Journal profile · Social Sciences-General Social Sciences
Advances in Simulation
ISSN 2059-0628 · BMC · United Kingdom
Advances in Simulation: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,890; median 148 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Simulation is published by BMC and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Innovations in Medical Education and Patient Safety and Medication Errors, together about 55.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Simulation provides a forum to share scholarly practice to advance the use of simulation in the context of health and social care. Advances in Simulation publishes articles that cover all science and social science disciplines, all health and social care professions and multi- and inter-professional studies. The journal includes articles relevant to simulation that include the study of health care practice, human factors, psychology, sociology, anthropology, communication, teamwork, human performance, education, learning technology, economics, biomedical engineering, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, therapeutics, scientific computation, simulation modelling, population studies, theatre, craft, program evaluation and more.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-General Social Sciences
Editor-in-chief Gabriel Reedy MEdPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 12, United Kingdom 10, Australia 10, Canada 6, Denmark 6 (70 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine36.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine11.4%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions7.7%
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine7.6%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions7.1%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine3.3%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine3%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 209OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 687,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 479 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 85 | 31 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 398 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 637 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 368 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 1,077 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 1,042 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
148 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 103 days – 235 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (170 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,490 / USD 2,890 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 2,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,690 / EUR 2,290 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted11
- advancing simulation practiceResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- commentariesResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- comments (previously commentaries)Research Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- debateResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- debate articlesResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- innovationsResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- letter to the editorResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- methodological intersectionsResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- methodologyResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- researchResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
- reviewsResearch Reviews Commentaries Debate articles Innovations Methodological intersections Letter to the Editor Advancing simulation practice Comments (previously C…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 data policy Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence) Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Advances in Simulation articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 In…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2059-0628
- Society / sponsor
- Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Simulation
What CAS zone is Advances in Simulation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Simulation is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Simulation?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Simulation?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 148 days (interquartile range 103–235 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Advances in Simulation based?
Of the 70 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), United Kingdom (10) and Australia (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Advances in Simulation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Simulation is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advances in Simulation open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Simulation is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .