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Services for authors: Free Paper Quality Check and Language Assistance
All authors are encouraged to run their papers through a free pre-submission check before turning their papers in to Editorial Manager to decrease their chances of rejection. Non-native English speaking authors may also benefit from the language assistance the platform provides.
  1. Transferred articles: Mathematics Open prioritizes articles that have been transferred, with or without peer review, from other relevant World Scientific journals. These articles may have been transferred because the editors judged the content good quality but unsuitable for the journal to which they were originally submitted. The objective is to provide a trusted and accredited home for all good quality research in the mathematical sciences.

    The benefits to authors are:
    (i) Rapid review and article-by-article publication
    (ii) There is no need to enter all submission details again
    (iii) All articles transferred will be evaluated by editors to ensure quality, validity, and relevance.

    Mathematics Open prioritizes articles that have been transferred from the following journals:
    Asian-European Journal of Mathematics (AEJM)
    Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences (BMS)
    Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications (DMAA)
    Fractals (FRACTALS)
    Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics (IDAQP)
    International Journal of Biomathematics (IJB)
    International Journal of Mathematics (IJM)
    International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing (IJWMIP)
    Journal of Algebra and Its Applications (JAA)
    Stochastics and Dynamics (SD)


    Reasons to choose Mathematics Open
    • Reputable Editorial Board
      The editorial board consists of reputable researchers who are leading experts in their field. For the complete list of editors, please go to the Editorial Board page.


    • Smooth and easy resubmission
      Once the consent to transfer is confirmed, we will transfer the submission on your behalf.
      • No need to repeat the submission process; details about the submission will be transferred automatically.
      • No need to format the manuscript again according to the receiving journal’s style guide.


    • Fast and efficient review
      • Available review comments are transferred with your submission, allowing the editors to make a faster decision.
      • The editorial office makes sure all submissions are processed promptly.
      • Authors can also revise their manuscript based on comments received before transferring, so that the new review process can focus on areas not covered previously.

      Average days from submission to first decision: 40.
      Average days from submission to final decision: 67.


    • The right fit for your research
      Mathematics Open welcome submissions from all areas within the broad scope of the mathematical sciences.
      • It saves you the trouble of finding the right journal for your research and
      • reduces the chances of being rejected for being out of scope.


    • Objective and constructive peer review
      The rigorous review process focuses on ensuring high technical quality, soundness of methodology, and good ethical practices. Editorial decisions are not based on perceived novelty or potential impact.

      The current acceptance rate is: 26%.


    • Benefits of open access (OA): discoverability, increased impact and citations
      OA publication maximizes your work’s impact and discoverability. Studies have shown that OA articles tend to have a citation advantage compared with non-OA articles in certain disciplines.


    • Article promotion
      We promote individual articles to help your research reach a wide readership, further increasing its impact and chances of being cited. For example, this article has been downloaded 138k times as of Dec 6th, 2023.


    • Our mission: dissemination of high-quality science
      World Scientific has been in fruitful collaborations with many prominent scientists and organizations, including the Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize, and Field Medalists’ Lectures, and the Molecular Frontiers Journal with Molecular Frontier Foundation.

      Mathematics Open is our latest step in the mission of connecting great minds. With this journal, we hope to foster an open and trustworthy source for works of high technical quality and sound research practice, while bringing this diverse discipline together.


  2. New articles: Submission of new articles are to be submitted online via the Editorial Manager (EM), a fully web-based submission, peer-review, and tracking system. Submission of a new article implies that it has not been published, and is not being considered for publication in another journal. Authors are to select one of the Subject Editors according to their paper's topic.


  3. New Authors: If you are submitting via the online system for the first time, you will first be required to register. From the account you create, you will be able to monitor your submission and make subsequent submissions. Papers must be submitted with full address(es) and e-mail address(es) of the author(s).


  4. Peer review process: The editorial peer review process focuses on the technical validity of research, from methodological, analytical, statistical, and publication ethics.

    Articles transferred with peer review reports from other World Scientific journals will be deemed provisionally accepted pending a rapid internal technical editorial review.

    Articles transferred without peer review will undergo external peer review but receive priority over direct new submissions. By policy, reviewers are not identified to the authors, except at the request of the reviewer.

    An initial check will ensure that the article complies with World Scientific editorial and publishing policies, including checks on authorship, competing interests, ethics approval and plagiarism. This process to ensure that the article contains everything the editors and peer reviewers need to perform a fair and thorough assessment.


