Future Transportation

Future Transportation is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the civil engineering, economics, environment and geography, computer science and other transdisciplinary dimensions of transportation published quarterly online by MDPI.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within ESCI (Web of Science)ScopusEBSCO, and other databases.
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 33.4 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 10.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Journal Rank: CiteScore - Q2 (Engineering (miscellaneous))
  • Recognition of Reviewers: APC discount vouchers, optional signed peer review, and reviewer names published annually in the journal.
  • Future Transportation is a companion journal of Sustainability.
Impact Factor: 1.7 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.0 (2024)
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Topic in Aerospace, AI, Future Transportation, Applied Sciences
AI-Enhanced Techniques for Air Traffic Management Topic Editors: Yi Lin, Honggang Chen
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topic in Electricity, Electronics, Energies, Future Transportation
Innovative Solutions to Increase Energy Efficiency in Railways Topic Editors: Philippe Ladoux, Vítor Monteiro
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Topic in Energies, Machines, Modelling, Vehicles, Applied Mechanics, Future Transportation, Technologies
Dynamics, Control and Simulation of Electric Vehicles Topic Editors: Xiang Chen, Xiangyu Wang, Congzhi Liu
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Topic in Applied Sciences, Drones, Infrastructures, Logistics, Modelling, Energies, Technologies, Future Transportation
New Technological Solutions, Research Methods, Simulation and Analytical Models That Support the Development of Modern Transport Systems, 2nd Edition Topic Editors: Artur Kierzkowski, Tomasz Nowakowski, Agnieszka A. Tubis, Franciszek Restel, Tomasz Kisiel, Anna Jodejko-Pietruczuk, Mateusz Zaja̧c, Viktoria Ivannikova, Michał Stosiak, Andrija Vidović
Deadline: 31 August 2026
Special Issue in Future Transportation
Machine Learning for Sustainable Planning and Modelling in Future Smart Transportation System Guest Editors: Raj Mani Shukla, Lakshmi Babu-Saheer
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Future Transportation
Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Evolution: Technological, Social and Environmental Perspectives Guest Editors: Luigi dell’Olio, Andres Rodriguez, Silvia SIpone
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Future Transportation
Sustainable Transportation and Quality of Life Guest Editors: Ankit R. Patel, Mukti Advani, Areen Alsaid, Katarzyna Turon
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Special Issue in Future Transportation
Travel Behavior in the Era of Future Public Transport Systems Guest Editors: Ghadir Pourhashem, Cristina Pronello
Deadline: 8 April 2026
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