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  1. Who wants to change their transport habits to help reduce air pollution? A nationwide study in the caribbean

    Article • Journal of Transport & Health, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  2. Different ways… same message? Road safety-targeted communication strategies in Spain over 62 years (1960–2021)

    Article • Heliyon, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  3. Effectiveness of Driving Simulators for Drivers’ Training: A Systematic Review

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  4. Far from reality, or somehow accurate? Social beliefs and perceptions about traffic crashes in the Dominican Republic

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2023, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  5. Are adult driver education programs effective? A Systematic Review of evaluations of accident prevention training courses

    Article • International Journal of Educational Psychology, December 2022, Hipatia Press

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  6. Are social networks effective in promoting healthy behaviors? A systematic review of evaluations of public health campaigns broadcast on Twitter

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, November 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  7. Cross-culturally approaching the cycling behaviour questionnaire (CBQ): Evidence from 19 countries

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  8. A Case Study on Vestibular Sensations in Driving Simulators

    Article • Sensors, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  9. Unsafety on two wheels, or social prejudice? Proxying behavioral reports on bicycle and e-scooter riding safety – A mixed-methods study

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  10. Countries, national alcohol limits and risk behaviours: results from the TEN D by Night project

    Article • Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, July 2022, Milano University Press

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  11. ASSESSING USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF FOUR TYPES OF ROAD SAFETY MEASURES

    Article • Transport Problems, June 2022, Silesian University of Technology

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  12. Environmentally friendly, but behaviorally complex? A systematic review of e-scooter riders’ psychosocial risk features

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2022, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  13. Could Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems Help Improve Mobility in an Emerging Country? Challenges, Opportunities, Gaps and Other Evidence from the Caribbean

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  14. Differences in the Assessment of Safe and Risky Driving Behaviors: Pedestrians Versus Drivers

    Article • SAGE Open, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  15. Essential…but also vulnerable? Work intensification, effort/reward imbalance, fatigue and psychological health of Spanish cargo drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • PeerJ, March 2022, PeerJ

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  16. Silent, unsafe… and underestimated? Exploring the relationships between life stress and safety issues among Spanish drivers

    Article • Journal of Road Safety, February 2022, Australasian College of Road Safety

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  17. Development of a Roadmap for the Implementation of a Sustainable Mobility Action Plan in University Campuses of Emerging Countries

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  18. Development of a Hybrid Method to Generate Gravito-Inertial Cues for Motion Platforms in Highly Immersive Environments

    Article • Sensors, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  19. Education for Road Safety: What is the State of Affairs in Three Groups of Vulnerable Road Users in Spain?

    Article • TEM Journal, November 2021, Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science (UIKTEN)

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  20. Citizens’ Perceptions in Relation to Transport Systems and Infrastructures: A Nationwide Study in the Dominican Republic

    Article • Infrastructures, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  21. Are Traffic Announcements Really Effective? A Systematic Review of Evaluations of Crash-Prevention Communication Campaigns

    Article • Safety, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  22. “Where Have I Heard It?” Assessing the Recall of Traffic Safety Campaigns in the Dominican Republic

    Article • Energies, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  23. Assessing risky and protective behaviors among pedestrians in the Dominican Republic: New evidence about pedestrian safety in the Caribbean

    Article • Journal of Transport & Health, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  24. Measuring job stress in transportation workers: psychometric properties, convergent validity and reliability of the ERI and JCQ among professional drivers

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  25. More Than Just “Stressful”? Testing the Mediating Role of Fatigue on the Relationship Between Job Stress and Occupational Crashes of Long-Haul Truck Drivers

    Article • Psychology Research and Behavior Management, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  26. Compliance, practices, and attitudes towards VTIs (Vehicle Technical Inspections) in Spain: What prevents Spanish drivers from checking up their cars?

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2021, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  27. Is There a Predisposition towards the Use of New Technologies within the Traffic Field of Emerging Countries? The Case of the Dominican Republic

    Article • Electronics, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  28. A VR-Enhanced Rollover Car Simulator and Edutainment Application for Increasing Seat Belt Use Awareness

    Article • Computers, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  29. Could Road Safety Education (RSE) Help Parents Protect Children? Examining Their Driving Crashes with Children on Board

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  30. Comparing oculomotor efficiency and visual attention between drivers and non-drivers through the Adult Developmental Eye Movement (ADEM) test: A visual-verbal test

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2021, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  31. “Not as Safe as I Believed”: Differences in Perceived and Self-Reported Cycling Behavior between Riders and Non-Riders

    Article • Sustainability, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  32. Are Latin American cycling commuters “at risk”? A comparative study on cycling patterns, behaviors, and crashes with non-commuter cyclists

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  33. Socioeconomic Status, Health and Lifestyle Settings as Psychosocial Risk Factors for Road Crashes in Young People: Assessing the Colombian Case

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  34. Does Urban Security Modulate Transportation Choices and Travel Behavior of Citizens? A National Study in the Dominican Republic

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, September 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  35. Validation of the Walking Behavior Questionnaire (WBQ): A tool for measuring risky and safe walking under a behavioral perspective

    Article • Journal of Transport & Health, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  36. A matter of style? Testing the moderating effect of driving styles on the relationship between job strain and work-related crashes of professional drivers

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  37. The closer… the unsafer: may the lack of safe distance be a silent contributor to the burden of traffic crashes in Spain?

