System Dynamics Review

Aims & Scope

System Dynamics Review exists to communicate to a wide audience advances in the application, methods and tools of the system dynamics approach.

In its broadest sense, the system dynamics approach encompasses model-based analysis of dynamic problems with a systems approach, focusing on endogenous, structural sources of the dynamics of interest.

Depending on the characteristics of a given problem, different modeling tools, methods and software can be used with this endogenous dynamic perspective.

Applications include social, technical, managerial, business, economic, health, biological, ecological and environmental problems, among others.

The publication goals of Review include but are not limited to: advances in modelling and simulation methods for dynamic feedback problems; advances in policy analysis methods based on feedback causality; modeling applications in diverse domains; generic structures (feedback structures that support widely applicable behavioural insights); system dynamics contributions to theory building in the social and natural sciences; contributions to the analysis, and applications of complex nonlinear dynamics; policy studies and debate emphasizing the role of feedback causality in dynamic problems of concern; developments in strategies for simulation-based consulting and implementation of model-based policy suggestions; advances in methods and applications of systems thinking relevant to dynamic feedback problems; contributions to system dynamics education and teaching.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.804

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	69

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6745

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	155

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Mathematics and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Formal aspects of model validity and validation in system dynamics

  Citation: 1069

  Authors: Yaman

• Learning in and about complex systems

  Citation: 796

  Authors: John D.

• System dynamics, systems thinking, and soft OR

  Citation: 711

  Authors: Jay W.

• All models are wrong: reflections on becoming a systems scientist

  Citation: 600

  Authors: John D.

• Bathtub dynamics: initial results of a systems thinking inventory

  Citation: 482

  Authors: Linda Booth, John D.

• Group model-building: tackling messy problems

  Citation: 465

  Authors: Jac A. M.

• Systems thinking: Critical thinking skills for the 1990s and beyond

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Barry

• Scripts for group model building

  Citation: 356

  Authors: David F., George P.

• Reflections on the foundations of system dynamics

  Citation: 355

  Authors: George P.

• Group model building effectiveness: a review of assessment studies

  Citation: 325

  Authors: Etiënne A. J. A., Jac A. M., Theo van

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