Rate My Professor Russell Thompson

Thompson's research focuses on city logistics, urban transport, freight transport, parking models, and public transport accessibility. He has made significant contributions to the field, evidenced by his highly cited publications such as 'Modelling city logistics' (Taniguchi, Thompson, Yamada, 1999, 460 citations), 'Impacts of logistics sprawl on the urban environment and logistics: Taxonomy and review of literature' (Aljohani, Thompson, 2016, 330 citations), 'A parking search model' (Thompson, Richardson, 1998, 285 citations), 'Recent trends and innovations in modelling city logistics' (Taniguchi, Thompson, Yamada, 2014, 273 citations), and 'City Logistics: Network Modelling and Intelligent Transport Systems' (2001). His work has garnered over 5,500 citations on ResearchGate. Thompson received the Physical Internet Builder Award at the 9th International Physical Internet Conference in Athens for outstanding engagement in building the physical internet, and the Official Medal of the 20 Years Anniversary of the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport from the Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland, presented at the 12th International Conference on City Logistics in Bordeaux. He has served as a guest editor for special issues on city logistics and delivers keynotes on topics such as Physical Internet developments in Australia.