Journal profile
Collective Dynamics
ISSN 2366-8539 · Forschungszentrum Jülich · Germany
Collective Dynamics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 23 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Collective Dynamics is published by Forschungszentrum Jülich. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, Urban Design and Spatial Analysis and Traffic control and management, together about 72.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Collective Dynamics is a diamond open-access multidisciplinary journal publishing research in the field of pedestrian dynamics, crowds, vehicular traffic, and other systems of self-driven particles or interacting agents. The journal covers, but is not limited to, the following areas: Highway, urban, and bicycle traffic Pedestrian and evacuation dynamics Granular flow and dynamics of granular materials Biological systems: social insects, animal groups, cell and bacterial migrations, swarm, flocking and schooling dynamics, … Non-living systems and active matter: swarm robotics, molecular motors, micro-swimmers, rods, interacting particle systems, … Complex systems, complex networks and their dynamics: multi-modal transportation networks, multi-agent systems, internet, epidemics, social networks, opinion formation, … The journal aims to be a multidisciplinary forum for traffic and civil engineering, statistical physics, theoretical biology, data science, computer science, robotics, sociology, or social psychology, for scientists doing fundamental or applied research. Articles should be written in a way that makes them accessible to a wide audience. As a peer-reviewed journal, Collective Dynamics publishes scientific papers reflecting original, previously unpublished work but may also report on systematic reviews of published research, pedagogical articles (e.g., lecture notes), description of experiments or software implementations. If you are unsure about the suitability of your manuscript, please contact the editorial board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evacuation and Crowd DynamicsEngineering35.1%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering23.4%
- Traffic control and managementEngineering13.7%
- Structural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisEngineering4.8%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering4.2%
- Fire dynamics and safety researchEngineering2.6%
- Video Surveillance and Tracking MethodsComputer Science1.8%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences1.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 109 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 166 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 201 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 143 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 180 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 150 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
LaTeX format required Model summary
The final submission must be in LaTeX format and follow the layout specified in this template.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
Authors contributing to Collective Dynamics agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. This license allows: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Authors ret…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Neither submission fees nor article processing charges are involved. Authors contributing to Collective Dynamics agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. This license allows: Share …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Single or double blind peer review; default single blind Model summary
Original research papers, short communications, and reviews will be peer-reviewed. Following an initial assessment by the Editors, those papers with a high priority rating are sent for external review to experts in the field. In addition, articles may be rejected directly by the Editors if judged to be out of scope or formally sub-standard. Collective Dynamics uses 'single blind' or optional ‘doub…
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
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2366-8539
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Collective Dynamics
How long does peer review take at Collective Dynamics?
Authors report an average review time of about 23 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Collective Dynamics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Collective Dynamics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Collective Dynamics is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Collective Dynamics open access, and what is the APC?
Collective Dynamics is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .