36 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Modeling and Simulation
36 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Modeling and Simulation charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 5 are Q1 and 5 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 33% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in United States (5), Iran (4) and Poland (4). 94% accept manuscripts in English and 19% accept at least one other language.
All 36 free-to-publish journals in Modeling and Simulation
Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 2225-6032 · 2589-3025 | Q1 | 1.568 | 27 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 30 wk |
| 2 | Methoden, Daten, Analysen 1864-6956 · 2190-4936 | Q1 | 1.274 | 11 | GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim | Germany | 40 wk |
| 3 | Natural Gas Industry B 2352-8540 · 2352-8559 | Q1 | 1.269 | 40 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 27 wk |
| 4 | Stochastic Systems 1946-5238 | Q1 | 0.946 | 11 | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | United States | 60 wk |
| 5 | Computational Materials Today 2950-4635 | Q1 | 0.872 | 6 | Elsevier | United Kingdom | 9 wk |
| 6 | Advances in Aerodynamics 2097-3462 · 2524-6992 | Q2 | 0.683 | 25 | SpringerOpen | United Kingdom | 11 wk |
| 7 | The SMAI Journal of Computational Mathematics 2426-8399 | Q2 | 0.628 | 17 | Centre Mersenne | France | 25 wk |
| 8 | Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications 2351-6046 · 2351-6054 | Q2 | 0.598 | 9 | VTeX | Lithuania | 10 wk |
| 9 | Journal of Logic and Analysis 1759-9008 | Q2 | 0.531 | 6 | Journal of Logic and Analysis | United Kingdom | 35 wk |
| 10 | Mathematical Modelling and Analysis 1392-6292 · 1648-3510 | Q2 | 0.504 | 33 | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 15 wk |
| 11 | Kongqi donglixue xuebao 0258-1825 | Q3 | 0.349 | 28 | Editorial Office of Acta Aerodynamica Sinica | China | 16 wk |
| 12 | Observational Studies 2767-3324 | Q3 | 0.344 | 9 | University of Pennsylvania Press | United States | 20 wk |
| 13 | Учёные записки Казанского университета: Серия Физико-математические науки 2541-7746 · 2500-2198 | Q3 | 0.335 | 9 | Kazan Federal University | Russia | 17 wk |
| 14 | Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehničeskogo Universiteta. Seriâ: Fiziko-Matematičeskie Nauki 1991-8615 · 2310-7081 | Q3 | 0.307 | 11 | Samara State Technical University | Russia | 12 wk |
| 15 | Iranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization 2423-6977 · 2423-6969 | Q3 | 0.294 | 8 | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | 15 wk |
| 16 | Pan-American Journal of Mathematics 2832-4293 | Q3 | 0.275 | 4 | Mathyze Publishers | United States | 5 wk |
| 17 | Operations Research and Decisions 2081-8858 · 2391-6060 | Q3 | 0.261 | 9 | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 37 wk |
| 18 | Communication in Biomathematical Sciences 2549-2896 | Q3 | 0.252 | 11 | Indonesian Bio-Mathematical Society | Indonesia | 24 wk |
| 19 | Archives of Control Sciences 1230-2384 · 2300-2611 | Q3 | 0.25 | 28 | Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | 14 wk |
| 20 | Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering 2563-1926 | Q4 | 0.227 | 8 | Western Libraries | Canada | 21 wk |
| 21 | Journal of Optimization, Differential Equations and Their Applications 2617-0108 · 2663-6824 | Q4 | 0.224 | 7 | Oles Honchar Dnipro National University | Ukraine | 10 wk |
| 22 | Modeling, Identification and Control 0332-7353 · 1890-1328 | Q4 | 0.219 | 33 | Norwegian Society of Automatic Control | Norway | 10 wk |
| 23 | Computer Science 1508-2806 · 2300-7036 | Q4 | 0.209 | 12 | AGH University of Science and Technology Press | Poland | 20 wk |
| 24 | Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science 2658-4670 · 2658-7149 | Q4 | 0.208 | 5 | Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) | Russia | 10 wk |
| 25 | International Journal of Mathematics for Industry 2661-3352 · 2661-3344 | Q4 | 0.204 | 7 | World Scientific Publishing | Singapore | 24 wk |
| 26 | Computer Science Journal of Moldova 1561-4042 · 2587-4330 | Q4 | 0.189 | 8 | Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science | Moldova | 16 wk |
| 27 | Компьютерные исследования и моделирование 2076-7633 · 2077-6853 | Q4 | 0.187 | 13 | Institute of Computer Science | Russia | 15 wk |
| 28 | Control and Optimization in Applied Mathematics 2383-3130 · 2538-5615 | Q4 | 0.157 | 4 | Payame Noor University | Iran | 20 wk |
| 29 | Біофізичний вісник 2075-3810 · 2075-3829 | Q4 | 0.157 | 4 | V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University | Ukraine | 12 wk |
| 30 | Journal of Language Modelling 2299-856X · 2299-8470 | Q4 | 0.155 | 6 | Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | 9 wk |
| 31 | Cliodynamics 2373-7530 | Q4 | 0.148 | 12 | eScholarship Publishing, University of California | United States | 12 wk |
| 32 | Northeast Journal of Complex Systems 2577-8439 | Q4 | 0.148 | 6 | Binghamton University Library | United States | 6 wk |
| 33 | Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics 2676-0029 | Q4 | 0.144 | 5 | Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional | Brazil | 25 wk |
| 34 | AUT Journal of Modeling and Simulation 2588-2953 · 2588-2961 | Q4 | 0.142 | 4 | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | 16 wk |
| 35 | International Journal for Engineering Modelling 1330-1365 · 1849-8671 | Q4 | 0.134 | 13 | University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy | Croatia | 8 wk |
| 36 | Nīvār 1735-0565 · 2645-3347 | Q4 | 0.114 | 4 | I.R. of Iran Meteorological Organization | Iran | 8 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top countries of publication
- United States 5
- Iran 4
- Poland 4
- Russia 4
- China 3
- United Kingdom 3
Top publishers
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2
- AGH University of Science and Technology Press 1
- Amirkabir University of Technology 1
- Binghamton University Library 1
- Centre Mersenne 1
- Editorial Office of Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 34
- Russian 4
- Persian 1
- Portuguese 1
- Ukrainian 1
- Chinese 1
About this list
Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.
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