Abstract
The Journal of Transport and Health is a new journal, bringing together the impacts of transport on health and inequalities and the ways changes to transport policy and/or infrastructure affect these. It aims to: promote dialogue between the two research communities it serves; improve the quality of data and its appropriate use; and encourage transfer of research into practice. The first volume of four issues was published in 2014; it is already abstracted and indexed in SafetyLit, ERIH PLUS, TRID, the TRIS and ITRD Databases. A substantial achievement is that the Social Sciences Citation Index added the journal within the first year, from the first issue onwards, which is rare. Before the end of 2014, the journal had exceeded its target by 2015 for: numbers of manuscripts submitted; editorial decisions made; articles accepted for publication; and articles downloaded. Challenges have included recruiting sufficient reviewers; setting standards for acceptance of manuscripts; and editors’ time commitments. In 2014, articles were downloaded in 77 countries, and we received submissions from 27 countries. Despite the plethora of scientific journals, Journal of Transport and Health has obviously filled a gap in interdisciplinary research “whose time has come”, in a timely and attractive manner.
Highlights
The Journal of Transport and Health is a new journal, whose first volume of four issues was published in 2014
Dr Harry Rutter and I had discussed founding a journal to cover the intersections between Transport, Health and the Environment (“THE Journal”) about 15 years previously but neither of us had the time or knowledge to develop the idea
The stated purpose of the journal is devoted to research on the many interactions between transport and health
Summary
The Journal of Transport and Health is a new journal, whose first volume of four issues was published in 2014. I was approached in February 2012 by Elsevier’s managing editor for transportation journals. They had identified a gap for scientific publications about the health impacts of transport and wanted to start a journal to cover this. His initial approach had been to Dr Rutter, who had suggested me. By February 2013, Elsevier and I had invited associate editors; assembled an editorial board; and agreed the title, aims, objectives and scope of the journal. The first manuscript was submitted in April 2013, and the first research article was published online September 2013
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