Journal profile · MATHEMATICS
Transactions of the London Mathematical Society
ISSN 2052-4986 · Wiley · United Kingdom
Transactions of the London Mathematical Society: CAS Zone 2 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,090; median 167 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transactions of the London Mathematical Society is published by Wiley 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 Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology, Geometric and Algebraic Topology and Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mathematical Physics and Geometry and Topology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Transactions of the London Mathematical Society</em> (LMS) is a fully open-access journal publishing articles of the highest quality across the full range of mathematics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyMathematics10%
- Geometric and Algebraic TopologyMathematics8.4%
- Algebraic Geometry and Number TheoryMathematics7.9%
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature FlowsMathematics5.8%
- Advanced Algebra and GeometryMathematics5.2%
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial modelsMathematics4.7%
- semigroups and automata theoryComputer Science4.7%
- Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsMathematics3.7%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 18Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 12,917Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 114 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 76 |
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 Crossref · to
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 139 days – 256 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 67 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 255 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (37 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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 41 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 41 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | USD 2,090 / GBP 1,610 / EUR 1,820 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,900 / EUR 1,650 / GBP 1,460 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,650 / GBP 1,270 / EUR 1,430 | Yes | — |
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-4986
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (December 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the London Mathematical Society
What CAS zone is Transactions of the London Mathematical Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transactions of the London 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 2 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Transactions of the London Mathematical Society?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at Transactions of the London Mathematical Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 139–256 days); authors report an average review time of about 41 weeks. 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 Transactions of the London Mathematical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transactions of the London Mathematical Society is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Transactions of the London Mathematical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Transactions of the London Mathematical Society is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,090.
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: .