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Advances in Simulation

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2059-0628eISSN2059-0628

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.148

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.165

Total Worksi

429

Total Citationsi

8,876

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Psychology (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Cognitive Neuroscience; Developmental Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications429

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2059-0628 / 2059-0628

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

763

2019

994

2020

922

2021

1.1k

2022

361

2023

611

2024

349

2025

2026

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Developmental NeuroscienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Developmental NeuroscienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cognitive NeuroscienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareInnovations in Medical EducationPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsSurgical Simulation and TrainingInterprofessional Education and CollaborationClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationCultural Competency in Health CareInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesDisaster Response and Management

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Simulation

Is Advances in Simulation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Simulation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Simulation?

Advances in Simulation is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.89.

Is Advances in Simulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Simulation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.