Transport and Economic Policies
Transport and Economic Policies is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 15.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of railway deregulation, privatization, and competition on efficiency, infrastructure charging, market entry barriers, vertical separation, and regulatory reform. It analyzes the effects of open access, franchising, and vertical/horizontal restructuring in various European and international railway systems.
- Railway Deregulation
- Competition
- Efficiency
- Privatization
- Infrastructure Charging
- Market Entry Barriers
- Vertical Separation
- Franchising
- Regulatory Reform
- Open Access
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +4% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Transport and Economic Policies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (258 and 172 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 258 works
- 2 United States 172 works
- 3 Russia 85 works
- 4 United Kingdom 78 works
- 5 France 65 works
- 6 Türkiye 48 works
- 7 Germany 48 works
- 8 India 46 works
- 9 Brazil 38 works
- 10 Indonesia 36 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Transport and Economic Policies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Jiaotong University publishes the most Transport and Economic Policies research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Tashkent State Transport University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 33 works
- 2 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 19 works
- 3 Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 15 works
- 4 Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia 15 works
- 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 6 Russian University of TransportRussia 11 works
- 7 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 8 works
- 8 China Academy of Railway SciencesChina 7 works
- 9 Tongji UniversityChina 6 works
- 10 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 6 works
Who are the leading researchers in Transport and Economic Policies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Transport and Economic Policies include Gordon B. Mills and Peter Nijkamp.
- 1 Gordon B. Mills United States 3.7k citations
- 2 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Transport and Economic Policies research done?
The largest centres of Transport and Economic Policies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tashkent and Saint Petersburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TashkentUZ · 22.3 works12×
- Saint PetersburgRU · 21.2 works5.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Transport and Economic Policies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Transport and Economic Policies?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University and University of Žilina score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina | 78.8 | 20.1% | 36.8× | 33 | -22.6% |
| 2 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 60.5 | 10.1% | 17.4× | 19 | +49.3% |
| 3 | University of ŽilinaSlovakia | 53.0 | 5.9% | 51.3× | 8 | +187.0% |
| 4 | Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia | 48.3 | 0.0% | 153.4× | 15 | +371.4% |
| 5 | Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan | 45.4 | 3.0% | 169.2× | 15 | — |
| 6 | Russian University of TransportRussia | 35.2 | 0.0% | 116.3× | 11 | — |
| 7 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 18.1 | 0.4% | 7.7× | 14 | -55.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Transport and Economic Policies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Transport and Economic Policies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.