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Journal History

2017 The inaugural issue was released. Fractal and Fractional was published as a quarterly journal.
2019 Fractal and Fractional was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
2020 Fractal and Fractional was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
Fractal and Fractional was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2021

Fractal and Fractional received its first CiteScore (2020) of 3.6, ranked 20/164 in “Mathematics, Analysis”, 43/239 in “Mathematics, Statistics and Probability”, and 14/45 in “Physics and Astronomy, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics”.

Fractal and Fractional received its first Impact Factor (2020) of 3.313, ranked 24/108 in “Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications”.

Fractal and Fractional established the following sections:

  • General Mathematics, Analysis;
  • Geometry;
  • Numerical and Computational Methods;
  • Probability and Statistics;
  • Mathematical Physics;
  • Engineering;
  • Life Science, Biophysics;
  • Complexity.
2022 Fractal and Fractional adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Fractal and Fractional announced the first edition of the Best Paper awards.
2023 Fractal and Fractional received its 2022 Impact Factor (5.4).
Fractal and Fractional received its 2022 CiteScore (3.6).
2024 Fractal and Fractional received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.6).
Fractal and Fractional received its 2023 CiteScore (4.6).
Fractal and Fractional established the following section:
Optimization, Big Data, and AI/ML.
2025 Fractal and Fractional received its 2024 Impact Factor (3.3).
Fractal and Fractional received its 2024 CiteScore (6.0), ranked 8/198 in "Mathematics-Analysis".
Fractal and Fractional announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer awards.

Editor-in-Chief

2017–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlo Cattani

Section Editor-in-Chief

2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Norbert Herencsar for the section on Engineering
2022–2025 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sergei Fedotov for the section on Life Science, Biophysics
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. António Lopes for the section on Complexity
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Riccardo Caponetto for the section on Numerical and Computational Methods
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ivanka Stamova for the section on General Mathematics, Analysis
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Haci Mehmet Baskonus for the section on Mathematical Physics
2025–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen for the section on Optimization, Big Data, and AI/ML
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