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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

The Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society – a rather grand title for a monthly publication that, frankly, churns out papers with the relentless efficiency of a well-oiled, albeit slightly dusty, machine. It’s a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which in the world of mathematics means a select few, likely equally tired souls, squinting at proofs and deciding if they're worthy of public consumption. Published by the American Mathematical Society in the United States of America, it’s been around since 1950, accumulating a decade’s worth of theorems and… well, more theorems. Its language is English, naturally. One can only imagine the linguistic gymnastics required to translate the universe's inherent order into something vaguely comprehensible.

The publisher, the aforementioned American Mathematical Society, operates out of the United States of America. They’re the gatekeepers, the arbiters of what gets printed and what gets… filed away. Monthly frequency suggests a steady diet of intellectual output, a consistent hum of mathematical discourse. As for its impact factor – a rather quaint metric, isn't it? – it stood at 0.813 in 2018. A number. It means something to some people, I suppose. For others, it's just noise.

Standard abbreviations are a necessity in this field, a way to condense sprawling titles into something manageable. ISO 4 (alt) and Bluebook (alt) are among them, along with NLM (alt) and MathSciNet (alt). The journal itself is abbreviated as Proc. Am. Math. Soc. under ISO 4, and Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. according to MathSciNet. It’s like a secret code for those who speak the language, a way to distinguish one weighty tome from another. Then there's the indexing: CODEN (alt), JSTOR (alt), LCCN (alt), MIAR, NLM, and Scopus. A veritable constellation of acronyms, each pointing to a different repository of knowledge, or perhaps just a different way to catalogue the same relentless pursuit of truth. The CODEN identifier is PAMYAR, and the ISSNs are 0002-9939 for the print version and 1088-6826 for the web. The LCCN is 51003937, and the OCLC number is no. 1480367. More identifiers. More ways to categorize.

Scope

The Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society isn’t picky about its subject matter, at least not in terms of broad categories. It welcomes articles from all corners of pure and applied mathematics. This includes the labyrinthine world of topology, the elegant structures of geometry, the often-unforgiving landscape of analysis, the foundational principles of algebra, the mysterious patterns of number theory, the intricate arrangements of combinatorics, the abstract realms of logic, and the probabilistic dance of probability and statistics. It’s a buffet of the abstract, a smorgasbord of the rigorously logical.

However, there's a catch. A rather significant one, if you ask me. The journal is specifically devoted to shorter research articles. A strict limit of 15 printed pages per article is enforced. Fifteen pages. Imagine trying to encapsulate the boundless complexities of the universe in a mere fifteen pages. It’s an exercise in extreme brevity, a testament to the fact that sometimes, the most profound truths can be expressed with an almost brutal conciseness. Or perhaps it’s just a way to keep the deluge of submissions manageable. One suspects the latter.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal, whether you find its brevity commendable or infuriating, is diligently catalogued and archived. It’s indexed in a number of significant databases, ensuring its contents don't simply vanish into the ether. These include Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH, the titans of mathematical literature indexing. For broader scientific reach, it’s also found in the Science Citation Index and its expanded version, Science Citation Index Expanded. Add to that ISI Alerting Services, CompuMath Citation Index, and Current Contents / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. It’s a comprehensive net, designed to catch any scholar, researcher, or curious mind who might stumble upon the need to consult these concise pronouncements on mathematical truths.

Other journals from the American Mathematical Society

The American Mathematical Society doesn’t limit its publishing endeavors to just the Proceedings. They have a whole stable of journals, each with its own niche and reputation. There’s the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, which likely offers broader overviews and discussions. Then there are the Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, suggesting more substantial, monograph-length works. The Notices of the American Mathematical Society probably serves as their official communication channel, filled with news, announcements, and perhaps a touch of academic gossip. For more in-depth, perhaps longer-form research, there's the Journal of the American Mathematical Society and the venerable Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. It’s a veritable ecosystem of mathematical publication, each journal playing its part in the grand narrative of mathematical discovery.