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Transport Research Institute

In research, Transport Research Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,861 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,400 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,377 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,158
of 22,385 · #16,360 all time
Rank in Romania
#74
of 126
Research works
478
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Transport Research Institute

What is Transport Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,861 of 14,833 8.4%177
Physical SciencesDomain #11,400 of 17,446 6.9%268
EngineeringField #6,377 of 9,532 7.5%189

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transport Research Institute 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 Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Transport Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Social Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 51.4% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 34.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 28.3% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 11.7% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTransportResearch…140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences42%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4834.3%
    2. Environmental Science107.3%
    3. Energy42.5%
    4. Computer Science32.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.1%
    6. Materials Science21.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences4028.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance74.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.3%
    4. Psychology32.1%
    5. Decision Sciences21.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Health Professions42.5%
    2. Medicine21.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.74×4 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.38×1 works
  3. Engineering2.29×48 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.27×7 works
  5. Social Sciences2.24×40 works
  6. Environmental Science1.48×10 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.36×3 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.27×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.95×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.87×0 works
  12. Psychology0.68×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×3 works
  14. Nursing0.48×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.32×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.28×3 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  22. Medicine0.08×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transport Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Roman Symonenko, Claudia-Maria Wagner and Johan Förstberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Research Institute.

  1. 1 Roman Symonenko Romania · #3,684,702 worldwide 139 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Claudia-Maria Wagner Romania · #3,988,447 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Johan Förstberg Romania · #4,111,636 worldwide 143 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Alla Novikova Romania · #4,724,607 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 M Buchanan Romania · #4,725,844 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 P Kronborg Romania · #4,761,349 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Hassan Hakim Romania · #4,823,364 worldwide 144 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Leif G Wiman Romania · #4,943,234 worldwide 90 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Serhii Kovalov Romania · #5,074,667 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 G Nilsson Romania · #5,356,555 worldwide 654 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Transport Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Transport Research Institute is "The effects of a mobile telephone task on driver behaviour in a car following situation" (Håkan Alm, Lena Maria Nilsson, 1995), with 582 citations. Next come "Transit Price Elasticities and Cross - Elasticities" (368) and "Accident prediction models for urban roads" (341).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effects of a mobile telephone task on driver behaviour in a car following situation Håkan Alm, Lena Maria Nilsson · Accident Analysis & Prevention Oct 1995 582
2 Transit Price Elasticities and Cross - Elasticities Todd Alexander Litman · Journal of Public Transportation Open access Jun 2004 368
3 Accident prediction models for urban roads Poul Greibe · Accident Analysis & Prevention 28 Dec 2002 341
4 Explaining differences in acceptability before and acceptance after the implementation of a congestion charge in Stockholm Geertje Schuitema, Linda Steg, Sonja E. Forward · Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice Open access 17 Dec 2009 332
5 Impaired alertness and performance driving home from the night shift: a driving simulator study Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Björn Peters, Anna Anund et al. · Journal of Sleep Research Mar 2005 297
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Which keywords describe research at Transport Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Educational Technologies, Tourism Development, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Sustainability and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Pedagogy16▲ 23×3 topics
  2. Critical Thinking16▲ 99×2 topics
  3. Educational Technologies16▲ 126×2 topics
  4. Tourism Development16▲ 84×2 topics
  5. Student Competencies16▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Teaching Methods16▲ 71×1 topic
  7. Sustainability14▲ 4.0×24 topics
  8. Renewable Energy11▲ 5.2×22 topics
  9. Environmental Impact9▲ 3.9×22 topics
  10. Physical Activity8▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Accessibility7▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Active Travel7▲ 70×1 topic
  13. Built Environment7▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Transportation7▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Driver Behavior6▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 3.9×3 topics
  17. Spatial Analysis6▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Environmental Impacts6▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  20. Injury Severity6▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Traffic Accidents6▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Globalization5▲ 1.84×6 topics
  23. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Economic Development4▲ 3.7×5 topics
  25. Travel Behavior4▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Ridesharing4▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Shared Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Digital Economy4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Intelligent Transportation Systems4▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Supply Chain4▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Public Transport3▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Urban Mobility3▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Entrepreneurship3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  34. Route Choice3▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Service Quality3▲ 8.8×1 topic
  36. Industrial Enterprises3▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Innovation Economics3▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Electric Vehicles3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Recycled Materials2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Traffic Flow2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Transport Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Traffic and Road Safety and Transportation and Mobility Innovations.

Education, Innovation an…16Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 16 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…7Urban Transport and Accessibility: 7 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety6Traffic and Road Safety: 6 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 4 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …3Economic and Industrial Development: 3 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional works
EducationTransportationSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 16 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 7 works
  3. 3 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  4. 4 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 3 works
  6. 6 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 2 works
  10. 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.6%domestic only50.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transport Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% 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 Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Transport Research Institute0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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