International Journal of Microsimulation

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Microsimulation (IJM) is the official online peer-reviewed journal of the International Microsimulation Association. The journal operates under a continuous publication model. Articles are published online as soon as they have successfully completed the peer-review and editorial process. Published articles are subsequently grouped into three issues per year for archival and indexing purposes, corresponding to Spring (April), Summer (August), and Winter (December). The IJM covers research in all aspects of microsimulation modelling. It publishes high quality contributions making use of microsimulation models to address specific research questions in all scientific areas, as well as methodological and technical issues. In particular, the IJM invites submission of five types of contributions: research articles, research notes, data watch, book reviews, and software reviews. Research articles of interest to the IJM concern: the description, validation, benchmarking and replication of microsimulation models; results coming from microsimulation models, in particular policy evaluation and counterfactual analysis; technical or methodological aspect of microsimulation modelling; reviews of models and results, as well as of technical or methodological issues. Research notes concern: specific technical aspects of microsimulation modelling, short case-studies illustrating the application of microsimulation models and their impacts on policy-making; examples of good practice in microsimulation modelling. Data watch refers to short research notes that describe (newly) available datasets and how they can be exploited for microsimulation studies. Book reviews offer a discussion of recent books that might be of interest to the microsimulation community, or present a critical assessment in retrospect of the impact of "classic" contributions. Software reviews are short contributions that describe advances in software development that are likely to be of interest to the journal readership, with a particular attention to open source software. The journal also publishes thematic special issues containing historically relevant work for the microsimulation community, previously unpublished in journal or book form, such as documentation of landmark models. Occasionally, the journal might also republish relevant chapters from edited volumes, with permission from the original publisher, to facilitate access to important early microsimulation work. The original source of publication is always clearly indicated in the published articles. If in doubt concerning the suitability of a particular manuscript, or if interested in editing a Special thematic issue, please contact the editor for further advice.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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