Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Modeling and Simulation journal rankings 2024
45 ranked journals · Subfield in Mathematics
Modeling and Simulation has 45 ranked journals in 2024. The median OJR rose 0.08 on 2023 to 0.73, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.97. The top three are Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Chaos Solitons & Fractals X, and Results in Control and Optimization.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Mathematics (10)
45 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Mathematics and Computers in SimulationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 4.39 0.68 down from 2023 | 1,165 | 31% | $2,170 | ||
2Chaos Solitons & Fractals XElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 4.68 1.64 up from 2023 | 34 | 100% | $2,120 | ||
3Results in Control and OptimizationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.57Q1 | 4.61 0.74 up from 2023 | 270 | 100% | $1,470 | ||
4Partial Differential Equations in Applied MathematicsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.38Q1 | 4.53 0.13 down from 2023 | 377 | 100% | $1,470 | ||
5Applied Mathematics in Science and EngineeringOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.33Q1 | 2.80 0.50 up from 2023 | 110 | 100% | — | ||
6Fractal and FractionalOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.33Q1 | 3.57 0.25 down from 2023 | 1,932 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
7Fractional Calculus and Applied AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.17Q1 | 2.72 0.23 up from 2023 | 308 | 23% | $2,590 | ||
8EpidemicsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.15Q1 | 2.95 0.76 down from 2023 | 235 | 100% | $2,730 | ||
9Infectious Disease ModellingOAKeAi · China | 1.14Q1 | 2.66 1.11 down from 2023 | 246 | 100% | $1,100 | ||
10Journal of Applied Mathematics and ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.07Q1 | 2.77 0.32 up from 2023 | 493 | 11% | $3,390 | ||
11FractalsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.01Q1 | 3.03 0.39 down from 2023 | 1,052 | 44% | — | ||
12Contemporary MathematicsOASingapore | 0.97Q1 | 2.35 1.87 up from 2023 | 155 | 100% | — | ||
13Advances in Continuous and Discrete ModelsSpringer Nature · Switzerland | 0.97Q2 | 1.94 0.80 down from 2023 | 118 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
14Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied SciencesWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.93Q2 | 2.99 0.18 down from 2023 | 219 | 44% | — | ||
15Spatial and Spatio-temporal EpidemiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.91Q2 | 1.96 0.50 down from 2023 | 143 | 72% | $3,380 | ||
16Mathematical Modelling and ControlAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.90Q2 | 2.82 1.59 up from 2023 | 78 | 100% | — | ||
17Nonlinear EngineeringOADe Gruyter · Germany | 0.88Q2 | 2.00 1.81 down from 2023 | 210 | 100% | $1,187 | ||
18Mathematical sciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Iran | 0.83Q2 | 2.22 0.35 up from 2023 | 155 | 14% | $2,990 | ||
19An International Journal of Optimization and Control Theories & Applications (IJOCTA)OABalıkesir University · Türkiye | 0.76Q2 | 2.32 0.43 down from 2023 | 70 | 100% | — | ||
20International Journal of Differential EquationsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.76Q2 | 1.40 0.11 up from 2023 | 67 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
21Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and StatisticsOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 0.75Q2 | 1.81no change | 356 | 100% | $1,418 | ||
22Mathematical Modelling and AnalysisOATaylor & Francis · Lithuania | 0.74Q2 | 1.42 0.31 down from 2023 | 119 | 100% | — | ||
23Bulletin of Mathematical BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.73Q2 | 2.32 0.29 up from 2023 | 387 | 58% | $3,090 | ||
24Arab Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesOATaylor & Francis · Sweden | 0.73Q3 | 2.44 0.53 down from 2023 | 132 | 100% | $944 | ||
25Mathematical BiosciencesElsevier BV · United States | 0.71Q3 | 2.07 0.10 down from 2023 | 215 | 65% | $2,660 | ||
26Journal of Theoretical BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.68Q3 | 2.07 0.02 down from 2023 | 634 | 60% | $2,550 | ||
27International Journal of Applied and Computational MathematicsSpringer Nature · India | 0.67Q3 | 1.99 0.08 down from 2023 | 713 | 3% | $3,190 | ||
28International Journal of Computer MathematicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.66Q3 | 1.36 0.30 down from 2023 | 300 | 11% | — | ||
29Mathematical and Computational ApplicationsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Türkiye | 0.66Q3 | 2.23 0.14 up from 2023 | 299 | 100% | $1,689 | ||
30Acta BiotheoreticaSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.66Q3 | 1.59 0.47 down from 2023 | 74 | 50% | $3,290 | ||
31Journal of Applied MathematicsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.64Q3 | 1.65 0.16 up from 2023 | 186 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
32International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical SimulationDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.56Q3 | 1.54no change | 269 | — | — | ||
33Networks and Heterogeneous MediaOAAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.53Q3 | 1.46 0.04 up from 2023 | 137 | 100% | — | ||
34Geospatial healthOAPAGEPress (Italy) · Italy | 0.53Q3 | 1.14 0.31 down from 2023 | 153 | 100% | $808 | ||
35Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions A ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Iran | 0.51Q4 | 1.42 0.25 down from 2023 | 336 | — | $2,990 | ||
36Computational and Mathematical MethodsOAWiley · United States | 0.48Q4 | 1.50 0.24 up from 2023 | 109 | 100% | $920 | ||
37Computational and Mathematical BiophysicsOADe Gruyter · Poland | 0.47Q4 | 1.46 0.07 down from 2023 | 53 | 100% | $848 | ||
38Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.41Q4 | 1.22 0.20 up from 2023 | 48 | 48% | $3,718 | ||
39Open Journal of Modelling and SimulationOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.40Q4 | 0.62 0.92 down from 2023 | 57 | 100% | — | ||
40BIOMATHOABulgaria | 0.25Q4 | 0.61 0.39 down from 2023 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
41Letters in BiomathematicsOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.21Q4 | 0.68 0.14 up from 2023 | 34 | — | $400 | ||
| 0.19Q4 | 0.51 0.27 up from 2023 | 161 | 2% | — | |||
43Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)Publisher not listed | 0.15Q4 | —no 2023 value | 38 | — | — | ||
44International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical OptimisationInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.12Q4 | 0.31 0.05 up from 2023 | 117 | 50% | — | ||
45Journal of Statistical and Econometric MethodsPublisher not listed | 0.05Q4 | 0.14 0.08 down from 2023 | 32 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Mathematics, with Modeling and Simulation highlighted.
- Applied Mathematics176
- Geometry and Topology137
- Statistics and Probability135
- Mathematical Physics66
- Modeling and Simulation45
- Algebra and Number Theory26
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics18
- Numerical Analysis9
- Theoretical Computer Science2
- Computational Mathematics0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
6 additional Modeling and Simulation journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 45
- Window papers (baseline)
- 34,755 +63.9% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.73 +19.0% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 4
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 43 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 1,437 | 1,658 | 1,978 | 2,382 | 2,842 | 3,343 | 3,694 | 4,226 | 4,858 | 5,675 | 6,350 | 6,824 | 7,395 | 7,836 | 8,738 | 9,279 | 9,573 | 9,767 | 10,329 | 11,146 | 12,205 | 21,211 | 31,504 | 38,113 | 34,755 | 28,708 | |
| Median OJR | 0.626 | 0.581 | 0.67 | 0.582 | 0.61 | 0.663 | 0.633 | 0.79413 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.622 | 0.76 | 0.79405 | 0.617 | 0.64 | 0.659 | 0.73 | 0.70 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.