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transportation and logistics systems

transportation and logistics systems is a research topic within Transportation. Science Explorer counts 6.5k research works in it since 1952. 7.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to European transport policy, sustainable development, logistics, urban mobility, rail transport, intelligent transport systems, external costs, intermodal transport, public transport, and infrastructure. It explores the challenges and strategies for creating a competitive, resource-efficient, and sustainable transport system in Europe.

  • European Transport Policy
  • Sustainable Development
  • Logistics
  • Urban Mobility
  • Rail Transport
  • Intelligent Transport Systems
  • External Costs
  • Intermodal Transport
  • Public Transport
  • Infrastructure
Research works
6.5k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
480
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-53%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead transportation and logistics systems research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (309 and 31 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 309 works
  2. 2 Russia 31 works
  3. 3 Czechia 30 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 23 works
  5. 5 Slovakia 18 works
  6. 6 United States 16 works
  7. 7 China 11 works
  8. 8 Germany 10 works
  9. 9 Italy 10 works
  10. 10 France 9 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.

Poland: 66.0%Russia: 6.6%Czechia: 6.5%Ukraine: 4.9%6 others listed: 16.0%66%largest
Poland309 · 66.0%Russia31 · 6.6%Czechia30 · 6.5%Ukraine23 · 4.9%6 others listed75 · 16.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead transportation and logistics systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Silesian University of Technology publishes the most transportation and logistics systems research, followed by University of Szczecin and University of Žilina.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 16 works
  2. 2 University of SzczecinPoland 15 works
  3. 3 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 13 works
  4. 4 University of GdańskPoland 12 works
  5. 5 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 11 works
  6. 6 University of ŁódźPoland 11 works
  7. 7 Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 9 works
  8. 8 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 8 works
  9. 9 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 8 works
  10. 10 West Pomeranian University of Technology in SzczecinPoland 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in transportation and logistics systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on transportation and logistics systems include Peter Nijkamp, David Banister and Piet Rietveld.

  1. 1 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
  2. 2 David Banister United Kingdom 1.2k citations
  3. 3 Piet Rietveld Netherlands 1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is transportation and logistics systems research done?

The largest centres of transportation and logistics systems research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Poznań (Poland) and Szczecin (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Szczecin, Poznań and Warsaw.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 68 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 28 works
  3. 3 Poznań Poland 27 works
  4. 4 Szczecin Poland 25 works
  5. 5 Wrocław Poland 19 works
  6. 6 Łódź Poland 17 works
  7. 7 Gdańsk Poland 16 works
  8. 8 Gliwice Poland 16 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 13 works
  10. 10 Žilina Slovakia 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SzczecinPL · 24.7 works128×
  2. PoznańPL · 27.0 works49×
  3. WarsawPL · 68.3 works40×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in transportation and logistics systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study transportation and logistics systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Warsaw University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology 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.

0%10%20%mean 5.41429%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Warsaw University of Technology: 11, 15.8%Silesian University of Technology: 16, 7.2%University of Žilina: 12, 5.3%University of Szczecin: 14, 4.0%University of Gdańsk: 12, 2.7%Poznań University of Technology: 9, 1.9%University of Łódź: 11, 1.0%Warsaw University of…Silesian University …University of ŽilinaUniversity of Szczecin
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 48.915.8%79.2×11 +32.8%
2 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 46.97.2%113.7×16 +50.3%
3 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 44.55.3%198.2×12 +235.8%
4 University of SzczecinPoland 23.34.0%182.8×14 -11.1%
5 University of GdańskPoland 22.92.7%104.7×12 +28.6%
6 Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 14.01.9%107.4×9 +72.6%
7 University of ŁódźPoland 10.01.0%68.4×11 +11.7%

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 transportation and logistics systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are transportation and logistics systems.

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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.

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.