Submission Deadline: 1 Feb 2025

Theme: "Empowering Women in Transportation: Innovations and Impacts"

We are excited to announce a special call for papers for an upcoming issue of Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR) that is dedicated to showcasing the scholarly contributions of women scientists in the field of emerging technologies in transportation. This special issue aims to celebrate and amplify the voices of women in science, engineering, and technology, and to highlight their innovative work and research in transportation.

Objective

The objective of this special issue is to provide a scholarly platform for women scientists to share their groundbreaking research and insights on the latest advancements in transportation technologies. We seek to promote gender equality in science and encourage more women to pursue careers in transportation research and development. We aim to create an inclusive environment that not only recognizes the achievements of women in transportation but also serves as a catalyst for furthering their professional growth and leadership in this critical area of study.

We hope that this special issue will be the foundation of an international network of female researchers in transportation, a starting point for future collaborations and discussions.

Scope:

We welcome submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Innovative applications of interdisciplinary technologies in transportation
• Smart transportation and emerging technologies
• Electric shared mobility systems and their multidimensional benefits
• Autonomous vehicles and their societal implications
• AI Advancements for enhancing transportation efficiency
• Gender perspectives in transportation
• Women-led startups and their impact on the transportation sector

Submission Guidelines:

• Manuscripts should be original and not published elsewhere.
• All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process based on merit and quality of research.
• Papers should be submitted through the journal's online submission system, clearly indicating that they are intended for the "Women in Transportation" special issue. This is to ensure that your submission will be considered for this special issue instead of being handled as a regular paper.
• Your paper can be submitted via https://www.editorialmanager.com/commtr/default2.aspx.
• Author Guidelines: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/communications-in-transportation-research/publish/guide-for-authors
• COMMTR Manuscript Template: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/communications-in-transportation-research/about/policies-and-guidelines/commtr-manuscript-template

Special Submission Requirements:

• The first author or corresponding author must be a woman.
• Women must have contributed at least 50% of the work presented in the paper. This includes research design, data collection, analysis, and manuscript preparation.
• For Research Articles, Replication and data sharing are mandatory, with data serving as strong evidence and adhering to the "Data and Code Policy" of COMMTR. Please submit your replication package and explanatory file to ETS-Data (https://ets-data.sciopen.com), our designated repository indexed in the Data Citation Index.

Submission Deadline: 1 Feb 2025

Expected Publication Date: 8 March 2025

Guest Editors:

• Ronghui Liu, Professor, University of Leeds, UK, E-mail: R.Liu@its.leeds.ac.uk
• Xiaokun (Cara) Wang. Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, E-mail: wangx18@rpi.edu
• Yu Zhang, Professor, University of South Florida, USA, E-mail: yuzhang@usf.edu
• Yang Liu, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore, E-mail: ceelya@nus.edu.sg
• Xin Pei, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China, E-mail: peixin@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
• Mingyang Pei, Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, China, E-mail: mingyang@scut.edu.cn