Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Symmetry was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2011 | Symmetry was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2013 | Symmetry was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2014 | Symmetry received its first Impact Factor (0.918). |
| 2016 | Symmetry published its 500th paper. Symmetry adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2017 | Symmetry organised the First International Conference on Symmetry in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2018 | Symmetry published its 1,000th paper. |
| 2019 | Symmetry organised the Second International Conference on Symmetry in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2020 | Symmetry published its 5,000th paper. Symmetry established the following sections:
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| 2021 | One Editorial Board Member of Symmetry, the Nobel prize winner Prof. Dr. Steven Weinberg passed away. Symmetry organised the Third International Conference on Symmetry Online. |
| 2023 | Computer Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Computer. Chemistry and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry. Mathematics and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Mathematics. Biology and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Life Sciences. Physics and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Physics. Engineering Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry was renamed as Engineering and Materials. Symmetry organised the Fourth International Conference on Symmetry in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2026 | Symmetry established the following section: A1: Artificial Intelligence with Applications; Symmetry and Asymmetry in Engineering Decisions: Data-Driven and Expert-Based Approaches to Multi-Attribute Decision-Making was renamed as Symmetry and Asymmetry in Artificial Intelligence and Optimization for Risk and Reliability Engineering. |
Editor-in-Chief
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2009–2012 |
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Joe Rosen (Founding Editor) |
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2012–2015 |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Slavik V. Jablan |
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2018–present |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sergei Odintsov |
Section Editor-in-Chief
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2020–2023 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Juan Luis García Guirao for the section on Mathematics |
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2020–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Shelupanov for the section on Computer Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Profumo for the section on Physics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. György Keglevich for the section on Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John H. Graham for the section on Life Sciences |
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2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vasilis K. Oikonomou for the section on Engineering and Materials |
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2023–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Calogero Vetro for the section on Mathematics |
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2026–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zechao Li for the section on A1: Artificial Intelligence with Applications |
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