Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Mathematical Physics journal rankings 2018
60 ranked journals · Subfield in Mathematics
Mathematical Physics has 60 ranked journals in 2018. The median journal has an OJR of 0.75, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2017; Q1 starts at OJR 0.96. The top three are Acta Mathematica, The Annals of Probability, and American Journal of Mathematics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Mathematics (10)
60 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Acta MathematicaOAMittag-Leffler Institute · Netherlands | 3.58Q1 | 2.78 0.58 down from 2017 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
2The Annals of ProbabilityInstitute of Mathematical Statistics · United States | 2.24Q1 | 2.14 0.31 down from 2017 | 286 | 97% | — | ||
3American Journal of MathematicsJohns Hopkins University Press · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.39 0.07 down from 2017 | 139 | 70% | — | ||
4Memoirs of the American Mathematical SocietyAmerican Mathematical Society · United States | 1.97Q1 | 1.41 0.25 down from 2017 | 83 | 71% | — | ||
5Annales Scientifiques de l École Normale SupérieureSociété Mathématique de France · France | 1.86Q1 | 1.37 0.48 down from 2017 | 120 | 48% | — | ||
6Probability Theory and Related FieldsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.82Q1 | 1.63 0.03 up from 2017 | 208 | 68% | $3,090 | ||
7Communications in Mathematical PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.75Q1 | 2.21 0.02 down from 2017 | 787 | 93% | $2,990 | ||
8The Annals of Applied ProbabilityInstitute of Mathematical Statistics · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.81 0.39 down from 2017 | 295 | 91% | — | ||
9NonlinearityIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 1.98no change | 505 | 91% | $3,325 | ||
10Representation Theory of the American Mathematical SocietySerbian Mathematical Society · United States | 1.35Q1 | 0.86 0.11 down from 2017 | 49 | 50% | — | ||
11Inverse ProblemsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.34Q1 | 2.05 0.05 up from 2017 | 454 | 85% | $3,325 | ||
12Annales Henri PoincaréBirkhäuser · Switzerland | 1.14Q1 | 1.57 0.38 down from 2017 | 242 | 90% | $3,090 | ||
13Mathematical Physics Analysis and GeometrySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.02Q1 | 1.31 0.56 up from 2017 | 85 | 70% | $3,090 | ||
14Journal of Statistical PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.98Q1 | 1.69 0.13 up from 2017 | 731 | 82% | $3,090 | ||
15Electronic Journal of ProbabilityOAInstitute of Mathematical Statistics · United States | 0.96Q1 | 0.92 0.06 up from 2017 | 308 | 100% | $675 | ||
16Discrete and Continuous Dynamical SystemsOAAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.96Q2 | 1.06 0.09 up from 2017 | 807 | 100% | — | ||
17Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré Probabilités et StatistiquesInstitute of Mathematical Statistics · France | 0.96Q2 | 0.87 0.25 down from 2017 | 228 | 96% | — | ||
18Journal of Spectral TheoryOAEuropean Mathematical Society | 0.88Q2 | 0.79 0.41 up from 2017 | 107 | 64% | — | ||
19IMA Journal of Applied MathematicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 1.24 0.26 down from 2017 | 144 | 40% | $3,718 | ||
20Journal of Dynamics and Differential EquationsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.87Q2 | 0.90 0.09 down from 2017 | 206 | 47% | $3,090 | ||
21Inverse Problems and ImagingAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.87Q2 | 1.12 0.52 down from 2017 | 152 | 88% | — | ||
22Inverse Problems in Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.85Q2 | 1.24 0.08 up from 2017 | 246 | 70% | — | ||
23Reviews in Mathematical PhysicsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.82Q2 | 1.16 0.18 down from 2017 | 102 | 77% | — | ||
24Indagationes MathematicaeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.81Q2 | 0.79 0.24 up from 2017 | 248 | 98% | $2,140 | ||
25Journal of Dynamical and Control SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.79Q2 | 0.95 0.04 up from 2017 | 120 | 40% | $3,390 | ||
26Monatshefte für MathematikSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.78Q2 | 0.71 0.02 up from 2017 | 368 | 48% | $3,190 | ||
