{
 "title": "Logistics Research Institutes, Universities and Libraries: 6 Compared (2026)",
 "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources/logistics/logistics-research-institutes",
 "publisher": "Vektor Group",
 "reviewed": "2026-10-08",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for the selection and the descriptions; each source keeps its own terms",
 "entries": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "name": "Vektor Research",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Dangerous goods reference data you can quote, download and reuse",
    "Key output": "ADR 2027 Table A comparison, with a version number and a correction log",
    "Access": "Free, no registration; datasets under CC BY 4.0; English, German and Dutch pages",
    "Limit": "ADR road transport only; working references, not legal texts; no DOI on the current release"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "name": "Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML",
   "url": "https://www.iml.fraunhofer.de/en/fields_of_activity/logistics--traffic--environment/transport_logistics/publications.html",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Applied studies on trucks, rail and warehouse technology with industry input",
    "Key output": "Battery swapping white paper, May 2026, DOI 10.24406/publica-8732",
    "Access": "Free English PDF; it states no licence or reuse terms",
    "Limit": "Paid for by logistics firms, which shapes the questions"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "name": "Kühne Logistics University",
   "url": "https://www.klu.org/faculty-research/research-projects-dissemination/all-klu-publications",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Finding peer reviewed logistics and supply chain papers by KLU authors",
    "Key output": "The publication list and the listed 2026 road freight paper's record",
    "Access": "Listing free; OpenAlex records that paper as open access, CC BY-NC-ND, and some other listed papers as closed",
    "Limit": "Open access status is OpenAlex's record, so check each paper's DOI"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 4,
   "name": "TØI, Institute of Transport Economics",
   "url": "https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Norwegian freight volumes, port studies and transport cost reports",
    "Key output": "English summary of report 2169/2026; the full report is in Norwegian",
    "Access": "Free PDFs, listed with the scientific articles on its publications page; the separate full text archive at toi.brage.unit.no no longer resolves (11 October 2026)",
    "Limit": "Most full reports are in Norwegian; news on the freight page is out of date"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 5,
   "name": "TNO",
   "url": "https://www.tno.nl/en/sustainable/mobility-logistics/zero-emission/reducing-co2-logistics/",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Methods for calculating and reporting freight transport emissions",
    "Key output": "TNO 2019 R11486, dated 31 October 2019, in English",
    "Access": "Free PDF that states all rights reserved and no reproduction without TNO's written consent",
    "Limit": "Dated 2019; the logistics vision paper linked from the English page is in Dutch only and from 2018"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 6,
   "name": "VTI, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute",
   "url": "https://www.vti.se/publikationer",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Transport economics on truck electrification and freight modal shift",
    "Key output": "VTI Working Paper 2024:3, a free PDF in English",
    "Access": "Free PDF; publications page in Swedish; the series is also listed on RePEc",
    "Limit": "The English freight page is a dead link"
   }
  }
 ]
}