive and integrated solutions.
JTSS provides a discussion forum for the exchange of academic ideas, data, and integrated transportation safety solutions developed through engineering research in multimodal transportation safety arenas. The journal is supported and directed by an international editorial board of renowned experts in all modes transportation safety.
Relevant topics include comprehensive transportation safety aspects of
- Infrastructure design
- Driver behavior and human factors
- Traffic control and traffic operations
- Crash data collection and analyses
- Safety information and communication systems
- Advanced and emerging vehicle and network technologies
- Safety policy and planning
- Security issues of transportation systems and networks
- Emergency and incident planning and response
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert reviewers. All peer review is single anonymized. Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 46K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.057 (2023) SNIP
- 0.699 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 7 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 108 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 16 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 12% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Stephen H. Richards – Southeastern Transportation Center, USA
Dr. Xuedong Yan – Beijing Jiaotong University, China
MANAGING EDITOR
Ms. Lissa Gay – Southeastern Transportation Center, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Dr. Jinxian Weng – Shanghai Maritime University, China
SPECIAL ADVISOR
Dr. Asad Khattak – University of Tennessee, USA
AREA EDITORS
Crashworthiness and Infrastructure Damage
Dr. Raphael Grzebieta – University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Dean Sicking– University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA
Driving Behavior, Psychology, and Human Factor
Dr. Richard Tay – RMIT University, Australia
Dr. S. C. Wong – The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Subasish Das – Texas A&M Transportation Institute, USA
Dr. Chunjiao Dong – Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Dr. Xiao Qin – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Naveen Eluru – University of Central Florida, USA
Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Special Road Users
Dr. John (Jian) Lu – Tongji University, China
Dr. Chris Cherry – University of Tennessee, USA
Road Safety Infrastructure, Vehicle Restraint Systems, Safety Management, and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Dr. Francesca LaTorre – Universita delgi Studi di Firenze, Italy
Dr. Reginald Souleyrette – University of Kentucky, USA
Dr. Pan Liu – Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Highway Transportation System Security & Emergency Response
Dr. Samiul Hasan – University of Central Florida, USA
Dr. Lee Han – University of Tennessee, USA
Rail, Water, and Aviation Transportation Security and Safety
Dr. David B. Clarke – University of Tennessee
Dr. Ziyou Gao – Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Dr. Aemal Khattak – University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Dr. Jinxian Weng – Shanghai Maritime University, China
BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Xuehao Chu – University of South Florida, USA
Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake – Kansas State University, USA
Dr. David L. Harkey – Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, USA
Dr. John Ivan – University of Connecticut, USA
Dr. Steven L. Jones, Jr. – University of Alabama, USA
Dr. Shashi Nambisan – University of Alabama , USA
Dr. Orazio Pellegrino – University of Messina, Italy
Dr. Francesca Russo – University Federico II of Naples, Italy
Dr. Xiaoduan Sun – University of Louisiana , USA
Dr. Xuesong Wang – Tongji University . China
Dr. Yafeng Yin – University of Michigan, USA
Mr. Junyi Zhang – Hiroshima University, Japan
RETIREMENTS
AREA EDITORS
Dr. Essam Radwan – University of Central Florida, USA
Dr. Brian Wolshon – Louisiana State University, USA
BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Hojjat Adeli – Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Forrest Council – UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Mr. Tom Luglio – Transportation Research Associates, Inc., USA
Dr. Christopher Monsere – Portland State University, USA
Dr. Patrick Sherry – University of Denver, USA
Dr. Andrew P. Tarko – Purdue University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Elsevier Scopus; TRID: Transportation Research Information Services & International Transportation Research Documentation Database; and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Open access
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- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- An official journal of the Southeastern Transportation Center
- In partnership with The University of Tennessee and Beijing Jiaotong University
Center information
An Official Journal of the Southeastern Transportation Center
In Partnership with The University of Tennessee and Beijing Jiaotong University
12 issues per year
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