    Article • Cuadernos Latinoamericanos de Administración, June 2020, Universidad el Bosque

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  38. Multidimensional prediction of work traffic crashes among Spanish professional drivers in cargo and passenger transportation

    Article • International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  39. Behavioral Health at School: Do Three Competences in Road Safety Education Impact the Protective Road Behaviors of Spanish Children?

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  40. Job stress and emotional exhaustion at work in Spanish workers: Does unhealthy work affect the decision to drive?

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  41. Perceived safety and attributed value as predictors of the intention to use autonomous vehicles: A national study with Spanish drivers

    Article • Safety Science, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  42. More aware, more protected: a cross-sectional study on road safety skills predicting the use of passive safety elements among Spanish teenagers

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2019, BMJ

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  43. Validation of the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI) in professional drivers: How does it work in transportation workers?

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  44. Importance of Social- and Health-Related Problems: Do Spaniards Give Them the Significance They Actually Deserve?

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  45. Well-being, behavioral patterns and cycling crashes of different age groups in Latin America: Are aging adults the safest cyclists?

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2019, PLOS

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  46. Trait driving anger and driving styles among Colombian professional drivers

    Article • Heliyon, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  47. Commuting accidents of Spanish professional drivers: when occupational risk exceeds the workplace

    Article • International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  48. Psychosocial Work Factors, Job Stress and Strain at the Wheel: Validation of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) in Professional Drivers

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, July 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  49. Healthy but risky: A descriptive study on cyclists’ encouraging and discouraging factors for using bicycles, habits and safety outcomes

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  50. Explaining self-reported traffic crashes of cyclists: An empirical study based on age and road risky behaviors

    Article • Safety Science, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  51. When age means safety: Data to assess trends and differences on rule knowledge, risk perception, aberrant and positive road behaviors, and traffic crashes of cyclists

    Article • Data in Brief, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  52. Conceptualization of aggressive driving behaviors through a Perception of aggressive driving scale (PAD)

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  53. Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  54. Working Conditions, Job Strain, and Traffic Safety among Three Groups of Public Transport Drivers

    Article • Safety and Health at Work, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  55. Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

    Article • November 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  56. Distraction of cyclists: how does it influence their risky behaviors and traffic crashes?

    Article • PeerJ, September 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  57. Does gender really matter? A structural equation model to explain risky and positive cycling behaviors

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  58. Work Environment, Stress, and Driving Anger: A Structural Equation Model for Predicting Traffic Sanctions of Public Transport Drivers

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  59. Infrastructural and Human Factors Affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

    Article • Sustainability, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  60. Infrastructural and Human Factors affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

    Article • January 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  61. Knowledge, perceived effectiveness and qualification of traffic rules, police supervision, sanctions and justice

    Article • Cogent Social Sciences, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  62. Reported prevalence of health conditions that affect drivers

    Article • Cogent Medicine, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  63. Alcohol Consumption, Smoking, Job Stress and Road Safety in Professional Drivers

    Article • Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, January 2017, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  64. Burnout, Occupational Stress, Health and Road Accidents among Bus Drivers: Barriers and Challenges for Prevention

    Article • Journal of Environmental and Occupational Science, January 2017, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  65. Consistency Between the Subjective Perception of Feeling Indisposed, the Decision to Drive and Driving Performance

    Article • Science Journal of Public Health, January 2016, Science Publishing Group

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  66. Determinants and Stakeholders Influencing Children’s Road Safety Education

    Article • International Journal of Elementary Education, January 2016, Science Publishing Group

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  67. Driving under the influence of alcohol: frequency, reasons, perceived risk and punishment

    Article • Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  68. Psychotropic drugs and driving: prevalence and types

    Article • Annals of General Psychiatry, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  69. Road safety science and practice: Portrait of an unwanted divorce

    Article • Securitas Vialis, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Alonso

  70. Binge Drinking and Psychoactive Drug use in a Cohort of European Youths

    Article • March 2012, SAGE Publications

    paola berchialla, Dr Francisco Alonso

  71. Correlation between driving-related skill and alcohol use in young-adults from six European countries: the TEN-D by Night Project

    Article • BMC Public Health, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    paola berchialla, Dr Francisco Alonso

  72. A European study on alcohol and drug use among young drivers: the TEND by Night study design and methodology

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Alonso