Call for Nominations

Editor-in-Chief, Transportation Science

Deadline for Nominations: July 7, 2025

Professor Karen Smilowitz will be stepping down early as editor-in-chief of Transportation Science (TS) to become Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education at Northwestern. Based on recommendations from the INFORMS Publications Committee, the president of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor-in-chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by INFORMS no later than September 1, 2025.

Qualifications for the editor-in-chief of TS will include:

• A demonstrated interest in a broad range of topics in the field
• A demonstrated record of excellence in research in the field
• Dedication and enthusiasm for TS
• Significant editorial experience
• Vision of the role of scholarly publications in the electronic and open-access age
• Commitment to the workload involved
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage the editorial process
• Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with people

Further information about the journal is available at the TS website: http://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/journal/trsc

Members of the search committee are:

• Jen Pazour (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Committee Chair)
• Cynthia Chen (University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
• Alexandre Jacquillat (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management)
• Marlin Ulmer (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, School of Economics and Management)
• Hai Wang (Singapore Management University, School of Computing and Information Systems)
• Michael Johnson (University of Massachusetts Boston, Public Policy and Public Affairs, and Publications Committee liaison)
• Matthew Walls (INFORMS Director of Publications, INFORMS liaison and ex officio non-voting member)

All members of INFORMS are invited to participate in this process. The committee seeks your opinions and comments on (1) the current state of the journal; (2) recommendations for change, if any; and (3) candidates for editor-in-chief. This information is requested to be sent to the TS Editorial Search Committee Chair as soon as possible.

We strongly encourage self-nominations. Please submit your CV and an editorial vision statement by July 7, 2025, to the Chair of the TS Editorial Search Committee via email ([email protected]). The editorial vision statement should describe (1) the challenges and opportunities that you believe TS will be facing in the next 3 to 5 years, (2) the key initiatives you would like to champion as editor-in-chief, and (3) your qualifications in terms of the list above. While we do not have a specific format for this vision statement, this document should be between 3 to 5 pages.

Chair of the TS Editorial Search Committee:

• Jen Pazour
• Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• [email protected]