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Transportation Research Board

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World rank, all time
#32,831
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,997
of 8,685
Research works
241
▲ 191% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Transportation Research Board?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew C. Lemer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transportation Research Board.

  1. 1 Andrew C. Lemer United States · #1,088,155 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Transportation Research Board

Which keywords describe research at Transportation Research Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Flow, Public Transport, Urban Mobility, Service Quality, Ethics, Route Choice and Travel Behavior.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 34×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.22×12 topics
  3. Traffic Flow2▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Public Transport2▲ 77×2 topics
  5. Urban Mobility2▲ 77×2 topics
  6. Service Quality2▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Deep Learning2◆ 1.14×4 topics
  8. Ethics1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  9. Machine Learning1▲ 1.16×3 topics
  10. Route Choice1▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Travel Behavior1▲ 39×1 topic
  12. Accountability1▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Big Data1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  14. Democracy1▲ 10×4 topics
  15. Discrimination1▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Transparency1▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Climate Change1▲ 1.24×4 topics
  18. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control1▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Microscopic Simulation1▲ 79×1 topic
  20. Global Warming1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  21. Public Health1▲ 1.96×6 topics
  22. Risk Perception1▲ 11×3 topics
  23. COVID-191▲ 2.0×7 topics
  24. Media Coverage1▲ 96×1 topic
  25. Public Perception1▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Risk Factors1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  27. Science Communication1▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Security1▲ 4.1×2 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion1▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Surveillance1▲ 10.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Transportation Research Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transportation Planning and Optimization, Traffic control and management, Climate Change Communication and Perception and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Transportation Planning …1Transportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…1Traffic control and management: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communica…1Climate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…1Urban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksE-Government and Public …1E-Government and Public Services: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Economy: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…1Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional works
TransportationControl and Systems EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 others

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

  1. 1 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
  2. 2 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  5. 5 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  7. 7 E-Government and Public Services Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 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 available23.8%not open76.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Transportation Research Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 191% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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