Journal profile · Mathematics
Journal of the European Mathematical Society
ISSN 1435-9855 · eISSN 1435-9863 · European Mathematical Society Publishing House · GERMANY · Quarterly
Journal of the European Mathematical Society: CAS Zone 1 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 2.37; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 174 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the European Mathematical Society is published by European Mathematical Society Publishing House 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 Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JEMS will publish research articles in all active areas of pure and applied mathematics. These will be selected by a distinguished, international board of editors for their outstanding quality and interest, according to the highest international standards. Occasionally, substantial survey papers on topics of exceptional interest will also be published.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics
Editor-in-chief Anton AlekseevPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Algebraic Geometry and Number TheoryMathematics10%
- Advanced Algebra and GeometryMathematics7.9%
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature FlowsMathematics7.5%
- Geometric and Algebraic TopologyMathematics6.7%
- Mathematical Dynamics and FractalsMathematics5.7%
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyMathematics5.7%
- Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsMathematics5.3%
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial modelsMathematics4.9%
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 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | 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, Applied | 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 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMathSciNetzbMATHPublisher website
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
- 2.37LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,051OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 260LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,883 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 120 |
| 2025 | 174 | 174 | 235 |
| 2024 | 166 | 166 | 760 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | 904 |
| 2022 | 123 | 123 | 1,586 |
| 2021 | 146 | 146 | 2,054 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 100 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Original work only; not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Adheres to the European Mathematical Society's Code of Practice and the publisher's Code of Conduct and Publishing Ethics. Model summary
The journal is owned by the European Mathematical Society and it adheres to its Code of Practice and the publisher's Code of Conduct and Publishing Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Subscribe to Open (S2O) model; no author fees or article processing charges. Model summary
The Journal of the European Mathematical Society is a Subscribe to Open (S2O) journal, which means that articles may be published open access. There are no author fees or article processing charges associated with this model of open access. Open access articles are published under the CC-BY 4.0 license. The articles that are not published with proper open access, are granted the so-called green op…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Single blind peer review by external reviewers selected by the editorial board. Model summary
The Journal of the European Mathematical Society operates a single blind peer review process conducted by external reviewers selected by the editorial board.
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
- European Mathematical Society Publishing House
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1435-9855
- Electronic ISSN
- 1435-9863
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the European Mathematical Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the European Mathematical Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the European Mathematical Society is in Zone 1 of Mathematics, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Mathematics / Mathematics, Applied; 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 European Mathematical Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.37; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the European Mathematical Society?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Journal of the European Mathematical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the European Mathematical Society is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MathSciNet and zbMATH; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of the European Mathematical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the European Mathematical Society is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .