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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.

36journals with no APC
5Q1 in this category
5Q2 in this category
26Q3 or Q4 in this category

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).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
2225-6032 · 2589-3025
Q11.56827KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China30 wk
2Methoden, Daten, Analysen
1864-6956 · 2190-4936
Q11.27411GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, MannheimGermany40 wk
3Natural Gas Industry B
2352-8540 · 2352-8559
Q11.26940KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.China27 wk
4Stochastic Systems
1946-5238
Q10.94611Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)United States60 wk
5Computational Materials Today
2950-4635
Q10.8726ElsevierUnited Kingdom9 wk
6Advances in Aerodynamics
2097-3462 · 2524-6992
Q20.68325SpringerOpenUnited Kingdom11 wk
7The SMAI Journal of Computational Mathematics
2426-8399
Q20.62817Centre MersenneFrance25 wk
8Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications
2351-6046 · 2351-6054
Q20.5989VTeXLithuania10 wk
9Journal of Logic and Analysis
1759-9008
Q20.5316Journal of Logic and AnalysisUnited Kingdom35 wk
10Mathematical Modelling and Analysis
1392-6292 · 1648-3510
Q20.50433Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityLithuania15 wk
11Kongqi donglixue xuebao
0258-1825
Q30.34928Editorial Office of Acta Aerodynamica SinicaChina16 wk
12Observational Studies
2767-3324
Q30.3449University of Pennsylvania PressUnited States20 wk
13Учёные записки Казанского университета: Серия Физико-математические науки
2541-7746 · 2500-2198
Q30.3359Kazan Federal UniversityRussia17 wk
14Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehničeskogo Universiteta. Seriâ: Fiziko-Matematičeskie Nauki
1991-8615 · 2310-7081
Q30.30711Samara State Technical UniversityRussia12 wk
15Iranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization
2423-6977 · 2423-6969
Q30.2948Ferdowsi University of MashhadIran15 wk
16Pan-American Journal of Mathematics
2832-4293
Q30.2754Mathyze PublishersUnited States5 wk
17Operations Research and Decisions
2081-8858 · 2391-6060
Q30.2619Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland37 wk
18Communication in Biomathematical Sciences
2549-2896
Q30.25211Indonesian Bio-Mathematical SocietyIndonesia24 wk
19Archives of Control Sciences
1230-2384 · 2300-2611
Q30.2528Polish Academy of SciencesPoland14 wk
20Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering
2563-1926
Q40.2278Western LibrariesCanada21 wk
21Journal of Optimization, Differential Equations and Their Applications
2617-0108 · 2663-6824
Q40.2247Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityUkraine10 wk
22Modeling, Identification and Control
0332-7353 · 1890-1328
Q40.21933Norwegian Society of Automatic ControlNorway10 wk
23Computer Science
1508-2806 · 2300-7036
Q40.20912AGH University of Science and Technology PressPoland20 wk
24Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science
2658-4670 · 2658-7149
Q40.2085Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Russia10 wk
25International Journal of Mathematics for Industry
2661-3352 · 2661-3344
Q40.2047World Scientific PublishingSingapore24 wk
26Computer Science Journal of Moldova
1561-4042 · 2587-4330
Q40.1898Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer ScienceMoldova16 wk
27Компьютерные исследования и моделирование
2076-7633 · 2077-6853
Q40.18713Institute of Computer ScienceRussia15 wk
28Control and Optimization in Applied Mathematics
2383-3130 · 2538-5615
Q40.1574Payame Noor UniversityIran20 wk
29Біофізичний вісник
2075-3810 · 2075-3829
Q40.1574V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine12 wk
30Journal of Language Modelling
2299-856X · 2299-8470
Q40.1556Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of SciencesPoland9 wk
31Cliodynamics
2373-7530
Q40.14812eScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaUnited States12 wk
32Northeast Journal of Complex Systems
2577-8439
Q40.1486Binghamton University LibraryUnited States6 wk
33Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics
2676-0029
Q40.1445Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e ComputacionalBrazil25 wk
34AUT Journal of Modeling and Simulation
2588-2953 · 2588-2961
Q40.1424Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran16 wk
35International Journal for Engineering Modelling
1330-1365 · 1849-8671
Q40.13413University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and GeodesyCroatia8 wk
36Nīvār
1735-0565 · 2645-3347
Q40.1144I.R. of Iran Meteorological OrganizationIran8 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. United States 5
  2. Iran 4
  3. Poland 4
  4. Russia 4
  5. China 3
  6. United Kingdom 3

Top publishers

  1. KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2
  2. AGH University of Science and Technology Press 1
  3. Amirkabir University of Technology 1
  4. Binghamton University Library 1
  5. Centre Mersenne 1
  6. Editorial Office of Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 34
  2. Russian 4
  3. Persian 1
  4. Portuguese 1
  5. Ukrainian 1
  6. 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.

Before submitting, always confirm the journal on its own website and in the DOAJ, verify Scopus indexing by ISSN with the Scopus check rather than trusting claims on the journal’s site, and watch out for look-alike titles (see the predatory journal checklist).

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