American Journal of Mathematics
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American Journal of Mathematics
| American Journal of Mathematics | |
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| Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Amer. J. Math. |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Christopher Sogge |
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| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (United States) |
| Publication history | 1878–present |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
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| ISSN | 0002-9327 (print) 1080-6377 (web) |
| OCLC number | 1480153 |
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The American Journal of Mathematics is a bimonthly mathematics journal published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
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History
The American Journal of Mathematics is the oldest continuously published mathematical journal in the United States,[1] established in 1878 at the Johns Hopkins University by James Joseph Sylvester, an English-born mathematician who also served as the journal's editor-in-chief from its inception through early 1884. Other notable mathematicians who have served as editors or editorial associates of the journal include Oscar Zariski, Lars Ahlfors, Hermann Weyl, Wei-Liang Chow, S. S. Chern, André Weil, Harish-Chandra, Jean Dieudonné, Henri Cartan, Stephen Smale, Jun-Ichi Igusa, and Joseph A. Shalika.
Scope and impact factor
The American Journal of Mathematics is a general-interest (i.e., non-specialized) mathematics journal covering all the major areas of contemporary mathematics. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2009 impact factor is 1.337, ranking it 22nd out of 255 journals in the category "Mathematics".[2]
Editors
As of May, 2011, the editors are Christopher Sogge, editor-in-chief (The Johns Hopkins University), William Minicozzi II (The Johns Hopkins University), Peter Ozsváth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Freydoon Shahidi (Purdue University), and Vyacheslav Shokurov (The Johns Hopkins University).
References
- ^ Kent, Deborah (2008). "The Mathematical Miscellany and The Cambridge Miscellany of Mathematics: Closely connected attempts to introduce research-level mathematics in America, 1836–1843". Historia Mathematica 35: 102–122.
- ^ "Web of Science". 2011. http://isiwebofknowledge.com. Retrieved May 5.
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