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Journal on Policy and Complex Systems is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Complex Systems and Decision Making, Chaos, Complexity, and Education, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal on Policy and Complex Systems 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inComplex Systems and Decision Making Chaos, Complexity, and Education Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal Cases and Commentary Human auditory perception and evaluation
ISSN2372-8590
Citation impact (2-yr)0.06
h-index8
i10-index7
Total citations287
Top institutions publishing hereCleveland State University
Journal websitewww.ipsonet.org
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Papers published in Journal on Policy and Complex Systems per year

18
2014
8
2015
9
2016
19
2017
23
2018
20
2019
18
2020
8
2022
8
2024
8
2025

Citation impact of Journal on Policy and Complex Systems by publication year

120
2014
33
2015
14
2016
24
2017
43
2018
36
2019
11
2020
5
2022
1
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal on Policy and Complex Systems

From Agent-Based Models to Network Analysis (and Return): The Policy-Making Perspective

Magda Fontana, Pietro Terna · 1 Jan 2015

An important perspective use of agent-based models (ABMs) is that of being employed as tools to support decision systems in policymaking, in the complex systems framework. Such models can be usefully employed at two different levels: to help in deciding (policymaker level) and to empower the capabilities of people in evaluating the effectiveness of policies…

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Reflections On the Use of Complexity-Appropriate Computational Modeling for Public Policy Evaluation in the UK

Pete Barbrook-Johnson, Corey Schimpf, Brian Castellani · 1 Jan 2019

In the UK, calls for the application of insights from the study of complex adaptive systems to public policy evaluation are beginning to be taken seriously in government. Policymakers and analysts are accepting the fallibility of overly simplistic, definitive, or linear analysis, or are finding traditional forms of analysis and evidence less appropriate or feasible.…

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What reference style does Journal on Policy and Complex Systems use?
Journal on Policy and Complex Systems uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal on Policy and Complex Systems 12 (3): 45–58.
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