Transportation Science

Transportation Science is the flagship journal of the Transportation Science and Logistics Society of INFORMS, published since 1967 and devoted to the scientific analysis of transportation and logistics systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.0.《运输科学》（Transportation Science）是美国运筹与管理科学学会（INFORMS）交通运输科学与物流学会的旗舰刊物，1967 年创刊，专注运输与物流系统的科学分析，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0。

Scope

• The journal publishes original contributions and surveys on phenomena associated with all modes of transportation, present and prospective.刊物发表与各类现有及未来运输方式现象相关的原创论文与综述。
• Planning, design, economic, operational and social aspects of transportation are all covered.运输的规划、设计、经济、运营与社会层面均在其覆盖范围之内。
• It focuses on fundamental theories coupled with observational and experimental studies of transportation and logistics phenomena and processes.刊物以基础理论为重点，并结合运输与物流现象及过程的观测与实验研究。
• Mathematical models, advanced methodologies and novel applications in transportation and logistics systems analysis, planning and design are central.数学模型、先进方法以及运输与物流系统分析、规划与设计中的新应用是核心内容。
• Work is organised by topical areas including logistics and routing, modes and industries, and cross-cutting and emerging topics.稿件按主题领域组织，包括物流与路径规划、运输方式与产业，以及交叉与新兴主题。
• Analytical work on autonomous vehicles and other technological and societal changes in transport has been an explicit interest of recent editors.关于自动驾驶车辆及其他技术与社变化对运输影响的分析性工作，是近年主编明确关注的方向。

History

• Transportation Science was founded in 1967 and is published by INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.《运输科学》创刊于 1967 年，由美国运筹与管理科学学会（INFORMS）出版。
• The journal's founding editor was Robert Herman.刊物的创始主编为（Robert Herman）。
• It is the flagship journal of the Transportation Science and Logistics Society, and remains the foremost scientific journal in the cross-disciplinary operational research field of transportation analysis.刊物是交通运输科学与物流学会的旗舰期刊，至今仍是交通运输分析这一跨学科运筹研究领域最重要的科学期刊。
• The journal restructured its editorial organisation by topical areas in 2021 to accommodate growth in submissions.为适应投稿量的增长，刊物于 2021 年按主题领域重组了编辑组织架构。
• Karen Smilowitz of Northwestern University served as Editor-in-Chief until 2025 and oversaw a period of steadily increasing submissions.西北大学的（Karen Smilowitz）在 2025 年前担任主编，任内投稿量持续上升。
• The journal now appears bimonthly, with six issues a year, and remains a hybrid open access title.刊物现为双月刊，每年 6 期，并保持混合开放获取模式。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.0, after 4.8 in 2024, 4.898 in 2022 and 4.117 in 2021, and it ranks in the first quartile of operations research and management science.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0，此前 2024 年为 4.8，2022 年为 4.898，2021 年为 4.117，在运筹学与管理科学类别中位列一区。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Michael Hewitt of Loyola University Chicago, who took over the journal at the start of 2026.主编为芝加哥洛约拉大学的（Michael Hewitt），于 2026 年初接掌刊物。
• Area editors cover logistics and routing, with Niels Agatz of Erasmus University, Jean-Francois Cordeau of HEC Montreal and Ivana Ljubic of ESSEC Business School.负责物流与路径规划领域编辑工作的有伊拉斯谟大学的（Niels Agatz）、蒙特利尔高等商学院的（Jean-Francois Cordeau）与 ESSEC 商学院的（Ivana Ljubic）。
• Modes and industries are handled by David Pisinger of the Technical University of Denmark and Alejandro Toriello of Georgia Institute of Technology.运输方式与产业方向由丹麦技术大学的（David Pisinger）与佐治亚理工学院的（Alejandro Toriello）负责。
• Ann M. Campbell of the University of Iowa leads the cross-cutting and emerging topics area.艾奥瓦大学的（Ann M. Campbell）主持交叉与新兴主题领域。
• An associate editor corps drawn from universities in North America, Europe and Asia handles refereeing and recommends decisions.由北美、欧洲与亚洲高校学者组成的副主编队伍负责评审并作出处理建议。
• Authors may choose the INFORMS Open Option, which makes an accepted article open access for a fee of about 3,000 US dollars.作者可选择 INFORMS 开放选项，付费约 3,000 美元即可将录用文章开放获取。