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Transportation research survey

Dear Transportation Researchers,

Thank you for participating in this anonymous survey. It will take just one or two minutes of your time to complete. The purpose of this survey is to gather insights from researchers in the transportation field regarding common challenges and experiences in publishing research papers. The information you provide will help inform the development of a new research journal that focuses on addressing policy and transportation problems. We greatly value your input and appreciate your time and expertise in contributing to this important initiative. Your responses will remain confidential and will only be used to understand trends in the field and to refine the scope of the proposed journal.
1.What is your current career stage? Use your own judgment.
2.How many papers have you published in refereed journals (including co-authored papers)?
3.What is your main area of transportation research? (Select all that apply)
4.Have you submitted any research papers to journals in the past 12 months?
5.Do you consider your research to primarily be:
6.Have you ever faced rejection of your research paper due to the perceived lack of methodological innovation, even though your research focuses on policy or transportation problems?
7.Have you submitted research papers to journals that are supposed to be more problem or policy-driven (based on the journal scope), but your paper was rejected because it was perceived as not focusing enough on methodology?
8.Have you ever had a paper reviewed by experts whose areas were not aligned with your research area (e.g., your problem/policy-driven research was reviewed by methodology-driven experts or vice versa)?
9.Would you consider submitting your policy or problem-driven paper to a new journal that focuses exclusively on addressing policy or transportation problems (assuming the research uses proper, though classical, methods), rather than a journal focused on methodological innovations?