Journal profile · Mathematics
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
ISSN 0273-0979 · eISSN 1088-9485 · American Mathematical Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1979
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society: CAS Zone 2 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.71; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is published by American Mathematical Society and is in Zone 2 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History and Theory of MathematicsMathematics14.7%
- Mathematics and ApplicationsMathematics11.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
- Advanced Topics in AlgebraMathematics4.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
- Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical SystemsMathematics3.9%
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyMathematics3.6%
- Mathematical Dynamics and FractalsMathematics3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 1.71LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 209OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,479OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 18,682 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 562 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 29 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 188 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 51 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 113 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 300 |
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)
- Fairly 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Mathematical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1979
- ISSN
- 0273-0979
- Electronic ISSN
- 1088-9485
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
What CAS zone is Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is in Zone 2 of Mathematics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mathematics. 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 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.71; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 209.
How long does peer review take at Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .