Transport subject guide 

The Handbook of Power Electronics in Autonomous and Electric Vehicles provides a comprehensive overview of the technologies that enable electric and autonomous vehicles, with a strong focus on power electronics, propulsion systems, and energy management. It also covers autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, battery technologies, charging infrastructure, and sustainability, linking technical design with real‑world automotive applications.

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Energy Efficient Vehicles: Technologies and Challenges focuses on the development of sustainable and energy‑efficient transportation systems. The book examines electric, hybrid, and fuel‑cell vehicles, covering key topics such as battery technologies, electric motors, charging infrastructure, smart transport systems, and the transition away from internal combustion engines. It also addresses policy, economic, social, and environmental challenges, highlighting future directions for low‑carbon mobility.

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Electric and Hybrid Vehicles provides an accessible overview of how electric and hybrid vehicles work, focusing on practical technology and real‑world application. It covers core topics such as electric vehicle systems, batteries, motors, control systems, charging, diagnostics, and high‑voltage safety, with particular attention to maintenance, repair, and workshop practices.

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Autonomous Electric Vehicles: Nonlinear Control, Traction, and Propulsion focuses on advanced control and estimation techniques for autonomous electric vehicles. It examines vehicle dynamics, kinematics, and electric traction systems, with particular emphasis on nonlinear control methods, optimal control, and differential flatness theory. The book is primarily aimed at researchers and graduate‑level students working on high‑precision control, propulsion, and autonomy in electric vehicles.

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EV Batteries, Chargers, and Subsystems focuses on the core components that enable electric vehicle operation, with particular emphasis on battery systems, charging technologies, and supporting electrical subsystems. The book examines battery design and performance, power management, charger architectures, and system integration, providing a technical overview of how these elements work together to deliver safe, efficient, and reliable electric vehicles.

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Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats examines aviation security in the context of modern risks and post‑9/11 challenges. The book explores crime, terrorism, government roles, airport and aircraft security, screening processes, cargo security, and emerging threat types, with an emphasis on practical policies, procedures, and countermeasures for preventing future aviation security threats.

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Fundamentals of Sustainable Aviation introduces the principles and practices of sustainability in the aviation sector. It examines environmental, economic, and social dimensions of aviation sustainability, covering topics such as sustainable aircraft design, alternative aviation fuels, efficient operations, air traffic management, and sustainable airport facilities. The book provides a foundational overview of how the aviation industry can reduce environmental impact while maintaining operational and economic viability.

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Fundamentals of Port Engineering provides an introduction to the planning, design, construction, and operation of port and harbour infrastructure. The book covers key engineering principles behind docks, quays, breakwaters, navigation channels, cargo‑handling facilities, and coastal structures, with attention to safety, durability, and environmental conditions. It serves as a foundational reference for understanding how modern ports are designed and maintained.

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Introduction to High‑Speed Railway provides an overview of the fundamental technologies and systems behind modern high‑speed rail networks. It covers high‑speed railway lines, power supply systems, electric multiple units, signalling and communication systems, and transport organisation, as well as passenger services and emerging developments. The book offers a foundational understanding of how high‑speed railways are designed, operated, and managed.

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Urban Transportation Systems: Sustainability and Future Development explores how urban transport systems can be planned and managed to support sustainable development. The book examines public transport, mobility planning, environmental impacts, and emerging technologies, focusing on strategies to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and support resilient, future‑ready cities.

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Covers all modes of transport. Directed toward people concerned with transport in many nations.

View Transport Reviews (1999-present, 12 month delay)

Focuses on phenomena and processes associated with all modes of transportation and logistics. Areas include traffic flow and management, operations planning, system design and optimisation, equilibrium and dynamics, economics, user behaviour and demand, and more.

View Transportation Science (INFORMS) (1967-present)

Articles, special reports, commentary, product and literature reviews, market and industry outlook and news of note for managers, executives, and engineers on Class 1 railroads, regional and short line railroads, light rail and rapid rail transit.

View Railway Age (1996-present)

Reporting and analysis from across the global rail industry, covering infrastructure projects, rolling stock, signalling and digital systems, sustainability, and rail freight. Across its issues and articles, it tracks technological innovation, policy developments, and major investments, offering an ongoing overview of the trends shaping modern rail transport worldwide.

View International Railway Journal (2016-present)

Articles, special reports, interviews, business profiles, legislation, forecasting, late news, statistics and financial information on manufacturing and sales on all aspects of the automobile manufacturing industry worldwide.

View Automotive News (1996-present)

IET Electrical Systems in Transportation (Gold open access journal)

IET Intelligent Transport Systems (fully open access journal)

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation (fully open access journal)

E+T Magazine (transport section)

A focus on zero carbon road transport (webpage)

Advancing safety in transport through automation (webpage)

Transport: destination net zero flyer