Journal profile · digital twin technologies
Digital Twin
ISSN 2752-5783 · Taylor & Francis Group · China · Founded 2021
Digital Twin: fully open access; APC about USD 1,390; median 107 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); 109 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digital Twin is published by Taylor & Francis Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Transformation in Industry, BIM and Construction Integration and Applied Advanced Technologies, together about 54.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Digital Twin is a rapid multidisciplinary open access publishing platform for state-of-the-art, basic, scientific and applied research on digital twin technologies. Digital Twin covers all areas related digital twin technologies, including broad fields such as smart manufacturing, civil and industrial engineering, healthcare, agriculture, and many others. The platform is open to submissions from researchers, practitioners and experts, and all articles will benefit from open peer review. The aim of Digital Twin is to advance the state-of-the-art in digital twin research and encourage innovation by highlighting efficient, robust and sustainable multidisciplinary applications across a variety of fields. Challenges can be addressed using theoretical, methodological, and technological approaches. The scope of Digital Twin includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: ● Digital twin concepts, architecture, and frameworks ● Digital twin theory and method ● Digital twin key technologies and tools ● Digital twin applications and case studies ● Digital twin implementation ● Digital twin services ● Digital twin security ● Digital twin standards Digital twin also focuses on applications within and across broad sectors including: ● Smart manufacturing ● Aviation and aerospace ● Smart cities and construction ● Healthcare and medicine ● Robotics ● Shipping, vehicles and railways ● Industrial engineering and engineering management ● Agriculture ● Mining ● Power, energy and environment Digital Twin features a range of article types including research articles, case studies, method articles, study protocols, software tools, systematic reviews, data notes, brief reports, and opinion articles.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): digital twin technologies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering40.3%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering7.2%
- Applied Advanced TechnologiesEngineering6.8%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering4%
- Systems Engineering Methodologies and ApplicationsEngineering3.1%
- Internet of Things and AIComputer Science2.9%
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsEngineering2.8%
- Advanced Data and IoT TechnologiesEngineering2.7%
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
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.72OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 390 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 67 | 474 |
| 2025 | 109 | 109 | 451 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 348 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 206 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 72 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 1 |
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
107 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 148 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 136 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Post-publication peer review, Open 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 | USD 1,390 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | USD 1,390 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2021
- ISSN
- 2752-5783
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digital Twin
How long does peer review take at Digital Twin?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 107 days (interquartile range 74–148 days); authors report an average review time of about 11 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.
Which databases index Digital Twin?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digital Twin is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Digital Twin open access, and what is the APC?
Digital Twin is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, OpenAlex; 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: .