27Proceedings of the American Mathematical SocietyAmerican Mathematical Society · United States | 0.77Q2 | 0.59 0.03 down from 2017 | 1,621 | 77% | — | ||
28Annals of K-TheoryMathematical Sciences Publishers · United States | 0.77Q2 | 0.48 0.15 down from 2017 | 37 | 77% | — | ||
29Dynamical SystemsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.76Q2 | 0.96 0.54 up from 2017 | 120 | 39% | — | ||
30Infinite Dimensional Analysis Quantum Probability and Related TopicsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.75Q2 | 0.88 0.10 up from 2017 | 87 | 50% | — | ||
31PositivityBirkhäuser · Netherlands | 0.75Q3 | 0.81 0.18 up from 2017 | 214 | 35% | $3,090 | ||
32The Journal of Difference Equations and ApplicationsTaylor & Francis · Switzerland | 0.73Q3 | 1.01 0.11 up from 2017 | 345 | 21% | — | ||
33Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed ProblemsDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.73Q3 | 0.82 0.11 down from 2017 | 160 | 17% | $2,712 | ||
34St Petersburg Mathematical JournalSerbian Mathematical Society · United States | 0.73Q3 | 0.82 0.17 up from 2017 | 156 | 21% | — | ||
35Ergodic Theory and Dynamical SystemsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 0.77 0.03 up from 2017 | 429 | 75% | $3,550 | ||
36Journal of Noncommutative GeometryOAEuropean Mathematical Society | 0.64Q3 | 0.52 0.06 up from 2017 | 139 | 74% | — | ||
37Journal of Modern DynamicsOAAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.62Q3 | 0.38 0.16 down from 2017 | 70 | 100% | — | ||
| 0.62Q3 | 0.52 0.07 up from 2017 | 46 | 58% | — | |||
39Homology Homotopy and ApplicationsLehigh University · United States | 0.61Q3 | 0.55 0.05 up from 2017 | 117 | 100% | — | ||
40Russian Journal of Mathematical PhysicsPleiades Publishing · Russia | 0.60Q3 | 1.04 0.12 up from 2017 | 146 | 13% | — | ||
| 0.60Q3 | 0.63 0.06 up from 2017 | 84 | 66% | — | |||
42Quaestiones MathematicaeTaylor & Francis · South Africa | 0.58Q3 | 0.60 0.05 up from 2017 | 280 | 13% | — | ||
43Advances in Applied ProbabilityCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.57Q3 | 0.72 0.01 up from 2017 | 270 | 81% | $3,550 | ||
44Journal of Operator TheoryRomania | 0.55Q3 | 0.38 0.09 down from 2017 | 138 | 22% | — | ||
45Electronic Communications in ProbabilityOAInstitute of Mathematical Statistics · United States | 0.54Q3 | 0.51no change | 245 | 100% | $675 | ||
46Glasnik MatematickiUniversity of Zagreb · Croatia | 0.53Q4 | 0.65 0.30 up from 2017 | 86 | 72% | — | ||
47Studia MathematicaPolish Academy of Sciences · Poland | 0.52Q4 | 0.44 0.01 up from 2017 | 229 | 41% | — | ||
48P-Adic Numbers Ultrametric Analysis and ApplicationsPleiades Publishing · Russia | 0.50Q4 | 0.68 0.36 down from 2017 | 71 | 21% | — | ||
49The Journal of Geometric MechanicsOAAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.49Q4 | 0.59 0.02 up from 2017 | 61 | 100% | — | ||
50Journal of Applied ProbabilityCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.49Q4 | 0.58 0.20 down from 2017 | 379 | 57% | $3,550 |
Subfields of Mathematics, with Mathematical Physics highlighted.
- Applied Mathematics178
- Statistics and Probability135
- Geometry and Topology133
- Mathematical Physics60
- Modeling and Simulation36
- Algebra and Number Theory25
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics13
- Numerical Analysis6
- Theoretical Computer Science2
- Computational Mathematics0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 additional Mathematical Physics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 60
- Window papers (baseline)
- 23,422 +5.2% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 0.75 -15.1% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 5
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 68 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 13,723 | 14,399 | 14,850 | 15,422 | 15,961 | 16,534 | 17,145 | 17,512 | 18,145 | 19,153 | 19,810 | 20,763 | 21,359 | 21,903 | 22,158 | 22,272 | 22,900 | 23,229 | 23,422 | 23,899 | 24,450 | 25,191 | 25,287 | 25,335 | 24,741 | 25,240 | |
| Median OJR | 1.09 | 0.959 | 0.941 | 1.04 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.005 | 1.03 | 0.944 | 0.99 | 0.974 | 0.956 | 0.967 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.562 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.558 | 0.53 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.