System Dynamics Review

Papers
(The median citation count of System Dynamics Review is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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A complete shortest independent loop set algorithm for model structure analysis53
Issue Information49
Developing model‐based storytelling to share systemic insights to the public during the COVID‐19 pandemic40
On Parallel and Serial (Dis‐)Aggregation in System Dynamics Models37
Observations from a system dynamics modeling field school in Mali32
Quantifying the COVID‐19 endgame: Is a new normal within reach?24
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From text to map: a system dynamics bot for constructing causal loop diagrams18
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Corrigendum16
Call for submissions to the 2024 ISDC14
An analysis of participants' introductory experience with causal loop diagrams (CLDs) using group model building (GMB) scripts14
Using analytical equations to represent nonlinear relationships14
Building and Learning With Models Using AI13
Teaching and Advising in Systems Science and System Dynamics—Personal Experience, Lessons, and Reflections13
History of the Beer Game13
Speculative Bubbles and Control Theory—An Endogenous Approach12
Issue Information12
Generative AI and simulation modeling: how should you (not) use large language models like ChatGPT12
Capturing the science behind the craft: a reporting framework to improve quality and confidence in nonsimulated models11
Mixed Blessings: Valedictory Thoughts on System Dynamics Practice11
Designing for Impact: Engaging Stakeholders With System Dynamics Models9
Dynamic Analysis of the Adoption and Diffusion of the Entrepreneur's Behavior: An Institutional Approach9
In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality” —Strengthening the field through shared tools and techniques9
Grounding alcohol simulation models in empirical and theoretical alcohol research: a model for a Northern Plains population in the United States9
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Trusted Simulation: Considering Model Quality in the Context of User Trust8
Ethical considerations of using system dynamics in participatory settings: a social‐ecological‐systems perspective8
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Issue Information7
The Qualitative Engine: Creating and Evaluating an Iterative AI Modeling Tool7
What is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create7
The polycrisis is here, and system dynamics can help: a call to action7
Introducing Feedback Thinking and System Dynamics Modeling in Economics Education6
Announcement of the system dynamics applications award 20206
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Dynamics of interdisciplinarity: a microlevel analysis of communication and facilitation in a group model‐building workshop6
A framework for using Theory of Constraints thinking processes and tools to complement qualitative system dynamics modelling6
Dealing with soft variables and data scarcity: lessons learnt from quantification in a participatory system dynamics modelling process6
Commentaries on “what is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create,” by Naugle et al. (2024)5
Using Loops That Matter for Feedback Analysis: A Structured Curriculum for Building Systems Understanding5
Challenges for sustainability: misperceptions and misleading advice5
The lowly constant, elevated4
Dynamic supply chains with endogenous dispositions4
Issue Information4
Participatory modeling for high complexity, multi‐system issues: challenges and recommendations for balancing qualitative understanding and quantitative questions4
Call for submissions to the 2025 ISDC4
ChatPySD: Embedding and Simulating System Dynamics Models in ChatGPT‐43
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The four main elements of dynamic complexity3
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Cash‐Based Assistance Versus In‐Kind Aid in Conflict Zone: A System Dynamics Evaluation of Humanitarian Effectiveness in Sudan3
Documenting the modeling process with a standardized data structure described and implemented in DynamicVu3
Techniques to enhance the public policy impact of qualitative system dynamics models3
As simple as possible but not simpler: structural sensitivity testing of a dynamic model of adolescent overweight and obesity3
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The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model ( QSEM ): A New Framework to Support the Structural Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams Within Participatory S3
Disequilibrium supply‐and‐demand allocation with differentiated products3
Integrating AI language models in qualitative research: Replicating interview data analysis with ChatGPT2
Issue Information2
In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality.” — System Dynamicists versus problems, not versus fellow System Dynamicists!2
Building confidence in exploratory models2
System Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation, and Response. By OsamaGad, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1st ed., 2024. 549 pp. £88.00 (hardback), £79.99 (eBook). ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐68565‐62
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Preparing for pandemic response in the context of limited resources1
Root causes of radicalization: the terror‐contagion hypothesis1
Considerations of Climate Mitigation Feedback Phenomena1
Analysis of dynamic models by optimization1
Sublime reason: when Isaac Asimov met Jay Forrester1
In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality.” — Acknowledging our differences makes us all stronger1
Reflecting on Zagonel's dichotomy of microworlds and boundary objects1
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Constructing causal loop diagrams from large interview data sets1
Modeling distribution parameters in system dynamics: an application in childhood obesity1
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