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:
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| 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 |
