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Strategies to Develop the Use of 4R Intermodality as a Combination of Rail Motorways and Motorways of the Sea

Publicated to: Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering. 10 (7): - 2022-01-01 10(7), DOI: 10.3390/jmse10070972

Authors:

Camarero Orive, Alberto; Parra Santiago, Jose Ignacio; Diaz Gutierrez, David; De Manuel Lopez, Francisco;
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Arquitectura Construcc & Sistemas Ocean & Na, ETSIN, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Transporte Terr & Urbanismo, ETSICCP, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper introduces the concept of R4 (road-rail-ro-ro), a concept increasingly used in transport and logistics research circles that defines the modern concept of the transport chain as it passes through the intermodal use of rail, road, and ship via ro-ro. The integration of the new rail-road freight services into the reference supply model allows us to define the supply model for the design scenario on which the evaluation is now focused in terms of service-mode demand shares and in terms of design network flows and performance indicators carried out by demand-supply interaction models applied to all available service-modes. The use of strength-weaknesses-opportunities-threats analysis (SWOT) allows for the identification of some strategies to enhance and improve the current rail and maritime corridors in order to attract more customers using the different services, ultimately triggering the involvement of more actors in generating bigger and better integrated logistic chains using intermodality. The SWOT analysis allows the identification of a series of measures in order to adapt, maintain, enhance or exploit the aspects arising from the expert analysis.
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Keywords

Combined transportIntermodalityMotorways of the seaRail motorwaysRail-roadRo-ro

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 4/16, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Marine.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-19:

  • Google Scholar: 3
  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-19:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 17.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 17 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CAMARERO ORIVE, ALBERTO) and Last Author (MANUEL LOPEZ, FRANCISCO DE).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been CAMARERO ORIVE, ALBERTO.

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