TY - JOUR
T1 - The first 25 years of Transportation Research Part D
T2 - Transport and Environment
AU - Cao, Jason
AU - Li, Shuhan
AU - Noland, Robert B.
AU - Ge, Ying En
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Transportation Research Part D, launched in 1996, has succeeded in its mission of becoming a key outlet for interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research on transport and the environment. Using a bibliographic analysis of 2,521 papers published in this journal from 1996 to 2020, we identify key topics, top contributors, the most productive universities, and the leading research trends within the field. Emissions and air quality, climate change, energy, electric vehicles, noise and the built environment (land use and travel behavior) are dominant topics since the journal's founding. The journal has had an impact on policy, especially regarding land use and travel behavior. Citation levels seem to mirror these impacts. Electric vehicle policy and environmental impacts of shipping and ports are recent topical areas with large citation counts. All these issues will continue to resonate providing rich opportunities for innovative manuscripts that analyze problems and provide solutions.
AB - Transportation Research Part D, launched in 1996, has succeeded in its mission of becoming a key outlet for interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research on transport and the environment. Using a bibliographic analysis of 2,521 papers published in this journal from 1996 to 2020, we identify key topics, top contributors, the most productive universities, and the leading research trends within the field. Emissions and air quality, climate change, energy, electric vehicles, noise and the built environment (land use and travel behavior) are dominant topics since the journal's founding. The journal has had an impact on policy, especially regarding land use and travel behavior. Citation levels seem to mirror these impacts. Electric vehicle policy and environmental impacts of shipping and ports are recent topical areas with large citation counts. All these issues will continue to resonate providing rich opportunities for innovative manuscripts that analyze problems and provide solutions.
KW - Air quality
KW - Bibliometric analysis
KW - Built environment
KW - Climate change
KW - Electric vehicles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103078
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103078
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85117914708
SN - 1361-9209
VL - 100
JO - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
M1 - 103078
ER -
