---
title: "SUMO traffic simulator: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 61 archived papers mentioned SUMO traffic simulator in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (6)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/sumo-traffic-simulator
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/sumo-traffic-simulator.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 61 archived papers mentioned SUMO traffic simulator in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (6). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
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---

# SUMO traffic simulator

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/6.md)

Simulators and benchmark suites for training and comparing reinforcement learning agents.

- data category: Reinforcement learning environments
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Simulation of Urban MObility, SUMO simulator, SUMO

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Reinforcement learning environments datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/reinforcement-learning-environments.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 61 archived papers mentioned SUMO traffic simulator in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (6).
- SUMO traffic simulator was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: AI (1).
- Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SUMO traffic simulator was mentioned in 85 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (39), AI (39) and economics (3).
- 19 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Technical University of Munich (3), Universitat Politècnica de València (3) and Chang'an University (2).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (15), Expert Systems with Applications (12) and Artificial Intelligence Review (4).
- The most-cited of them is “Deep reinforcement learning for traffic signal control with consistent state and reward design approach” (Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023), with 131 citations.
- Papers use SUMO traffic simulator most often with nuScenes / Waymo Open / Argoverse (4), OpenStreetMap (4) and KITTI (3); it has 3 partners in the code and data network, in the group around ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 18 | 16 | 27 | 61 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 22 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Transportation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Public Transport](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-transport.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Technical University of Munich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technical-university-of-munich.md) | 3 |
| 2 | Universitat Politècnica de València | 3 |
| 3 | Chang'an University | 2 |
| 4 | [Harbin Engineering University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harbin-engineering-university.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Nanyang Technological University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanyang-technological-university.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Ningbo University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ningbo-university.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Southeast University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southeast-university.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Southwest Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwest-jiaotong-university.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 24 |
| 2 | United States | 12 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 4 | Germany | 5 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 |
| 6 | Italy | 4 |
| 7 | Spain | 3 |
| 8 | Greece | 3 |
| 9 | India | 3 |
| 10 | Singapore | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | SUMO simulation | 26 |
| 2 | traffic signal control | 9 |
| 3 | microscopic traffic simulation | 8 |
| 4 | [deep reinforcement learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/deep-reinforcement-learning.md) | 7 |
| 5 | mixed traffic | 7 |
| 6 | SUMO | 6 |
| 7 | [autonomous vehicles](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-vehicles.md) | 6 |
| 8 | connected and autonomous vehicles | 6 |
| 9 | traffic congestion | 6 |
| 10 | multi-agent reinforcement learning | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 131 | 3.0 | [Deep reinforcement learning for traffic signal control with consistent state and reward design approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2023.110440) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2023-03-05 | Salah Bouktif, Abderraouf Cheniki, Ali Ouni et al. |
| 2 | 92 | 2.5 | [Managing mixed traffic at signalized intersections: An adaptive signal control and CAV coordination system based on deep reinforcement learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121959) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2023-10-07 | Duowei Li, Feng Zhu, Jianping Wu et al. |
| 3 | 82 | 3.5 | [Deep learning adversarial attacks and defenses in autonomous vehicles: a systematic literature review from a safety perspective](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-11014-8) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2024-11-27 | Ahmed Dawod Mohammed Ibrahum, Manzoor Hussain, Jang‐Eui Hong |
| 4 | 75 | 1.0 | [Right-of-way reallocation for mixed flow of autonomous vehicles and human driven vehicles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102630) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2020-04-10 | Tang Li, Fangce Guo, Rajesh Krishnan et al. |
| 5 | 68 | 0.7 | [Connectivity-based optimization of vehicle route and speed for improved fuel economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.04.014) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-04-24 | Chengsheng Miao, Haiou Liu, Guoming George Zhu et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use SUMO traffic simulator most often with nuScenes / Waymo Open / Argoverse (4), OpenStreetMap (4) and KITTI (3); it has 3 partners in the code and data network, in the group around ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST.

*What papers use SUMO traffic simulator together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [nuScenes / Waymo Open / Argoverse](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/nuscenes-waymo-open-argoverse.md) | Dataset | 4 | 7.5 |
| [OpenStreetMap](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/openstreetmap.md) | Dataset | 4 | 8.0 |
| [KITTI](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/kitti.md) | Dataset | 3 | 3.7 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning SUMO traffic simulator in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | [GCN-neural ODE-based diverging conflict resolution for ACT platoons: A case study of gap patterns on port collector-distributor highway](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134843) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Yi Li, Xin Chen, Weili Wang et al. | Tongji University; Shanghai Maritime University; Merchants Chongqing Communications Research and Design Institute; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). SUMO traffic simulator. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/sumo-traffic-simulator

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-sumo-traffic-simulator,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {SUMO traffic simulator},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/sumo-traffic-simulator}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).