About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal of the South African Mathematical Society
Quaestiones Mathematicae is devoted to research articles from a wide range of mathematical areas. Longer expository papers of exceptional quality are also considered. Published in English, the journal receives contributions from authors around the globe and serves as an important reference source for anyone interested in mathematics.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 16K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.994 (2023) SNIP
- 0.384 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 0 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 140 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 16% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
S TER HORST
Unit for Business Mathematics and Informatics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
Associate Editors
J BANASIAK
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
D HOLGATE
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
G JANELIDZE
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
JG RAFTERY
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
IM REWITZKY
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
BA WATSON
School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
e-mail: [email protected]
L van WYK
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
email: [email protected]
Honorary and Advisory Board
T DUBE, University of South Africa, South Africa
B GREEN, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, South Africa
K GROBLER, North-West University, South Africa
N SAUER, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Submissions
All submissions should be made online at the Quaestiones Mathematicae ScholarOne Manuscripts site ( http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tqma).
Editorial Board
T Albu, Simion Stoilow Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Romania
M Ali, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
PA Bergh, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
O Blasco, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
S Bradlow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
F Breuer, University of Newcastle, Australia
R Brits, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E Czabarka, University of South Carolina, USA
DS Cvetkovic-Ilic, University of Nis, Serbia
M Domokos, Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics, Hungary
V Drensky, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
V Futorny, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
M Galewski, Institute of Mathematics, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
K Govinder, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
M Henning, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
C Heuberger, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
M Langer, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
F Luca, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
M Moller, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
J Picado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
J Ratzkin, University of Würzburg, Germany
A Rhandi, University of Salerno, Italy
FG Russo, University of Cape Town, South Africa
J Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute, India
S Schroll, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
V Troitsky, University of Alberta, Canada
JH van der Walt, University of Pretoria, South Africa
J van Mill, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
S Wagner, Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Australian Research Council ERA list 2015
Baidu Scholar
Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded™
CNKI
CnpLINKer
Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI)
DTU Findit
E-lib Breman
EBSCO Databases
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
Finnish Publication Forum (Julkaisufoorumi)
Genamics JournalSeek
Google Scholar
JournalTOCs
MathEduc Database
MathSciNet
Microsoft Academic
Naver Academic
NHN
Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers
Portico
ProQuest Technology Collection
Publons
Scopus™ - click here for current CiteScore
Ulrich's periodicals Directory
Web of Science
WorldCat Local (OCLC)
zbMath
Zetoc
Open access
Quaestiones Mathematicae is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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Society information
Journal of the South African Mathematical Society
12 issues per year
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