Chaos

Aims & Scope

Chaos is a quarterly journal published by the American Institute of Physics and devoted to increasing the understanding of nonlinear phenomena and describing the manifestations in a manner comprehensible to researchers from a broad spectrum of disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7125

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4805

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.770

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	134

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Mathematics, Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Quantification of scaling exponents and crossover phenomena in nonstationary heartbeat time series

  Citation: 3012

  Authors: C.-K., Shlomo, H. Eugene, Ary L.

• Practical implementation of nonlinear time series methods: The <scp>TISEAN</scp> package

  Citation: 1172

  Authors: Rainer, Holger, Thomas

• Approximate entropy (ApEn) as a complexity measure

  Citation: 971

  Authors: Steve

• <scp>VORO++</scp>: A three-dimensional Voronoi cell library in C++

  Citation: 853

  Authors: Chris H.

• Low dimensional behavior of large systems of globally coupled oscillators

  Citation: 840

  Authors: Edward, Thomas M.

• Fractional kinetic equations: solutions and applications

  Citation: 729

  Authors: Alexander I., George M.

• Vortex dynamics in three-dimensional continuous myocardium with fiber rotation: Filament instability and fibrillation

  Citation: 722

  Authors: Flavio, Alain

• Fundamentals of synchronization in chaotic systems, concepts, and applications

  Citation: 711

  Authors: Louis M., Thomas L., Gregg A., Douglas J., James F.

• Complex systems analysis of series of blackouts: Cascading failure, critical points, and self-organization

  Citation: 655

  Authors: Ian, Benjamin A., Vickie E., David E.

• Applied Koopmanism

  Citation: 587

  Authors: Marko, Ryan, Igor

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