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University Transportation Center for Alabama

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Research works
102
▲ 1017% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: University Transportation Center for Alabama is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.39× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University Transportation Center for Alabama?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Risk Factors, Spatial Analysis, Injury Severity, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Transportation and Accessibility.

▲ 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 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 Behavior8▲ 209×2 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 14×3 topics
  3. Spatial Analysis8▲ 167×2 topics
  4. Injury Severity8▲ 184×2 topics
  5. Road Safety8▲ 370×1 topic
  6. Traffic Accidents8▲ 327×1 topic
  7. Accessibility6▲ 136×2 topics
  8. Physical Activity6▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Transportation6▲ 66×3 topics
  10. Active Travel6▲ 168×1 topic
  11. Built Environment6▲ 168×1 topic
  12. Deep Learning4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  13. Intelligent Transportation Systems4▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Traffic Flow4▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Travel Behavior4▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Epidemiology3▲ 1.63×7 topics
  17. Public Transport3▲ 105×1 topic
  18. Service Quality3▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Socioeconomic Factors3▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Neural Networks3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  21. Child Injury2▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Urban Traffic2▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Short-Term Forecasting2▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Spatio-Temporal Data2▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control2▲ 84×1 topic
  27. Microscopic Simulation2▲ 84×1 topic
  28. Public Health2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  29. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  30. Obesity2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Biomechanics1▲ 8.3×1 topic
  33. Brain Injury1▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Ridesharing1▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Shared Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Health Outcomes1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Sex Work1▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Trafficking1▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Self-Regulation1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does University Transportation Center for Alabama publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Transportation Planning and Optimization and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention.

Traffic and Road Safety8Traffic and Road Safety: 8 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…6Urban Transport and Accessibility: 6 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 3 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …2Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 2 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and M…2Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…2Traffic control and management: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 1 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 1 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityTransportationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 8 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 6 works
  3. 3 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 3 works
  4. 4 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 2 works
  6. 6 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Transportation Center for Alabama's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1017% 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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