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Transport Research Centre

In research, Transport Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,950 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 12.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,874
of 22,385 · #16,696 all time
Rank in Czechia
#58
of 110
Research works
431
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Transport Research Centre

What is Transport Research Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,950 of 10,670 2.9%80 #10497

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transport Research Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Transport Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Transport Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Social Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 96 fractional works · 66.2% of its workEngineering: 65 fractional works · 44.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 10.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.8% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTransportResearch Centre146fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences25%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6544.7%
    2. Environmental Science1510.6%
    3. Computer Science85.6%
    4. Materials Science31.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1912.8%
    2. Psychology74.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine42.6%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Transport Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 21.4 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.98× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.12× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.98×65 works
  2. Environmental Science2.12×15 works
  3. Psychology1.55×7 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.32×6 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.09×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.02×19 works
  8. Health Professions0.83×3 works
  9. Computer Science0.72×8 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.55×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.49×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  16. Energy0.25×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×2 works
  19. Medicine0.14×4 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transport Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiří Sedoník, Richard Andrášik and Vojtech Eksler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Research Centre.

  1. 1 Jiří Sedoník Czechia · #1,950,018 worldwide 749 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Richard Andrášik Czechia · #1,972,782 worldwide 1.5k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Vojtech Eksler Czechia · #2,023,206 worldwide 412 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Michal Bíl Czechia · #2,094,869 worldwide 2.5k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Michal Janků Czechia · #2,279,420 worldwide 155 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Martina Bílová Czechia · #2,779,954 worldwide 381 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Veronika Kurečková Czechia · #2,905,807 worldwide 330 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Jan Kubeček Czechia · #2,950,999 worldwide 521 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Václav Linkov Czechia · #3,064,374 worldwide 297 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 J Dufek Czechia · #3,141,765 worldwide 368 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Transport Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Transport Research Centre is "Human factors contributing to the road traffic accident occurrence" (Kateřina Bucsuházy, Eva Matuchová, Robert Zůvala et al., 2020), with 297 citations. Next come "Comparison of car ownership models" (282) and "Identification of hazardous road locations of traffic accidents by means of kernel density estimation and cluster significance evaluation" (240).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human factors contributing to the road traffic accident occurrence Kateřina Bucsuházy, Eva Matuchová, Robert Zůvala et al. · Transportation research procedia Open access 2020 297
2 Comparison of car ownership models Gerard de Jong, James N. Fox, Andrew Daly et al. · Transport Reviews Jul 2004 282
3 Identification of hazardous road locations of traffic accidents by means of kernel density estimation and cluster significance evaluation Michal Bíl, Richard Andrášik, Zbyněk Janoška · Accident Analysis & Prevention 13 Mar 2013 240
4 Benefits and challenges of collaborating with volunteers: Examples from National Wildlife Roadkill Reporting Systems in Europe Michal Bíl, Florian Heigl, Zbyněk Janoška et al. · Journal for Nature Conservation Open access 20 Jan 2020 213
5 An integrated methodology to assess the benefits of urban green space Koen De Ridder, Vladimír Adamec, A. Bañuelos et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 21 Jul 2004 200
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Transport Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Logistics, Transportation, Injury Severity, Traffic Accidents, Infrastructure, Urban Traffic and Digital Technologies.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Driver Behavior12▲ 103×2 topics
  2. Logistics11▲ 50×5 topics
  3. Transportation10▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Injury Severity9▲ 80×1 topic
  5. Traffic Accidents9▲ 144×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning9▲ 1.75×7 topics
  7. Infrastructure9▲ 50×4 topics
  8. Urban Traffic9▲ 52×2 topics
  9. Digital Technologies8▲ 40×3 topics
  10. Intelligent Transportation Systems7▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Sustainability7▲ 1.91×18 topics
  12. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.6×14 topics
  13. Modeling6▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Planning6▲ 142×1 topic
  15. Quality Management6▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Traffic Flow6▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Service Quality5▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Trust5▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Risk Assessment4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  21. Public Transport4▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Supply Chain4▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Urban Mobility4▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Educational Methods4▲ 456×1 topic
  26. Image Processing4▲ 6.0×2 topics
  27. Pedagogical Research4▲ 456×1 topic
  28. Simulation4▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Urban Design4▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control4▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Microscopic Simulation4▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Soil Properties4▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Defect Detection4▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Crack Detection4▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Pavement4▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Recycled Materials4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Rheology3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Travel Behavior3▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Digitalization3▲ 10×2 topics
  40. CO2 Emissions3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Transport Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport Systems Analysis, Education, Psychology, and Social Research and Traffic control and management.

Traffic and Road Safety9Traffic and Road Safety: 9 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems Analysis: 6 fractional worksEducation, Psychology, and Social Research: 4 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 4 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…3Urban Transport and Accessibility: 3 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 3 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 3 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringEducationControl and Systems Engineering3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 9 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 4 works
  4. 4 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 3 works
  8. 8 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 3 works
  9. 9 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available67.2%not open32.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transport Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Transport Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Transport Research Centre0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Transport Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Transport Research Centre5.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2019.

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