The current Covid-19 pandemic is bringing to the foreground all the aspects related to mobility and movement, and naturally, in the making of the global lockdown, its opposite: immobility. The spread of the coronavirus and its worldwide impact is strongly linked to the movement of humans, virus and objects. The only possible action available, so far, has been to lessen or even stop mobility, so as to reduce the transmission of the virus. The lockdown carried out around the globe has shown, to an unprecedented extent, the role played by transport (as well as by the lack of it) to our economy, society and life. The lockdown, as an “extraordinary” situation, has also displayed, in an apparently counter-evident way, how mobility has been unevenly distributed and used in “normal” times. These new and old questions arrived at the moment the field of transport history is facing remarkable changes, as shown by The Journal of Transport History’s production in the past three years. The JTH has moved several steps in the direction of research diversity. Although the rate of submissions from the “NorthAtlantic” area represents about 60 per cent of the total, work on Latin America, Asia and Africa is growing quickly. Over this time, JTH received submissions from around 30 different countries. It is a rough – but still significant – indicator of the geographical variety of the authorship. The focus of many papers and, even more importantly, of the past and upcoming special issues (including the one presented in 2020) are focusing on areas beyond the North Atlantic. In other words, geographical variety is growing, both in the authorship and in the research foci. We can also claim a stronger gender balance, which is well reflected in the composition of the JTH Editorial board, in the guest editorship of special issues (where it reaches 50per cent), and, to a lesser extent, to the authorship (still 75per cent are males). Finally, early-career scholars seem to be interested by transport history, as witnessed by the growth in submissions for the annual John Scholes Prize. The Journal of Transport History 2020, Vol. 41(2) 131–133 ! The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0022526620927592 journals.sagepub.com/home/jth

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当前的 Covid-19 大流行将与流动性和运动相关的所有方面都带到了前台，自然而然，在全球封锁的制定过程中，它的反面：不动。冠状病毒的传播及其全球影响与人类、病毒和物体的移动密切相关。迄今为止，唯一可能采取的行动是减少甚至停止流动，以减少病毒的传播。全球范围内实施的封锁以前所未有的程度表明了交通（以及缺乏交通）对我们的经济、社会和生活所发挥的作用。封锁，作为一种“非常”的情况，也以一种明显相反的方式表明，在“正常”时期，流动性是如何分布不均和使用的。这些新老问题在运输史领域正面临着显着变化的时刻到来，《运输史学报》近三年的制作就表明了这一点。JTH 在研究多样性的方向上迈出了几步。尽管来自“北大西洋”地区的提交率约占总数的 60%，但拉丁美洲、亚洲和非洲的工作正在迅速增长。在此期间，JTH 收到了来自大约 30 个不同国家的提交。这是作者地域多样性的一个粗略但仍然重要的指标。许多论文的焦点，更重要的是，过去和即将出版的特刊（包括 2020 年发表的那一期）的焦点都集中在北大西洋以外的地区。换句话说，地理多样性正在增长，无论是作者身份还是研究重点。我们还可以声称性别平衡更强，这在 JTH 编辑委员会的组成、特刊的客座编辑（达到 50%）以及在较小程度上体现作者身份（仍然是 75%）中得到了很好的体现。分是男性）。最后，职业生涯早期的学者似乎对运输历史感兴趣，这一点从每年约翰·斯科尔斯奖的提交数量的增长就可以看出。2020 年运输历史杂志，卷。41(2) 131–133 ！作者 2020 年文章重用指南：sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI：10.1177/0022526620927592 journals.sagepub.com/home/jth 在特刊的客座编辑中（达到 50%），在较小程度上，作者身份（仍然有 75% 是男性）。最后，职业生涯早期的学者似乎对运输历史感兴趣，这一点从每年约翰·斯科尔斯奖的提交数量的增长就可以看出。2020 年运输历史杂志，卷。41(2) 131–133 ！作者 2020 年文章重用指南：sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI：10.1177/0022526620927592 journals.sagepub.com/home/jth 在特刊的客座编辑中（达到 50%），在较小程度上，作者身份（仍然有 75% 是男性）。最后，职业生涯早期的学者似乎对运输历史感兴趣，这一点从每年约翰·斯科尔斯奖的提交数量的增长就可以看出。2020 年运输历史杂志，卷。41(2) 131–133 ！作者 2020 年文章重用指南：sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI：10.1177/0022526620927592 journals.sagepub.com/home/jth