Journal profile · Mathematics
Boundary Value Problems
ISSN 1687-2762 · eISSN 1687-2770 · Springer International Publishing · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 2005
Boundary Value Problems: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.25; fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 214 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boundary Value Problems is published by Springer International Publishing and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, together about 38.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Applied Mathematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Boundary Value Problems aims to provide a forum to promote, encourage, and bring together various disciplines which use the theory, methods, and applications of boundary value problems. This journal publishes very high quality research articles on boundary value problems for ordinary, functional, difference, elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic differential equations. Articles on singular, free, and ill-posed boundary value problems, and other areas of abstract and concrete analysis are welcome. In addition to regular research articles, Boundary Value Problems will publish review articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics
Editor-in-chief Kanishka PereraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 35%); most named Mainland China 13, Italy 7, United States 2, India 2, France 2 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisMathematics15.3%
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringComputer Science11.9%
- Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsMathematics11.2%
- Differential Equations and Numerical MethodsMathematics8.7%
- Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsMathematics8.3%
- Differential Equations and Boundary ProblemsMathematics7.4%
- Stability and Controllability of Differential EquationsEngineering6.7%
- Advanced Mathematical Physics ProblemsMathematics5.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2020 edition (high risk); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
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
- 2.25LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 732OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 211LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,184 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 158 | 77 |
| 2025 | 214 | 214 | 629 |
| 2024 | 169 | 169 | 727 |
| 2023 | 117 | 117 | 569 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | 538 |
| 2021 | 105 | 105 | 425 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,590 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,890 / EUR 1,490 / GBP 1,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,140 / USD 1,790 / EUR 1,390 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,290 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,590 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review CommentLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review CommentLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review CommentLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files; machine-readable format; 'Availability of data and materials' section required. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY 4.0 licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Boundary Value Problems articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1687-2762
- Electronic ISSN
- 1687-2770
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Boundary Value Problems
What CAS zone is Boundary Value Problems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boundary Value Problems is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematics / Mathematics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Boundary Value Problems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.25; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Boundary Value Problems?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Boundary Value Problems based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 35%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (13), Italy (7) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Boundary Value Problems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boundary Value Problems is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Boundary Value Problems open access, and what is the APC?
Boundary Value Problems is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .