Journal profile · Mathematics
Journal of the American Mathematical Society
ISSN 0894-0347 · eISSN 1088-6834 · American Mathematical Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Journal of the American Mathematical Society: CAS Zone 1 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.43; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the American Mathematical Society is published by American Mathematical Society and is in Zone 1 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, Advanced Algebra and Geometry and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models, together about 32.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
All articles submitted to this journal are peer-reviewed. The AMS has a single blind peer-review process in which the reviewers know who the authors of the manuscript are, but the authors do not have access to the information on who the peer reviewers are. This journal is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Algebraic Geometry and Number TheoryMathematics12.7%
- Advanced Algebra and GeometryMathematics12%
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial modelsMathematics8.1%
- Geometric and Algebraic TopologyMathematics7.3%
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyMathematics7%
- Advanced Topics in AlgebraMathematics5.2%
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature FlowsMathematics5.2%
- Mathematical Dynamics and FractalsMathematics4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 4.43LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 7.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80LetPub ·
- h-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,179OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,514 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 13 | 146 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 2024 | 16 | 4 | 53 |
| 2023 | 26 | 9 | 385 |
| 2022 | 25 | 12 | 335 |
| 2021 | 30 | 14 | 568 |
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 hardLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- ISSN
- 0894-0347
- Electronic ISSN
- 1088-6834
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Mathematical Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the American Mathematical Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the American Mathematical Society is in Zone 1 of Mathematics, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Mathematics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the American Mathematical Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.43; CiteScore 8.6, h-index 175.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the American Mathematical Society?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Journal of the American Mathematical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the American Mathematical Society is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of the American Mathematical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the American Mathematical Society is a subscription 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: .