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. |
| 2026 | Fractal and Fractional received its 2025 Impact Factor (3.5) and is ranked 22/137 in "Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications". Fractal and Fractional received its 2025 CiteScore (6.8). Fractal and Fractional held the first The 1st International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional. Fractal and Fractional announced the Early Career Editorial Board. Fractal and Fractional announced its second online conference IOCFF 2027 to celebrate its 10th year anniversary. |
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 |
| 2025–2026 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen for the section on Optimization, Big Data, and AI/ML |
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