Annals of Mathematics
| Discipline | mathematics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jean Bourgain, David Gabai, Nick Katz, Peter Sarnak, Yakov Sinai, Gang Tian |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1874-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | bimonthly |
| 3.447[1] (2008) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Ann. Math. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0003-486X |
| Links | |
The Annals of Mathematics (often just called Annals) is a bimonthly mathematical journal published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. It ranks amongst the most prestigious mathematics journals in the world by criteria such as impact factor.
The journal began as The Analyst in 1874[2] and was founded and edited by Joel E. Hendricks. It was "intended to afford a medium for the presentation and analysis of any and all questions of interest or importance in pure and applied Mathematics, embracing especially all new and interesting discoveries in theoretical and practical astronomy, mechanical philosophy, and engineering".[3] It was published in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the earliest American mathematics journal to be published continuously for more than a year or two.[4] This incarnation of the journal ceased publication after its tenth year, in 1883, giving as an explanation Hendricks's declining health,[5] but Hendricks made arrangements to have it taken over by new management,[6] and it was continued from March 1884 as the Annals of Mathematics.[7] The new incarnation of the journal was edited by Ormond Stone of the University of Virginia. It moved to Harvard in 1899 before reaching its current home in Princeton in 1911.
An important period for the journal was 1928-1958 with Solomon Lefschetz as editor.[8] During this time, Annals became an increasingly well-known and respected journal. The rise of Annals, in turn, stimulated American mathematics. Norman Steenrod characterized Lefschetz' impact as the Annals editor as follows:"The importance to American mathematicians of a first-class journal is that it sets high standards for them to aim at. In this somewhat indirect manner, Lefschetz profoundly affected the development of mathematics in the United States."[8]
Princeton University continued to publish the Annals on its own until 1933, when the Institute for Advanced Study took joint editorial control. Since 1998 it has been available in an electronic edition, alongside its regular print edition. The electronic edition was available without charge, as an open access journal, but since 2008 this is no longer the case. Editions before 2003 were transferred to the non-free JSTOR archive, and articles are not freely available until 5 years after publication.
The current editors of the Annals of Mathematics are:[9]
- Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study
- David Gabai, Princeton University
- Nick Katz, Princeton University
- Peter Sarnak, Princeton University
- Yakov Sinai, Princeton University
- Gang Tian, Princeton University
The Annals should not be confused with the Mathematische Annalen, an unrelated German mathematical journal.
References
- ^ 2008 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition. Thomson Scientific, 2008.
- ^ Diana F. Liang, Mathematical journals: an annotated guide. Scarecrow Press, 1992, ISBN 0810825856; p. 15
- ^ Hendricks, Joel E. (1874). "Introductory remarks". The Analyst. 1 (1): 1–2.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Fiske, Thomas S. (1905). "Mathematical progress in America" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 11: 238–246. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1905-01210-6.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) Reprinted in Bulletin (New Series) of the American Mathematical Society 37 (1), 3–8, 1999. - ^ Hendricks, Joel E. (1883). "Announcement". The Analyst. 10 (5): 159–160.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Hendricks, Joel E. (1883). "Announcement". The Analyst. 10 (6): 166.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Raymond Garver (1932). "The Analyst, 1874-1883". Scripta Mathematica. 1 (1): 247–51.
- ^ a b J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson. Solomon Lefschetz. MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Accessed February 2, 2010
- ^ http://annals.princeton.edu/EditorialBoard.html