LINEAR & MULTILINEAR ALGEBRA

LINEAR & MULTILINEAR ALGEBRA is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Matrix Theory and Algorithms, Advanced Topics in Algebra and graph theory and CDMA systems, together about 43.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Linear and Multilinear Algebra publishes high-quality original research papers that advance the study of linear and multilinear algebra, or that include novel applications of linear and multilinear algebra to other branches of mathematics and science. Linear and Multilinear Algebra also publishes research problems, survey articles and book reviews of interest to researchers in linear and multilinear algebra. Appropriate areas include, but are not limited to: spaces over fields or rings tensor algebras nonnegative matrices inequalities in linear algebra combinatorial matrix theory numerical linear algebra representation theory Lie theory invariant theory and operator theory The audience for Linear and Multilinear Algebra includes both industrial and academic mathematicians. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submissions can be made through the Submission Portal. Publishing Ethics The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/ The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/. LAMA follows the policy that rejected papers that are resubmitted will not be accepted for peer review.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Mathematics

Editor-in-chief Steve KirklandPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceMathSciNetzbMATHCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, Australian Research Council ERA list 2015, Baidu Scholar, British Library Inside, CNKI Scholar, CNPIEC, CnpLINKer, Current Index to Statistics, Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI), DTU Findit, E-lib Breman, EBSCO Databases, Electronic Journals Library (EZB), Genamics JournalSeek, JournalTOCs, MathEduc Database, Microsoft Academic, Naver Academic, New Jour, NHN Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers, ProQuest Advanced Technologies and Aerospace, ProQuest Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, ProQuest Technology Collection, Publons, SciBase, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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Impact

Impact factor

0.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

2.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.27Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

32LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

70OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,348OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.89OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

2.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

114LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

80,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

17%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

23 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

145 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

ISSN

0308-1087

Electronic ISSN

1563-5139

Latest issue on the website

Volume 74, Issue 13 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website