System Dynamics: Publication Metrics (2000-2005) International Conference of the System Dynamics Society Boston, MA

摘要

In the 2000-2005 timeframe, system dynamics articles represent a very small fraction of publications among the approximately 8,700 prestigious, high-impact research journals contained in the Web of Science (2005) database. Of the small fraction of articles containing "system dynamics", an even smaller portion is SD relevant.The scope of the topics is narrow as the SD relevant topics focus on Management, Social Sciences -^sMathematical Methods, Operations Research & Management Science, and Environmental Sciences. There are many emerging topics for SD relevant publications such as Engineering, Mechanical; Engineering, Civil; Engineering, Chemical; Energy & Fuels; Biology; Transportation Science & Technology; Marine & Freshwater Biology; and Computer Science, Cybernetics. As regards country of article origin, the majority of system dynamics articles originate in western society, with 39% from the USA and 10% from the UK. There is publication representation from around the world, but there is plenty of room for others to assume a larger authorship role. The publishers of choice by SD authors are dominated by a familiar few such as the System Dynamics Review, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and European Journal of Operations Research However, there is a publisher for almost any topic of interest, e.g., Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology to Zoo Biology. There are some policy implications for SD to consider: 1. reaching out to a larger audience by publication in some of the currently less frequently used journals; 2. encouraging SD special interest groups to publish in journals germane to them, and 3. providing support from SD leadership to leverage articles published in our proceedings to achieve publication in relevant journals. This paper starts a process to track the scope and breadth of the SD domain of influence. More work needs to be done to better capture and analyze data about the SD sphere of influence. Work needs to be done to determine the robustness of the search query used hereia Having a set point for the date range of the data repository is important to control new data entries. Tracking publication date and the electronic availability date is also important. In summary, this paper is a start at identifying and tracking SD's sphere of influence using data collected in Feb 2006. There is much more to be done.