Persistence is the annual peer-reviewed journal of the Institute for Complexity Science and Advanced Computing (ICSAC), published as a curated print and ebook volume (ISBN-registered; via Amazon and Ingram). It is independent and diamond open access: no submission or publication fees of any kind (no APC), and authors retain full copyright (CC BY 4.0 default, author's choice).

Scope. Persistence publishes rigorous, foundational, and cross-disciplinary work in complexity science broadly construed:

- Nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, and network science
- Information theory and the geometry of information
- Computational and theoretical approaches to cognition, consciousness, and intelligence (biological and artificial)
- Foundations and methodology across the above

We welcome contributions from physics, biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, mathematics, and philosophy, and we especially value work that crosses disciplinary lines or interrogates foundations and methods. Rigorous heterodox and independent research is read on equal terms with institutionally affiliated work.

Review. Every submission is evaluated through a structured multi-reviewer process, with a human curator signing off on each decision and submissions blinded beforehand. Our entire editorial pipeline — rubrics, blinding procedure, and citation checks — is open source and public, so you can read exactly how your paper will be judged before submitting: https://github.com/ICSAC/editorial-system | https://huggingface.co/ICSAC-Institute