Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society

Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society is a peer-reviewed scholarly periodical published by the Indian Mathematical Society. Established in 1909, it has chronicled research developments across number theory, algebra, analysis, geometry and applied mathematics while engaging scholars associated with institutions such as the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Paris, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago. The journal has interactions with societies and institutions including the London Mathematical Society, American Mathematical Society, Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, Royal Society, and the National Academy of Sciences.

History

The journal was founded in the early 20th century amid connections to figures and institutions like Srinivasa Ramanujan, G. H. Hardy, J. E. Littlewood, Trench and the Madras Presidency College intellectual milieu, alongside contemporaneous organizations such as the Indian Science Congress and the Bengal Renaissance. Early editorial leadership linked to personalities from the University of Madras, the University of Calcutta, and the Banaras Hindu University fostered exchanges with scholars from the École Normale Supérieure, University of Göttingen, ETH Zurich, Imperial College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. Through the 20th century the journal navigated periods marked by events like World War I, World War II, the Indian independence movement, interactions with the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and collaborations with departments at Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, Rutgers University, University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The late 20th and early 21st centuries saw involvement from researchers affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Statistical Institute, IISc Bangalore, and cross-links to programs at the European Mathematical Society, Fields Institute, Clay Mathematics Institute, and the Simons Foundation.

Scope and Publication Details

The journal covers research in areas with historical and contemporary relevance including submissions in number theory, algebraic geometry, functional analysis, partial differential equations, topology, combinatorics, mathematical physics and probability theory, attracting authors from universities such as University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, University of Toronto, McGill University and institutes like the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Statistical Institute, IISc Bangalore, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and International Centre for Theoretical Sciences. Publication frequency and format have adapted over time, with print runs and digital distribution alongside collaborations with libraries like the British Library, Library of Congress, National Library of India and repositories connected to the arXiv, MathSciNet, Zentralblatt MATH and cataloging by the ISSN International Centre.

Editorial Board and Peer Review

Editorial operations have involved mathematicians who have held posts at institutions such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Princeton University, Harvard University, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, University of Göttingen, Institute for Advanced Study, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Statistical Institute, IISc Bangalore, Banaras Hindu University and University of Madras. The board employs blind peer review procedures paralleling standards used by the American Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society, European Mathematical Society and publishing houses like Springer Science+Business Media, Elsevier, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. Peer reviewers often come from departments at Yale University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, University of Toronto and research centers including the Institute for Advanced Study, Fields Institute and Clay Mathematics Institute.

Notable Articles and Contributions

The journal has published influential papers that have intersected threads associated with mathematicians and works such as Srinivasa Ramanujan’s continuations in venues linked to G. H. Hardy, developments related to conjectures and theorems connected to scholars from Ulf Grenander style statistical mathematics, breakthroughs in areas resonant with topics treated by André Weil, Alexander Grothendieck, John von Neumann, David Hilbert, Bernhard Riemann, Émile Picard, Henri Poincaré, Sofia Kovalevskaya and Évariste Galois. Notable contributions have influenced research strands affiliated with the Ramanujan Prize, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Fields Medal contexts, and problems that parallel work celebrated at conferences like the International Congress of Mathematicians and institutions such as the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Steklov Institute of Mathematics. The journal has been a venue for results later cited in monographs from publishers like Springer, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press and Oxford University Press.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed in databases and services that include MathSciNet, Zentralblatt MATH, Scopus, Web of Science, and cataloging bodies like the ISSN International Centre; its holdings are listed in library catalogs including the British Library, Library of Congress, National Library of India, University of Cambridge Library and Bodleian Library. Indexing enables discoverability alongside aggregators and services connected to the arXiv, Google Scholar, JSTOR, Project Euclid, ProQuest and national repositories maintained by institutions such as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Indian National Digital Library.

Category:Mathematics journals Category:Academic journals established in 1909