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Mathematical Intelligencer
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Mathematical Intelligencer

0343-6993

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/283

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 553 24 31 4
Computer Science 1063 8 8 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 34
Documents by Best Scientists*: 41
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.288
Impact Factor: 0.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at The Mathematical Intelligencer?

The scientific interests tackled in The Mathematical Intelligencer are Mathematics education, Combinatorics, Calculus, Art history and Pure mathematics.

  • Mathematics education (9.55%)
  • Combinatorics (7.49%)
  • Calculus (6.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Probability theory : the logic of science (4120 citations)
  • Mathematical problems for the next century (987 citations)
  • Distributing many points on a sphere (872 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Mathematical Intelligencer:

The journal articles focus largely on the fields of Combinatorics, Pure mathematics, Calculus, Discrete mathematics and Algebra. While Combinatorics is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Class (set theory) and Sequence. Discrete mathematics research is the primary subject tackled in the journal articles with a focus in Prime number.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Geometry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Combinatorics, Mathematics education, Classics, Art history and Mathematical society. The journal investigates Combinatorics research which frequently intersects with Simple (abstract algebra).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Variations on the Tait–Kneser Theorem (8 citations)
  • Quantum Numbers and q-Deformed Conway–Coxeter Friezes (3 citations)
  • Conway’s Cat (2 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 The Mathematical Intelligencer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Robin Wilson (89 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colin Adams (65 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David E. Rowe (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • James M. Henle (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Osmo Pekonen (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 The Mathematical Intelligencer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Williams College (67 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Open University (64 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Smith College (47 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Mainz (34 papers) published 2 papers 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, 17.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.48% of all publications and 47.25% 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

  • Variations on the Tait–Kneser Theorem

    Serge Tabachnikov;Vladlen Timorin

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Big Math and the One-Brain Barrier: The Tetrapod Model of Mathematical Knowledge

    Jacques Carette;William M. Farmer;Michael Kohlhase;Florian Rabe

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Shadow Sequences of Integers: From Fibonacci to Markov and Back

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • The Cartesian Ovals

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Quantum Numbers and q-Deformed Conway–Coxeter Friezes

    Sophie Morier-Genoud;Valentin Ovsienko

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • The Scottish Book. Mathematics from the Scottish Café, with Selected Problems from the New Scottish Book, second edition Edited by R. Daniel Mauldin

    Serge Tabachnikov

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Two Definite Integrals That Are Definitely (and Surprisingly!) Equal

    Shalosh B. Ekhad;Doron Zeilberger;Wadim Zudilin

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Conway’s Light on the Shadow of Mordell

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • The Amazing Chromatic Polynomial

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Motion and Continuity

    (2022)
    3 Citations

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