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Journal of Approximation Theory
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Journal of Approximation Theory

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 294 40 55 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 61
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 59
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.553
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Approximation Theory?

The aim of Journal of Approximation Theory is to expand the discussion of research in Mathematical analysis, Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Pure mathematics and Applied mathematics. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Mathematical analysis, it also covered topics in Function (mathematics) and Type (model theory). The journal explores issues in Discrete mathematics which can be linked to other research areas like Space (mathematics) and Bounded function.

Issues in Combinatorics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Norm (mathematics), Sequence and Polynomial. The journal features Pure mathematics research that overlaps with concepts in Algebra. It explores research in Applied mathematics and the adjacent study of Mathematical optimization.

The journal primarily discusses Orthogonal polynomials topics, particularly Jacobi polynomials, Gegenbauer polynomials, Wilson polynomials and Hahn polynomials. While Jacobi polynomials is the key highlight in Journal of Approximation Theory, it also covered some subjects on Classical orthogonal polynomials and Difference polynomials. Spline interpolation, Polynomial interpolation and Birkhoff interpolation are all topics related to Interpolation research discussed.

  • Mathematical analysis (32.90%)
  • Discrete mathematics (23.88%)
  • Combinatorics (23.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • On calculating with B-splines (1305 citations)
  • Fractal Functions and Wavelet Expansions Based on Several Scaling Functions (565 citations)
  • A strong convergence theorem for relatively nonexpansive mappings in a Banach space (350 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Approximation Theory:

The published articles mostly deal with topics like Mathematical analysis, Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Pure mathematics and Orthogonal polynomials. The published articles hold forums on Mathematical analysis that merge themes from other disciplines such as Function (mathematics) and Applied mathematics. The journal papers explore topics in Discrete mathematics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Bounded function, Type (model theory) and Hilbert space.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Approximation Theory (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles B. Dunham (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Doron S. Lubinsky (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edward B. Saff (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles K. Chui (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oved Shisha (33 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Approximation Theory (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lampung University (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas A&M University (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ohio State University (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (77 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Identification of anisotropic mixed-norm Hardy spaces and certain homogeneous Triebel–Lizorkin spaces

    Long Huang;Jun Liu;Dachun Yang;Wen Yuan

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Sampling, Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequalities, approximation, and quadrature rules

    Karlheinz Gröchenig

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Approximation of functions with small mixed smoothness in the uniform norm

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Laguerre–Angelesco multiple orthogonal polynomials on an r-star

    Marjolein Leurs;Walter Van Assche

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Reconstruction of functions from prescribed proximal points

    Patrick L. Combettes;Zev C. Woodstock

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Asymptotic correlations with corrections for the circular Jacobi β-ensemble

    Peter J. Forrester;Shi-Hao Li;Allan K. Trinh

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" id="d1e33" altimg="si9.svg"><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:math>-Numbers of embeddings of weighted Wiener algebras

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Recovery guarantees for polynomial coefficients from weakly dependent data with outliers

    Lam Si Tung Ho;Hayden Schaeffer;Giang Tran;Rachel Ward

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Nonlinear steepest descent approach to orthogonality on elliptic curves

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Differential equations for the recurrence coefficients limits for multiple orthogonal polynomials from a Nevai class

    Alexander I. Aptekarev;Rostyslav Kozhan

    (2020)
    8 Citations

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