Research Guides: A Guide to Mathematics Resources: Journals

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Frequently-Used Math Journals

These journals have been ordered based on comparisons of their Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), and Scientific Journal Ranking (SJR).

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Journal Metrics and Impact

There are several methods of calculating the quality of scientific research and the the relative importance of a journal to literature and research. Informed and careful use of impact measures is essential, and the following must be kept in mind:

The number of times a paper is cited is not a measure of its actual quality.
Certain disciplines have low numbers of journals and usage. It's best to compare journals within the same discipline.
Some tools that measure the impact data do not incorporate books.
Review articles are cited more often and can change results.
Self-citing may skew results.

For more information on journal and author metrics, please see our research guide:

Research Impact and Evaluation

Common Journal Metrics in Mathematics

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (1997 - )
Information on journal rankings and impact factors in the sciences and social sciences, based on citation data from scholarly and technical journals worldwide.

CWTS Journal Indicators
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) measures actual citations received relative to citations expected and corrects for differences in citations between fields, but doesn't distinguish between document types. SNIP indicators are calculated by Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) from information available in Elsevier's Scopus database.
SJR: SCImago Journal and Country Rank
SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journal that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the prestige of the journal. Rank is calculated from information available in Elsevier's Scopus database.
Eigenfactor Metrics
Eignefactor and Article Influence scores are normalized journal and article ranking metrics that account for the citation differences across disciplines. The Eigenfactor Project ranks more than 8,000 journals in the sciences and social sciences indexed in the Thomson-Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for each year 1997-2013.