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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Observations from a system dynamics modeling field school in Mali31
A complete shortest independent loop set algorithm for model structure analysis19
Developing model‐based storytelling to share systemic insights to the public during the COVID‐19 pandemic19
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Quantifying the COVID‐19 endgame: Is a new normal within reach?15
Pattern‐orientedanalysis of system dynamics models via random forests15
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From text to map: a system dynamics bot for constructing causal loop diagrams12
An analysis of participants' introductory experience with causal loop diagrams (CLDs) using group model building (GMB) scripts12
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Rigorously interpreted quotation analysis for evaluating causal loop diagrams in late‐stage conceptualization11
History of the Beer Game11
Using analytical equations to represent nonlinear relationships10
Call for submissions to the 2024 ISDC10
Teaching and Advising in Systems Science and System Dynamics—Personal Experience, Lessons, and Reflections10
Planning, implementing, and evaluating an online group‐model‐building workshop during the COVID‐19 pandemic: celebrating successes and learning from shortcomings8
Generative AI and simulation modeling: how should you (not) use large language models like ChatGPT8
Feedback Economics: Economic Modeling with System Dynamics (2021)8
Reflecting on factors influencing long‐lasting organisational effects of group model‐building interventions7
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 techniques7
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Capturing the science behind the craft: a reporting framework to improve quality and confidence in nonsimulated models7
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Ethical considerations of using system dynamics in participatory settings: a social‐ecological‐systems perspective6
The polycrisis is here, and system dynamics can help: a call to action6
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Grounding alcohol simulation models in empirical and theoretical alcohol research: a model for a Northern Plains population in the United States6
What is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create6
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A framework for using Theory of Constraints thinking processes and tools to complement qualitative system dynamics modelling5
Dynamics of interdisciplinarity: a microlevel analysis of communication and facilitation in a group model‐building workshop5
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Introducing Feedback Thinking and System Dynamics Modeling in Economics Education4
Participatory modeling for high complexity, multi‐system issues: challenges and recommendations for balancing qualitative understanding and quantitative questions4
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Announcement of the system dynamics applications award 20204
Commentaries on “what is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create,” by Naugle et al. (2024)4
Challenges for sustainability: misperceptions and misleading advice4
Dealing with soft variables and data scarcity: lessons learnt from quantification in a participatory system dynamics modelling process4
Dynamic supply chains with endogenous dispositions4
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Call for submissions to the 2025 ISDC3
The four main elements of dynamic complexity3
Techniques to enhance the public policy impact of qualitative system dynamics models3
The lowly constant, elevated3
Introducing M‐Tool: A standardised and inclusive mental model mapping tool3
Disequilibrium supply‐and‐demand allocation with differentiated products3
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ChatPySD: Embedding and Simulating System Dynamics Models in ChatGPT‐43
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Documenting the modeling process with a standardized data structure described and implemented in DynamicVu3
As simple as possible but not simpler: structural sensitivity testing of a dynamic model of adolescent overweight and obesity3
ABayesianapproach to calibrate system dynamics models usingHamiltonian Monte Carlo2
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Integrating AI language models in qualitative research: Replicating interview data analysis with ChatGPT2
Holistic versus analytic thinking orientation and its relationship to the bullwhip effect2
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
Building confidence in exploratory models2
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
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Metacognition in action as a possible explanation for stock‐flow failure2
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Science‐based analysis for climate action: how HSBC Bank uses the En‐ROADS climate policy simulation1
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Analysis of dynamic models by optimization1
Sublime reason: when Isaac Asimov met Jay Forrester1
Root causes of radicalization: the terror‐contagion hypothesis1
Preparing for pandemic response in the context of limited resources1
Modeling distribution parameters in system dynamics: an application in childhood obesity1
Constructing causal loop diagrams from large interview data sets1
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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