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Advances in Fixed Point Theory

SCIK Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN1927-6303
SJR Q3Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2017-04-26). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.27
H-Indexi
11
SNIPi
0.46
Total Worksi
462
Total Citationsi
476
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.12
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Advances in Fixed Point Theory (AFPT) is a peer-reviewed open access international journal, which is aimed to provide a publication forum for important research in different areas of current interest covering all aspects of fixed point theory and their techniques applicable to nonlinear analysis, geometry, game theory, mathematical economics, engineering, mathematical physics, mathematical biology and other related areas. This journal will accept high quality articles containing original research results and survey articles of exceptional merit.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2011
Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications462
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle blinded
OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
SCIK Publishing Corporation
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1927-6303
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single blinded
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
26
58
2019
18
6
2020
20
3
2021
11
4
2022
32
15
2023
63
8
2024
51
10
2025
26
3
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.

Computational MathematicsQ3
Control and OptimizationQ3
AnalysisQ4
Geometry and TopologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Control and OptimizationComputational MathematicsAnalysisGeometry and Topology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fixed Point Theorems AnalysisOptimization and Variational AnalysisNonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchFractional Differential Equations SolutionsDifferential Equations and Boundary ProblemsDifferential Equations and Numerical MethodsContact Mechanics and Variational InequalitiesAdvanced Differential Geometry ResearchFunctional Equations Stability Results

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Fixed Point Theory

Is Advances in Fixed Point Theory a predatory journal?

Advances in Fixed Point Theory was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-04-26). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Fixed Point Theory?

Advances in Fixed Point Theory is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.27.

Is Advances in Fixed Point Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Fixed Point Theory is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Fixed Point Theory?

Advances in Fixed Point Theory (AFPT) is a peer-reviewed open access international journal, which is aimed to provide a publication forum for important research in different areas of current interest covering all aspects of fixed point theory and their techniques applicable to nonlinear analysis, geometry, game theory, mathematical economics, engineering, mathematical physics, mathematical biology and other related areas. This journal will accept high quality articles containing original research results and survey articles of exceptional merit.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref