Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering adopts a double-blind peer review system, and all manuscripts must undergo peer review prior to publication. The final decision on whether a manuscript will be accepted for publication shall be made by the Editor-in-Chief. This policy applies to all submission types, including manuscripts submitted to special issues or special sections.

Peer Review Process

1. After a manuscript is submitted, the Editorial Office will examine whether it complies with the Journal’s scope and submission requirements, check the manuscript similarity rate, and assign it to an Editorial Board Member for initial review according to the research field involved.

2.The Editorial Board Member will conduct an initial review and determine whether the manuscript should be rejected or proceed to the peer review process after comprehensively considering factors such as the rigor of the methodology and the overall readability of the article, and will recommend a list of external reviewers whose expertise matches the research direction of the manuscript.

3. If the manuscript enters the peer review process, the Editorial Office will, in strict accordance with the double-blind peer review process, invite no fewer than two external reviewers to conduct the review.

4. After the external reviewers’ comments are returned, the Editorial Office will submit the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief/Associate Editor-in-Chief and provide handling suggestions based on the peer review comments, including acceptance, rejection, minor revision, or major revision. If the review opinions differ greatly, the Editorial Office may invite additional reviewers to obtain further comments for submission to the Editor-in-Chief/Associate Editor-in-Chief.

5.If the manuscript is rejected or requires revision (whether minor revision or major revision), the authors will receive the reviewers’ comments. All revised manuscripts must be re-examined and confirmed by the editor-in-chief before formal acceptance. After acceptance, the Editorial Office will conduct a pre-publication check. If further revisions are required, the authors will be contacted; if there are no issues, the manuscript will be submitted to the typesetting and production team.

6.After receiving the manuscript, the typesetting and production team will contact the corresponding author by email to request the signing of the Copyright Transfer Agreement and the payment of the article processing charge.

7.Before typesetting, the corresponding author will receive a proof confirmation email. Authors shall carefully proofread the manuscript to ensure that all information is accurate and shall return the proofs within the prescribed time.