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Simulation is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.5), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0037-5497Verify ISSN ↗1741-3133Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,150 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling and Simulation | 109 / 397 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 46 / 131 | 64th | Q2 |
| Software | 218 / 503 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1963–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.5.
Simulation is Q2 in Modeling and Simulation (rank 109 of 397), Q2 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 46 of 131) and Q2 in Software (rank 218 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
Simulation is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.374, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 58.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Simulation is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0037-5497 and its online ISSN is 1741-3133.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Simulation has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 2.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #87 of 323 Scopus journals in Modeling and Simulation.
Simulation published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 119. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (19.8%), China (13%) and Germany (7.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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