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Rail Transport

Rail Transport is a mode of transportation that conveys passengers and freight in wheeled vehicles constrained to move along fixed steel rails or comparable guided tracks, typically organized into integrated infrastructure, rolling stock, and operational systems.

9K

Publications

369.3K

Citations

16.8K

Authors

2.9K

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2017–2026

3.2K

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A Survey of Optimization Models for Train Routing and Scheduling

Jean‐François Cordeau, Paolo Toth, Daniele Vigo · Transportation Science · 1998 · 778 citations

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The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century

Andrew Pickering, Wolfgang Schivelbusch · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 672 citations

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Modelling of Railway Track and Vehicle/Track Interaction at High Frequencies

Kl. Knothe, Stuart L. Grassie · Vehicle System Dynamics · 1993 · 671 citations

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A comparison of parametric and non-parametric distance functions: With application to European railways

Tim Coelli, Sergio Perelman · European Journal of Operational Research · 1999 · 669 citations

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An overview of recovery models and algorithms for real-time railway rescheduling

Valentina Cacchiani, Dennis Huisman, Martin Philip Kidd et al. · Transportation Research Part B Methodological · 2014 · 663 citations

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Authors

16.8K

  1. WZ
    Wanming Zhai

    Southwest Jiaotong University, China

    71 publications · 5.2K citations

    41

    h-index

  2. DT
    David Thompson

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    62 publications · 3.4K citations

    37

    h-index

  3. JC
    Jens C. O. Nielsen

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

    50 publications · 3.7K citations

    36

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  4. XJ
    Xuesong Jin

    Southwest Jiaotong University, China

    56 publications · 3.1K citations

    34

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  5. RM
    Rob M.P. Goverde

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    44 publications · 3.5K citations

    33

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Institutions

2.9K

  1. Beijing Jiaotong University

    Beijing, China

    76 h-index

    1.8K publications

    82.5K citations

  2. Southwest Jiaotong University

    Chengdu, China

    70 h-index

    1.9K publications

    80.1K citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    67 h-index

    471 publications

    28K citations

  4. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    47 h-index

    181 publications

    11.8K citations

  5. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    382 publications

    16K citations

  6. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    46 h-index

    446 publications

    18.2K citations

  7. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    46 h-index

    261 publications

    13.3K citations

  8. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    39 h-index

    174 publications

    7.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Wear

    246 publications · 14.1K citations

    66

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  2. Journal of Sound and Vibration

    JSV · 174 publications · 11.3K citations

    65

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  3. Vehicle System Dynamics

    370 publications · 17.6K citations

    62

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  4. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

    151 publications · 11.9K citations

    62

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  5. Transportation Research Part B Methodological

    103 publications · 10.1K citations

    59

    h-index

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