Journal profile · MATHEMATICS, APPLIED-MATHEMATICS
Advances in Calculus of Variations
ISSN 1864-8258 · eISSN 1864-8266 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH · GERMANY
Advances in Calculus of Variations: CAS Zone 3 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.42; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,712; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Calculus of Variations is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH and is in Zone 3 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows, together about 57.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Applied Mathematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The current volume of Advances in Calculus of Variations is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.ObjectiveAdvances in Calculus of Variations publishes high quality original resear ch focusing on that part of calculus of variation and related applications which combines tools and methods from partial differential equations with geometrical techniques.Topicsexistence and regularity for minimizers and critical pointsvariational methods for partial differential equationsgeometrical aspects of calculus of variati on: minimal surfaces, harmonic mappings, geometrically motivated flows, curvature equations, quasi-conformal mappingsapplications of variational methods to non-linear elasticity, free boundary problems, general relativitygeometric measure theoryArticle formatsResearch articlesComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, me aning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. Your Benefits Your benefits: Highly specialized journal Rigorous and thorough peer-review Significant impact factor, highly ranked in Journal Citation Report® Ahead of print online publication History The journal was founded in 2008. Other publications in the field Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces Analysis Advances in Geometry Open Mathematics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS, APPLIED-MATHEMATICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsMathematics25.2%
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringComputer Science16.4%
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature FlowsMathematics15.7%
- Numerical methods in inverse problemsMathematics4.7%
- Analytic and geometric function theoryMathematics4.4%
- Nonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisMathematics3.2%
- Geometry and complex manifoldsMathematics3.2%
- Point processes and geometric inequalitiesMathematics3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MathSciNetCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, Naver, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 153OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 567 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 25 | 5 |
| 2025 | 43 | 27 | 30 |
| 2024 | 40 | 18 | 68 |
| 2023 | 35 | 21 | 128 |
| 2022 | 41 | 32 | 191 |
| 2021 | 42 | 26 | 220 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1864-8258
- Electronic ISSN
- 1864-8266
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Calculus of Variations
What CAS zone is Advances in Calculus of Variations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Calculus of Variations is in Zone 3 of Mathematics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Mathematics / Mathematics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Calculus of Variations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.42; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Calculus of Variations?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Advances in Calculus of Variations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Calculus of Variations is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MathSciNet and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advances in Calculus of Variations open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Calculus of Variations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,712.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .