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Questions about mathematical publishing, including specific journals, peer review etc.

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How to find American Mathematical Society Translations: Series 2 Volume 12 published in 1959

here is a link to the scanned article at Google Books: http://tinyurl.com/pywo7dw
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Is there something like a vision paper in mathematics?

The "mother of all vision papers", the Langlands program, was simply a handwritten letter; so I would not worry too much about "where to post it", it's the content that will determine the impact. Fo …
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Properties of a "research announcement"

In physics the journals Physical Review Letters (PRL) and Physical Review aim for such a dual role, as described in this editorial: The submission of an expanded version of an [announcement in] PRL … If authors simultaneously submit a Letter to PRL and a regular paper to one of the Physical Review journals, the two manuscripts are then reviewed coherently, typically by the same reviewers. …
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Can editors move a journal to a different publisher?

Q: Can editors move a journal to a different publisher? A: Only if they represent the owner of the journal (a foundation or university). If the publisher owns the journal it is unlikely they will agre …
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Publishing mathematical coincidences

There is actually the possibility for publishable research on this topic, in the context of computational complexity: How many formulas should one try for a relative accuracy of $10^{-p}$? The answer …
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Publication rates for different areas of mathematics?

I'm hesitating to give this answer, but Italy has researched the question "on average how many papers per year does a professor in a given field publish", and they have made this into a selection crit …
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Where can I find journal contents of Ars Combinatoria

The tables of contents are not available online, but you can reconstruct them using Web of Science or MathSciNet (if you have access), or Google Scholar (query source:"Ars Combinatoria"). It should no …
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Free open-access peer-reviewed math journals

Here are some math journals of this type, that use arXiv as a repository (socalled "overlay journals"): Discrete Analysis (blog) Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry Logical Methods in Computer Science … A more complete list can be accessed at the Directory of Open Access Journals (doaj.org) …
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In a publication, should an `\ldots` always be followed by a period?

The principle mentioned by Iosif Pinelis that equations should follow the rules of grammar suggests to look at the OP in the broader context of the use of ellipsis in text: is $\ldots$ to be followed …
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Amount of math research published in other languages?

I researched the language distribution using the Web of Science. Since your interest was in new content, I restricted the search to the period 1985-2015. The total number of mathematics articles in th …
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Mathematical journals that accept long papers (up to 100 pages)

The MDPI journal Mathematics states that: Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length …
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Misspelling my name on my mathematical publications

Since you have the luxury of a double surname, there is an easy solution that avoids having to go back and correct older publications: use Leyli Jafari from now on. Spanish authors do this all the tim …
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Can one reuse positive referee reports if paper ends up being rejected?

For many journals the referee is asked to tick a box when they submit their report to indicate whether or not they (1) allow the report to be used for another journal and (2) whether their identity may … This complication will hopefully become a thing of the past, when more and more journals migrate to a practice where referee reports are public documents, even if anonymous. …
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When is an erratum necessary?

The evidence on arXiv does not seem to support the assertion that mathematicians are significantly more reluctant to issue an erratum than, say, physicists: errata in mathematics (92 items) errata i …
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How many papers are posted a year?

At SCImago you can find pretty much the entire statistics: The first graph gives the total number of math papers per year. The second graph breaks it down per subject area (so you can distinguish "pu …
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