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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Chaos (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Chaos published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Mathematics, Appliedrank 8 of 353 journals
- Q1Physics, Mathematicalrank 6 of 61 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
02Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Chaos
Chaos follows the waiver policy of its publisher, AIP Publishing: full waiver for its Group A countries and a reduced APC for Group B countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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Retractions and research integrity at Chaos
Retractions per year
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Chaos has 6 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Dec 2021. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number. Retractions for paper mills or compromised peer review usually come in batches after an investigation; check whether they are recent before you decide.
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03Indexing
Indexing of Chaos
- ISSN
- 1054-1500
- eISSN
- 1089-7682
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Mathematics, Applied, Physics, Mathematical
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
04What it publishes
What Chaos publishes: real papers
05Papers by our mentors
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Chaos
- Universal response functions in driven dissipative tunneling dynamics20260 citations
Krishna Kingkar Pathak
06Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Chaos
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07Similar journals
Journals similar to Chaos
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08Journal Finder
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
09Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Chaos?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Chaos is 3.88: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 3.88 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Chaos?
The h-index of Chaos is 156 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 156 of its papers have each been cited at least 156 times. Its i10-index is 4,753.
Is Chaos a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Chaos ranks 8 of 353 journals in Mathematics, Applied, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Chaos indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Chaos appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Chaos an SCIE journal?
Yes. Chaos is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Chaos in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Chaos is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Have ScholarsColab mentors published in Chaos?
Yes. 1 paper by 1 mentor was published in Chaos in 2026, with 0 citations in total.
Does Chaos offer an APC waiver?
Chaos follows the policy of AIP Publishing: full waiver for its Group A countries and a reduced APC for Group B countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Chaos retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 6 retracted papers in Chaos, 5 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are error in methods, unreliable data, unreliable results and/or conclusions. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
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