For more than three and a half decades, Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Practice and Research has served as a leading international forum for the exploration and development of simulation/gaming methodologies used in education, training, consultation, and research. It appraises academic and applied issues in the expanding fields of simulation, computer- and internet-mediated simulation, virtual reality, educational games, video games, industrial simulators, active and experiential learning, case studies, and related methodologies.
Multidisciplinary in Scope
The broad scope and interdisciplinary nature of Simulation & Gaming are demonstrated by the wide variety of interests and disciplines of its readers and contributors, who practice in areas such as: business, cognition, communication, decision making, psychology, economics, education, educational technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, environmental issues, human resources, international studies, language training, learning theory, management, marketing, medicine, multiculturalism, , negotiation, organization studies, peace and conflict studies, policy and planning, political science, project management, sociology, teamwork, technology, and research methodology.
Convenient Format
Every issue of Simulation & Gaming features theoretical and applied articles; conceptual papers; empirical studies; simulation/game reviews, ready-to-use simulations/games; brief communications; and association announcements, news and notes.
Special Theme Issues & Debates
Simulation & Gaming frequently publishes single-theme Symposium Issues and Special Sections guest-edited by experts in the field.
Recent and Forthcoming Special Issues include:
Natural Resource Management - Part I (June 2007)
Olivier Barreteau, Christophe Le Page, and Pascal Perez
Second Language Acquisition and Simulation (March 2007)
Gene Halleck
Virtual Reality Simulation (December 2006)
Yiyu Cai and Judy Brown
Articfact Assessment versus theory testing (June 2006)
Jan Klabbers
Video Games: Issues in Research and Learning (Part 1 and Part 2) (December 2005 and March 2006)
Guest Editors: David Myers, Loyola University, New Orleans, and John Colwell, Westminster University
Distinguished Sponsors
Simulation & Gaming is the official journal of several professional associations, including:
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning
Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming
International Simulation and Gaming Association
North American Simulation and Gaming Association
Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
Society of Simulation and Gaming of Singapore
