Journal profile · MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Fractal and Fractional
ISSN 2504-3110 · MDPI · SWITZERLAND
Fractal and Fractional: CAS Zone 2 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.48; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 828 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fractal and Fractional is published by MDPI and is in Zone 2 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis and Differential Equations and Numerical Methods, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Numerical Analysis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main subject areas of Fractal and Fractional include: innovative methods and algorithms, theoretical methods and applications related to fractals and to fractional operators. Some common subjects or application areas include: Fractal and Fractional Problems in Mathematics general mathematics geometry analysis of PDEs differential geometry classical analysis and ODEs fractional-order differential and integral equations dynamical systems, bifurcation and chaos topology functional analysis mathematical analysis complex analysis mathematical physics number theory numerical analysis probability and stochastic analysis quantum algebra statistics, data analysis and time series analysis operators theory, integral and differential operators, integral transforms mathematical finance Fractal and Fractional Problems in Computer Science information theory logic optimization and control theory image analysis Fractal and Fractional Problems in Physics classical mechanics quantum mechanics nuclear physics micro and nano-mechanics fluidics and nano-fluidics thermodynamics linear and nonlinear wave propagation nonlinear problems electromagnetism relativity Fractal and Fractional Problems in Chemistry chemistry of fractal structures and processes fractals in chemistry fractional calculus in chemistry and chemical reactions Fractal and Fractional Problems in Engineering Applications fractional and fractal signals fractional and fractal dynamics in engineering mechanics fractional and fractal dynamics in chemical systems complex fractional dynamics in engineering Fractal and Fractional Problems in Biology and Life Science fractional and fractal dynamics in chemical and biological systems fractional biological dynamics and biophysics Fractal and Fractional Problems in Business and Economics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 6, Italy 6, Mainland China 3, Spain 3, Portugal 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsMathematics26.8%
- Nonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisMathematics10.7%
- Differential Equations and Numerical MethodsMathematics5.9%
- Advanced Control Systems DesignEngineering5.2%
- Nonlinear Waves and SolitonsPhysics and Astronomy4.4%
- Iterative Methods for Nonlinear EquationsMathematics3.7%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
- Chaos control and synchronizationPhysics and Astronomy3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
- CiteScore Q1 · Analysis
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,215OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 840LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,352 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 661 | 661 | 457 |
| 2025 | 828 | 828 | 3,136 |
| 2024 | 746 | 746 | 5,512 |
| 2023 | 874 | 874 | 10,473 |
| 2022 | 776 | 776 | 10,080 |
| 2021 | 304 | 304 | 5,693 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 17.2 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3.4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 2,700 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 2,700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 2,700 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers5, by deadline
- Fractal Dimensions and Their Implications in Characterization of Porous MediaDeadline
- Fractional Calculus and Fractals in Colloidal and Soft Matter SystemsDeadline
- Fractional Operators and Symmetries in Mathematical PhysicsDeadline
- Recent Advances in Fractal Analysis for Hydrocarbon Dynamics and Flow ModelingDeadline
- Connecting Quantum Computing and Fractals to Tackle Challenges in MedicineDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Research data sharing encouraged; data should be FAIR and deposited in trusted repositories. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
Citation policy: cite sources, avoid excessive self-citation and citation manipulation. Model summary
Fractal Fract is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Fractal Fract will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
Free format submission accepted; required sections must be present. Model summary
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Fractal Fract accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates indepe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2504-3110
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fractal and Fractional
What CAS zone is Fractal and Fractional in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fractal and Fractional is in Zone 2 of Mathematics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Fractal and Fractional?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.48; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at Fractal and Fractional?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Fractal and Fractional in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications Q1. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Mathematics.
What are the manuscript requirements of Fractal and Fractional?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Fractal and Fractional based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Italy (6) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fractal and Fractional?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fractal and Fractional is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fractal and Fractional open access, and what is the APC?
Fractal and Fractional is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .