Economic and Management Challenges in Urban Air Mobility and Drone Systems

CALL FOR PAPERS: Economic and Management Challenges in Urban Air Mobility and Drone Systems

Journal: Transport Economics and Management
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission Deadline: 13 May 2027

Detailed Overview

Transport Economics and Management (open access) invites papers on economic/managerial challenges of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and drone systems for passenger transport and logistics. Focuses on integration with existing transport, infrastructure planning, airspace management, pricing, routing amid regulatory progress in low-altitude airspace. Multidisciplinary approaches welcome: optimization, ML/AI, simulations, policy analysis.

Guest Editors:
Prof. Tao Feng (Hiroshima University, Japan, taofeng@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
Prof. Bo Zou (University of Illinois Chicago, USA, bzou@uic.edu)
Prof. Lingxiao Wu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, lingxiao-leo.wu@polyu.edu.hk)

Core Themes and Topics

• Economic assessment of UAM/drone logistics.

• Optimization of UAM/drone operations, airspace planning.

• Infrastructure, multimodal integration (taxis, metro, trucks).

• Accessibility/equity, safety, regulatory frameworks.

• Externalities (noise, GHG), public acceptance.

Key Dates

Submission Guidelines

• Submit via https://submit.elsevier.com/TEAMJ, selecting "VSI: UAM."

• Follow guide: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/transport-economics-and-management/publish/guide-for-authors.

• Original papers only; peer-reviewed by ≥2 experts.

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