Fractals

World Scientific · Singapore · Est. 1988

ISSN1793-6543

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.6

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.851

Total Worksi

4,014

Total Citationsi

49,592

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Multidisciplinary; Applied Mathematics; Geometry and Topology; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 329 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,014

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1793-6543

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

158

3.3k

2019

261

5.3k

2020

357

5.6k

2021

347

3.7k

2022

363

3.4k

2023

253

1.2k

2024

371

949

2025

224

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Applied MathematicsQ2

Geometry and TopologyQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsMultidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsMultidisciplinaryModeling and SimulationGeometry and Topology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsMathematical Dynamics and FractalsComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisTheoretical and Computational PhysicsChaos control and synchronizationNonlinear Waves and SolitonsAdvanced Mathematical Theories and ApplicationsNonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisFractal and DNA sequence analysisNeural Networks and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Fractals

Is Fractals a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fractals: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Fractals?

Fractals is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.27.

Is Fractals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fractals is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fractals?