
Founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987 »
The original journal devoted to the science, mathematics and engineering of systems with simple components but complex overall behavior.


Complex Systems journal is included in the Web of Science (Clarivate) 2023 Journal Citation Reports with an Impact Factor of 1.2, ranking 11th in the category "Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Application - ESCI" and 5th by total citations.

Hundreds of published papers, encompassing three decades of leading-edge complex systems research, are available for free and immediate download.

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Volume 32, Issue 1

Randall D. Beer
Cultivating the Garden of Eden
Maurice Margenstern
The Domino Problem of the Hyperbolic Plane Is Undecidable: New Proof
Tomoko Sakiyama
A Game of Life Shifted toward a Critical Point
Marlon N. Gonzaga, Marcelo M. de Oliveira and Allbens A. P. Faria
Spatial Scale Effects in COVID-19 Spread Models
D. E. Rivas-Cisneros
Use of Recurrence Plots to Find Mutations in Deoxyribonucleic Acid Sequences

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