What makes a good modeling research contribution?

Abstract

The modeling field is rapidly evolving and expanding to address new research topics and to connect with new disciplines. As such, what constituted a good modeling research contribution ten years ago may not be the same today. We try to distill some insights of what we (and the community we aim to represent) consider today as key elements of a good research paper in the field of software and systems modeling. Such insights—which will need to evolve and adapt with time—will be useful not just for authors of new papers, but also for reviewers and editors.