Communications in Transportation Research Open Access Editors-in-Chief: Xiaobo Qu, Xiaopeng (Shaw) Li
About Journal
Aims and Scope

Communications in Transportation Research publishes peer-reviewed high-quality research representing important advances of significance to emerging transport systems. The mission is to provide fair, fast, and expert peer review to authors and insightful theories, impactful advances, and interesting discoveries to readers. We welcome submissions of significant and general topics, of inter-disciplinary nature (transport, civil, control, artificial intelligence, social science, psychological science, medical services, etc.), of complex and inter-related system of systems, of strong evidence of data strength, of visionary analysis and forecasts towards the way forward, and of potentially implementable and utilizable policies/practices. To be more specific, the scope of expected submissions includes but is not limited to:

  • Interactions among transportation systems and other systems
  • Integrations of emerging technologies with transportation systems
  • Big data analytics in transportation area
  • Advances and discoveries in transportation area
  • Forward-looking judgment for future transportation systems
  • Emerging technologies/products and their impact on transportation
  • Novel transportation modes and associated analytics
  • Governmental initiated transportation policies and impact analysis
  • Mobility as a service
  • Field experiments of emerging transportation technologies
  • Transportation electrification, automation, and connectivity

Communications in Transportation Research is a fully open access journal. It is published by Tsinghua University Press, and co-sponsored by the State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy (Tsinghua University) and China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association (ITS China). 

Mandatory Page Charges

Please note that for all manuscripts accepted for publication in Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR) from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027, Article Processing Charges (APC) will continue to be waived.

However, mandatory overlength page charges will apply to Research Articles exceeding 10 pages and Reviews exceeding 15 pages in their final online version. Given that revisions arising from peer review may increase manuscript length, authors are strongly advised to write concisely when preparing their initial submissions.

A charge of USD 150 (or CNY 1000) per additional page will be applied to Research Articles and Reviews that exceed the stated page limits. These charges are mandatory and non‑negotiable. By submitting a manuscript to COMMTR, the author(s) agree to be responsible for payment of any applicable overlength page charges.

The Publisher reserves the right to withhold publication—both of the manuscript in question and of any future submissions from the same author(s)—in cases where outstanding mandatory page charges remain unpaid.