Transportation Research Part B-methodological

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that focuses on the methodological, and particularly the mathematical, aspects of transportation science, and its 2025 impact factor is 6.5《运输研究 B 辑：方法论》（Transportation Research Part B: Methodological）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版的月刊，聚焦运输科学的方法论、尤其是数学分析层面，2025 年影响因子为 6.5。

Scope

• The journal publishes papers on all methodological aspects of the subject, particularly those that require mathematical analysis本刊刊登该学科各方面的方法论论文，尤其是需要数学分析的成果。
• Its general theme is the development and solution of problems that are adequately motivated to deal with important aspects of the design and analysis of transportation systems总体主题是围绕运输系统设计与分析中的重要问题开展建模与求解。
• Covered areas include traffic flow, the design and analysis of transportation networks, control and scheduling, optimization, and queuing theory涵盖领域包括交通流、交通网络的设计与分析、控制与调度、优化与排队论。
• Logistics and supply chains, as well as the development and application of statistical, econometric, and mathematical models to transportation problems, are central topics物流与供应链，以及统计、计量与数学模型在运输问题中的开发与应用是核心议题。
• The journal also welcomes cost models, pricing and investment studies, traveler or shipper behavior research, and cost-benefit methodologies本刊亦欢迎成本模型、定价与投资研究、出行者或托运人行为研究以及成本效益分析方法。
• Its intended audience spans operations researchers, logisticians, economists, econometricians, mathematical modelers, and transportation engineers, geographers, and planners目标读者涵盖运筹学研究者、物流专家、经济学家、计量经济学家、数学建模者以及交通工程师、地理学家与规划师。
• The scope is complementary to Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Part C: Emerging Technologies, and Part D: Transport and Environment, and together the parts form a comprehensive reference for transportation science本刊范围与《运输研究》A 辑（政策与实践）、C 辑（新兴技术）和 D 辑（运输与环境）互补，各辑共同构成运输科学领域的综合参考体系。

History

• The journal was established in 1979, when the mother journal Transportation Research, founded by Frank A. Haight in 1967, was split into Part A: General and Part B: Methodological本刊创刊于 1979 年，其母刊《运输研究》（Transportation Research）由 Frank A. Haight 于 1967 年创办，1979 年拆分为 A 辑（综合）与 B 辑（方法论）。^[1]
• Frank A. Haight served as the founding editor of both Part A and Part B, while David E. Boyce acted as the founding guest editor of Part BFrank A. Haight 同时担任 A 辑与 B 辑的创刊编辑，David E. Boyce 则任 B 辑创刊客座编辑。
• Initially published by Pergamon Press in Oxford, the journal followed Pergamon into the Elsevier group when Robert Maxwell sold Pergamon to Elsevier in March 1991本刊最初由牛津的 Pergamon 出版社出版，1991 年 3 月 Robert Maxwell 将 Pergamon 售予 Elsevier 后，本刊随之并入 Elsevier 集团。
• Volumes accumulated slowly in the early decades, reaching only Volume 46 by 2012, and since 2013 the journal has published monthly with one volume per issue and twelve volumes a year早期数十年卷号增长缓慢，至 2012 年仅出至第 46 卷，2013 年起改为每月一期、每期独立成卷，每年出版 12 卷。^[2]
• Past editors-in-chief include Fred L. Mannering, Hai Yang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Chandra R. Bhat of the University of Texas at Austin历任主编包括 Fred L. Mannering、香港科技大学的 Hai Yang 与得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的 Chandra R. Bhat。
• The journal is now led by co-editors-in-chief Bahar Kara of Bilkent University and Srinivas Peeta of the Georgia Institute of Technology本刊现由 Bilkent 大学的 Bahar Kara 与佐治亚理工学院的 Srinivas Peeta 任共同主编。
• The 2025 impact factor is 6.5, and the journal ranks Q1 in five JCR categories, including Economics (29 of 626), Transportation (10 of 66), and Transportation Science and Technology (16 of 80)2025 年影响因子为 6.5，本刊在 JCR 五个类别中均居 Q1，包括经济学（29/626）、交通运输（10/66）与运输科技（16/80）。
• The journal is subscription-based with an open-access option, and the article processing charge for gold open access is USD 3,460本刊以订阅为主并提供开放获取选项，金色开放获取的文章处理费为 3,460 美元。

Editors

• The co-editors-in-chief are Bahar Kara, professor of industrial engineering at Bilkent University in Ankara, and Srinivas Peeta, professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology共同主编为安卡拉 Bilkent 大学工业工程系教授 Bahar Kara 与佐治亚理工学院土木与环境工程学院教授 Srinivas Peeta。
• The editorial board comprises 97 editors and editorial board members from 20 countries and regions, the largest contingents being from the United States (43), China (8), and Hong Kong (5)编委会由 97 位编辑与编委组成，来自 20 个国家/地区，其中美国（43 人）、中国（8 人）与中国香港（5 人）占比最高。
• A distinguished editorial board of seven members, among them Chandra Bhat, James Campbell, Malachy Carey, Carlos Daganzo, Terry Friesz, Fred L. Mannering, and Hai Yang, complements eleven senior associate editors and 77 associate editors杰出编委会由 7 人组成，包括 Chandra Bhat、James Campbell、Malachy Carey、Carlos Daganzo、Terry Friesz、Fred L. Mannering 与 Hai Yang，另设 11 位高级副主编与 77 位副主编。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Elsevier Editorial Manager system and undergo single-blind peer review, with suitable papers typically sent to at least two independent expert reviewers稿件经 Elsevier 的 Editorial Manager 系统投递，采用单盲同行评审，适合送审的稿件通常送至少两位独立专家评审。
• Reviewers are asked to respond within 30 days, and journal insights report median speeds of seven days to first decision and 108 days to decision after review审稿人通常须在 30 天内回复，期刊数据显示投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 7 天、外审后至决定为 108 天。
• The journal regularly publishes special issues and article collections, for example the Smart Traffic with Context collection guest-edited by Ning Zhu, Maged Dessouky, Hani Mahmassani, Jinlei Zhang, and Lixing Yang本刊定期出版特刊与专题文集，如智能交通与情境（Smart Traffic with Context）专题由 Ning Zhu、Maged Dessouky、Hani Mahmassani、Jinlei Zhang 与 Lixing Yang 客座主编。