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Best Modeling and Simulation journals

364 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Modeling and Simulation. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 99 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Decision Analytics Journal 19.2 99th Q1 Yes
2 Machine Intelligence Research 17.8 99th Q1 ESCI No
3 npj Computational Materials 17.4 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Energy 17.1 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Engineering with Computers 16.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 NPG Asia Materials 16.1 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 European Journal of Operational Research 14 98th Q1 SCIE A* No
8 Ecological Informatics 13.2 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 International Journal of Fatigue 13.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
10 Journal of Computational Design and Engineering 12.3 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 International Journal of Robotics Research 12.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 Virtual and Physical Prototyping 11.9 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection 11.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
14 Natural Gas Industry B 11 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 10.8 96th Q1 SCIE No
16 Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Applied Mathematical Modelling 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
18 Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
19 Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 9.9 95th Q1 SCIE No
20 IEEE Communications Letters 9.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
21 Computers and Operations Research 9.2 94th Q1 SCIE A No
22 International Journal of Modelling and Simulation 9.1 94th Q1 ESCI No
23 IEEE Control Systems 9 94th Q1 SCIE No
24 ES Materials and Manufacturing 8.9 94th Q1 No
25 Geoscientific Model Development 8.8 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Environmental Modelling and Software 8.4 93th Q1 SCIE No
27 Software and Systems Modeling 8.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
28 Evolving Systems 8.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
29 mSystems 8.1 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Journal of Computational Science 8 92th Q1 SCIE No
31 Journal of Computational Physics 7.9 92th Q1 SCIE No
32 Energy Systems 7.8 92th Q1 ESCI No
33 Journal of Process Control 7.8 91th Q1 SCIE No
34 Results in Control and Optimization 7.8 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications 7.7 91th Q1 No
36 Computational Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences 7.5 91th Q1 Yes
37 Computers and Structures 7.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
38 Speech Communication 7.4 90th Q1 SCIE No
39 Operational Research 7.3 90th Q1 SCIE C No
40 International Journal of Solids and Structures 7.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
41 Fractals 7.2 89th Q1 SCIE No
42 International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research 7 89th Q1 SCIE No
44 Journal of the Operational Research Society 6.7 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
45 Computers, Materials and Continua 6.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
46 Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 6.5 88th Q1 SCIE No
47 Transportmetrica B 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
48 Biology Direct 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Journal of Building Performance Simulation 6.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
50 Journal of Signal Processing Systems 6.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
51 Journal of Hydrodynamics 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
52 PLOS Computational Biology 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
53 Structural Equation Modeling 6.1 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
54 International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing 6.1 86th Q1 ESCI No
55 Smart Science 6.1 86th Q1 ESCI No
56 System Dynamics Review 6 86th Q1 SSCI A No
57 Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 6 85th Q1 ESCI No
58 Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing 5.8 85th Q1 ESCI No
59 Multibody System Dynamics 5.8 85th Q1 SCIE No
60 Robotica 5.7 85th Q1 SCIE No
61 International Journal of Fracture 5.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
62 Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management 5.7 84th Q1 ESCI No
63 Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences 5.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
64 Advances in Aerodynamics 5.6 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
65 Journal of Computers, Mechanical and Management 5.6 83th Q1 No
66 Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 5.6 83th Q1 Yes
67 Methods, Data, Analyses 5.6 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
68 Design Science 5.6 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
69 Handbook of Numerical Analysis 5.6 82th Q1 No
70 Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals 5.5 82th Q1 SCIE No
71 Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 5.5 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
72 International Journal of Data Science and Analytics 5.5 81th Q1 ESCI No
73 ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems 5.4 81th Q1 ESCI No
74 Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 5.4 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
75 International Journal of Biomathematics 5.4 81th Q1 SCIE No
76 Systems 5.4 80th Q1 SSCI Yes
77 Technometrics 5.3 80th Q1 SCIE A No
78 Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 5.3 80th Q1 SCIE No
79 CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences 5.3 80th Q1 SCIE No
80 Advanced Theory and Simulations 5.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
81 EPJ Data Science 5.3 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
82 In Silico Plants 5.3 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
83 Computation 5.2 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
84 EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics 5.1 78th Q1 ESCI B Yes
85 International Journal of General Systems 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE A No
86 Journal of Forecasting 5.1 78th Q1 SSCI A No
87 CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
88 Journal of Simulation 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE B No
89 Current Opinion in Systems Biology 5 77th Q1 ESCI No
90 Journal of Computational Electronics 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
91 Journal of Nanoparticle Research 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
92 Service Science 4.8 76th Q1 SSCI B No
93 Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
94 Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
95 Journal of Porous Media 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
96 Physical Review Fluids 4.8 75th Q1 SCIE No
97 Data Science 4.7 75th Q1 Yes
98 Frontiers in Systems Biology 4.7 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
99 npj Systems Biology and Applications 4.7 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
100 Journal of Choice Modelling 4.7 74th Q2 SSCI A No

Rank and percentile are within the Modeling and Simulation Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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