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Journal of Symbolic Logic
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Journal of Symbolic Logic

0022-4812

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-symbolic-logic

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 707 4 14 3
Computer Science 1035 4 19 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 11
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.831
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Symbolic Logic?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Algebra, Calculus and Pure mathematics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Discrete mathematics, apply to Axiom as well. Countable set is a major topic of Combinatorics research presented in the journal.

  • Discrete mathematics (19.63%)
  • Combinatorics (10.38%)
  • Algebra (9.46%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • On the logic of theory change: Partial meet contraction and revision functions (2649 citations)
  • Reducibility Among Combinatorial Problems (2064 citations)
  • A Formulation of the Simple Theory of Types (1595 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Symbolic Logic:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics, Algebra, Calculus and Pure mathematics. The journal publications focus on Discrete mathematics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Axiom, Mathematical proof and Set (abstract data type). Many of the studies tackled in the most cited papers connect Combinatorics with a similar field of study like Function (mathematics).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Journal of Symbolic Logic mainly cover the fields of Combinatorics, Pure mathematics, Class (set theory), Discrete mathematics and Bounded function. While it focused on Combinatorics, it was also able to explore topics like Sequence, Set (abstract data type) and Omega. Most of the works presented in it deals with Pure mathematics but it intersects with the subject of Simple (abstract algebra).

The Class (set theory) study featured in Journal of Symbolic Logic draws parallels with the field of Forcing (recursion theory).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • PROJECTIVE CLONE HOMOMORPHISMS (26 citations)
  • A comparison of various analytic choice principles (4 citations)
  • Lignin as an Active Biomaterial: A Review (4 citations)

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 Symbolic Logic (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alonzo Church (879 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles A. Baylis (283 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frederic B. Fitch (181 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrzej Mostowski (169 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carl G. Hempel (154 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 Symbolic Logic (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (129 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (87 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (83 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Paris (75 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 2021 edition, 77.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.34% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.34% of all publications and 72.41% 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

  • PUNCTUAL CATEGORICITY AND UNIVERSALITY

    Rod Downey;Noam Greenberg;Alexander G. Melnikov;Keng Meng Ng

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Relationships between computability-theoretic properties of problems

    Rod Downey;Noam Greenberg;Matthew Harrison-Trainor;Ludovic Patey

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • HOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURES WITH NONUNIVERSAL AUTOMORPHISM GROUPS

    Wiesław Kubiś;Saharon Shelah

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • CONTINUOUS SENTENCES PRESERVED UNDER REDUCED PRODUCTS

    Isaac Goldbring;H. Jerome Keisler

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • HIGHER MILLER FORCING MAY COLLAPSE CARDINALS

    Heike Mildenberger;Saharon Shelah

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Euclidean numbers and numerosities

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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