https://ajesh.ph/index.php/gp sitemap Global Publisher en-US Asian Journal of Engineering, Social and Health 2980-4868 <p>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p> <ul> <li class="show">Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.</a> that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li> <li class="show">Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li class="show">Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.</li> </ul> https://ajesh.ph/index.php/gp/article/view/810 <p>Road transportation plays a pivotal role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is closely linked to environmental sustainability, public health, urban development, the energy transition, and climate change mitigation. The rapid expansion of road transportation activities has created significant challenges related to greenhouse gas emissions, traffic congestion, road safety, and inequitable access to mobility services, underscoring the need for comprehensive research to better understand the evolution of sustainable transportation studies. This study aimed to examine global research trends, the intellectual structure, influential contributors, and emerging themes related to the SDGs in road transportation. A quantitative bibliometric analysis was conducted using 267 scientific documents indexed in the Scopus database and published between 2016 and 2026. Data were analyzed using the bibliometric package through the Biblioshiny for R interface, incorporating performance analysis, citation analysis, collaboration network mapping, keyword co-occurrence analysis, and thematic evolution analysis. The results indicate that research on the SDGs and road transportation has experienced substantial growth, particularly since 2023. China demonstrated the highest citation impact, whereas India contributed the largest number of publications. The thematic analysis identified sustainable transportation, urban mobility, smart cities, climate change, artificial intelligence, and intelligent transportation systems as the dominant and emerging research themes. Overall, the findings suggest that SDG-oriented road transportation research is increasingly evolving toward technology-driven and data-driven solutions to support sustainable mobility. Future research should emphasize empirical implementation, policy evaluation, and interdisciplinary approaches to accelerate the development of sustainable road transportation</p> Susanti Djalante Copyright (c) 2026 Susanti Djalante https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2026-08-06 2026-08-06 5 8 832 848 10.46799/ajesh.v5i8.810