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Rapid ascend: COMMTR's three-year journey to SCIE and SSCI inclusion

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Tsinghua University Press

Rapid Ascend: COMMTR's Three-Year Journey to SCIE and SSCI Inclusion

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Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR) has been officially included in both the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) by Web of Science, a leading global provider of scientific and scholarly research information.

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We are thrilled to announce that our esteemed academic journal, Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR), has been officially included in both the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) by Web of Science, a leading global provider of scientific and scholarly research information.

 

In the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released in June 2024, COMMTR received its first Impact Factor of 12.5, ranking it 1st among 58 journals in the TRANSPORTATION category and 3rd among 72 journals in the TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY category. The dual inclusion in SCIE and SSCI signifies that the journal has met stringent criteria for quality, influence, international presence, and standardization, as recognized by the global academic and journal communities.

 

Development History of COMMTR Journal

COMMTR was launched in 2021, with academic support provided by Tsinghua University and China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association. It is a peer-reviewed, open access international journal co-published by Tsinghua University Press and Elsevier. The Editors-in-Chief are Professor Xiaobo Qu, a member of the Academia Europaea from Tsinghua University and Professor Hans Wang Shuaian from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The journal mainly publishes high-quality, original research and review articles that are of significant importance to emerging transportation systems, aiming to become an international platform and window for showcasing and exchanging innovative achievements in transportation and related fields, to promote the exchange and development of transportation research between China and the international academic community. It has been indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Ei Compendex, Scopus, DOAJ, TRID and other databases, etc.

 

Celebrating Milestones: A Future Filled with Promise

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the authors, reviewers, readers, and editorial board members for their invaluable contributions that have propelled COMMTR to new heights of success. Your dedication and support have been instrumental in shaping the journal's reputation and impact.

As we look ahead with confidence to the future, we warmly welcome your ongoing readership and article submissions. Your engagement is crucial to the journal's growth and we eagerly anticipate the continued progress of COMMTR in the years to come.

Why Publish with Us

  • High-quality peer-review and rapid publication
  • Widest possible global dissemination of your research
  • Indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, Ei Compendex, etc.
  • Tsinghua University Press will pay the open access fee for all published papers from 2024 to 2025

Call for papers

Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Transportation Research for Women in Engineering

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Journal Homepage

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/communications-in-transportation-research

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