Welcome to JTL-RELIT
Emerging countries like
Brazil, China and India have the fastest growing economies in the world,
and the transportation sector in these regions has been widely leveraged
by that dynamics. Huge challenges are posed to scholars and specialists
in the fields of transport planning and management,
in order to investigate the associated problems and to contribute to
innovative solutions to the various modes of transportation of these
markets. With increasingly globalized economies, advice and
contributions from experts is extremely important from the perspective
of both public policy and private management, especially in
developing methods and practices that focus on intermodality. The
Journal of Transport Literature (JTL-RELIT), ISSN 2238-1031, is a
peer-reviewed and open access journal that aims to providing a permanent
forum for the academic community of transportation. RELIT is an acronym
for the title of the journal in Portuguese, Revista de Literatura dos
Transportes. The main objective of JTL-RELIT is promoting the diffusion
of scientific knowledge in the area of transport management, planning
and economics, with special focus on emerging markets. Papers reporting
experiences from all regions of the world are welcome. RELIT is
published quarterly, and is commited to strict editorial deadlines. It
is published by the
Brazilian Transport Planning Society, BPTS [more].
Submit your Paper to JTL-RELIT
All researchers in the field of transportation and
related sectors are invited to submit articles to JTL-RELIT. Papers are
published in Portuguese, English and Spanish in the areas of transport
and infrastructure associated services with an emphasis on management,
planning, public policy, economics, logistics and associated
socio-economic, regulatory and environmental impacts. JTL-RELIT has two
sections: Research Directory and Reviews & Essays. The most downloaded
articles are listed in the TOP-10 JTL-RELIT Ranking [more].
About the Publisher
JTL-RELIT is published by
BTPS, the Brazilian Transport Planning
Society. The aim of BTPS is to provide a professional society for
academics and practitioners with an interest in the field of
Transport Planning, Economics and Management. BTPS consists of its
members and an Executive Board. As a scientific society, BTPS aims
to stimulate, disseminate, promote and leverage scientific and
technical publications applied to the transportation sector, and
related infrastructure and related sectors [more].
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Indexing
JTL-RELIT is freely available in bibliographic databases and
repositories of scientific papers on the internet. These academic
databases have search engines that provide potential readers with a
rapid access to its papers. The goal is to maximize the visibility
of articles published in the journal. JTL-RELIT is currently
available in the following databases: Directory of Open Access
Journals (DOAJ),
Academic Journals Database, Sumários and Livre. Papers published in JTL-RELIT are also easily and freely available from Google Scholar [more].
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Top-10 Most Downloaded Rank
The Top 10 JTL-RELIT is a chart of the the articles that have
been downloaded most often, counted by article downloads on the
journal's webpage. These articles are a selection of the most
popular papers from the high-quality, peer-reviewed content
published of the journal. Most downloaded articles are also
presented by important academic institutions of the world, like
Nature, Elsevier and IEEE. The chart does not rank the quality,
scientific significance or citation impact of the content. However,
it may bring articles to the attention of readers and therefore
enhance the likelihood of citations. We therefore believe that JTL
Top 10 rank is an important benefit to all our authors and readers [more]. |
Paper of the Year Award
Annually, the Brazilian Transport Planning Society (BPTS)
presents award to the best paper of the year published in JTL-RELIT.
The winner is announced by the end of each year during the
Transportation Economics Symposium at the Aeronautics Institute of
Technology, in Brazil. Best papers are chosen by the Editorial Board
of JTL according to their outstanding contributions to the field and
according to the excellence of their application to emerging
transportation markets. The journal Editorial Board selects a papers
published among the papers listed in the Top 10 Most Downloaded Rank
of the year. The award consists of a Certificate of Excellence and a
"Distinguished Paper" status on the website [more].
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A Focus on Emerging Transport Markets
The Journal of Transport Literature (JTL-RELIT) is an
international online journal published in English, Spanish and
Portuguese. The aim of JTL is to publish high-quality,
peer-reviewed, research and review articles in the rapidly
developing field of transport economics, management applied to
emerging markets. Experiences from transportation sectors of mature
economies are also welcome. JTL publishes original research papers
on all aspects of the transport economics and management, covering
all transport means and infrastructure associated. JTL also
publishes papers on transport-related sectors, such as tourism,
fuel, etc. The journal aims to cover the latest outstanding
developments in the field, which are published in the Research
Directory section. Review articles and technical reports are
published in the Reviews & Essays Section of the journal [more].
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Cristina Barbot Outstanding Referee Award
JTL is one of the few journals in the world that stimulates the
quality of refereeing reports through an award to its ah-hoc referees - the
Cristina Barbot Outstanding Referee Award, given to the "best
referee" of the edition by the Brazilian Transportation Planning
Society (BPTS). The award is given based on the editor's
recommendation, considering the intrinsic quality, relevance and
punctuality of ad-hoc reports. Professor Cristina Barbot was a
professor of University of Porto, Portugal and member of JTL
Editorial Board. Prof. Barbot's main subjects of research were air
transportation and transport economics. The award consists of a
certificate and a honorary mention in the respective edition.
Regardless of the award, all referees invited by the editors
receive a certificate of contribution to the journal [more]
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