Journal History
2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Symmetry was published as a quarterly journal. |
2013 | Symmetry was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). |
2014 | Symmetry received its first Impact Factor (0.918). |
2016 | Symmetry published its 500 paper. Symmetry changed to a monthly publication schedule. |
2017 | Symmetry organised the First International Conference on Symmetry in Barcelona, Spain. https://symmetry2017.sciforum.net/ |
2018 | Symmetry published its 1,000th paper. |
2019 | Symmetry organised the Second International Conference on Symmetry in Barcelona, Spain. https://symmetry2019.sciforum.net/ |
2020 | Symmetry published its 5,000th paper. Symmetry established the following sections: Computer and Engineering Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry Section; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sections/computer_engineering_science_symmetry Mathematics and Symmetry/Asymmetry Section; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/mathematics_symmetry Physics and Symmetry/Asymmetry Section; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/physics_symmetry Chemistry and Symmetry/Asymmetry Section; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/chemistry_symmetry Biology and Symmetry/Asymmetry Section; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/biology_symmetry |
2021 | One Editorial Board Member of Symmetry, the Nobel prize winner Prof. Dr. Steven Weinberg passed away. |
Editors-in-Chief
Founding Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Joe Rosen (until 2012) |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Slavik V. Jablan (until 2015) |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sergei D. Odintsov |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Shelupanov for section Computer and Engineering Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sections/computer_engineering_science_symmetry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Juan Luis García Guirao for section Mathematics and Symmetry/Asymmetry; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/mathematics_symmetry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Profumo for section Physics and Symmetry/Asymmetry; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/physics_symmetry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. György Keglevich for section Chemistry and Symmetry/Asymmetry; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/chemistry_symmetry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John H. Graham for section Biology and Symmetry/Asymmetry; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/sectioneditors/biology_symmetry |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vasilis K. Oikonomou for the section on Engineering Science and Symmetry/Asymmetry |