  5. Special Issues: Potential guest editors are welcome to submit special issue proposals here. Each proposal will be reviewed by the Editorial Office and a member of the Editorial Board regarding (1) the credentials of the guest editors, and (2) its relevancy to the journal.

    The peer review of special issue articles will be handled by the existing Editorial Board and the Editorial Office, independently from the guest editors. Papers authored or co-authored by the guest editors should be limited to less than 25% of the articles in each special issue.


  6. Publication ethics: More information can be found here.


  7. Copyright: Mathematics Open is an open access journal. Authors of articles published in the journal retain the copyright to the articles and have their final version of their articles published with immediate and unrestricted access.

    All articles are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) License or any Creative Commons License that the author has chosen. Further distribution of these works is permitted, provided the original work is properly cited. For further details, see here.

    The Open Access (OA) License to Publish Form is available here.


  8. Article Processing Charge: The Article Processing Charge (APC) is US$1,500, plus VAT or any local taxes where applicable in your country. World Scientific offers APC waivers and discounts to papers whose corresponding authors are based in low-income and lower-middle-income economies. We also offer waivers and discounts through a variety of Publish and Read deals. Please visit the Open Access page for more information.
    Waiver or discount status of an article will not influence editorial decisions.


  9. Article formatting
    All new submissions must be written in clear English. Authors must ensure that the linguistic standard of their submissions is sufficiently high before submitting to the journal. Submissions can be rejected on linguistic grounds. Hardcopy of new submissions or submissions via email to the editorial board members are not encouraged. Any manuscript which does not conform to the instructions may be returned to authors for revision before publication.

    Abstract and Keywords: Provide an abstract of not more than 200 words describing the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the study. Select about four to six keywords which do not duplicate words in the title. Composite words can be selected such as "Discrete systems", which is counted as one keyword. Do not abbreviate keywords.

    Sections should be numbered with arabic numerals. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered.

    Notation should be legible, compact, and conform to current practice. Each symbol must be clear and properly aligned so that superscripts and subscripts are easily distinguishable.

    Footnotes should be indicated in the text with superscript letters: a, b, c, etc.

    Indicators such as Proposition, Theorem, Proof, Lemma are in boldface, and the statements of theorems, lemmas and corollaries in italics.

    References are numbered consecutively in arabic numerals in alphabetical order of the author's name and are designed by number in square brackets in the next. For journal references, the standard abbreviations for journal names should be used. They should be listed in a separate sheet at the end of the text material. The general format preferred is indicated below:

    [1] R. Lorentz and D. B. Benson, Deterministic and nondeterministic flow-chart interpretations, J. Comput. System Sci. 27 (1983) 400–433.
    [2] M. J. Beeson, Foundations of Constructive Mathematics (Springer, Berlin, 1985).
    [3] K. L. Clark, Negations as failure, in Logic and Data Bases, eds. H. Gallaire and J. Winker (Plenum Press, New York, 1973), pp. 293–306.
    [4] D. Dolve, Unanimity in an unknown and unreliable environment, in Proc. 22nd Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, Nashville, TN (Oct. 1981), pp. 159–168.
    [5] R. Tamassia, C. Batini and M. Talamo, An algorithm for automatic layout of entity relationship diagrams, in Entity-Relationship Approach to Software Engineering, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Entity-Relationship Approach, eds. C. G. Davis, S. Jajodia, P. A. Ng and R. T. Yeh (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1983), pp. 421–439.
    [7] W. L. Gewirtz, Investigations in the theory of descriptive complexity, Ph.D. Thesis, New York University (1974).

    Figures should be numbered in arabic numerals in the order of appearance in the text with caption.

    Tables should be numbered with arabic numerals in the order of appearance. Every table must have a caption, which should be typed above the table.

    Authors are strongly encouraged to typeset their submissions using the LaTeX2e style files provided. Detailed instructions for preparation of manuscripts are available in: Latex2e (readme / Download)


IMPORTANT NOTICE:
World Scientific Publishing will only issue an official invoice for the payment of an Article-Processing Charge if you opt for Gold Open Access, and after your paper has been accepted. Before responding to any payment request, we advise you to check on your submission's status at Editorial Manager website, or contact the Subject Editor/Technical Editor, to ensure your submission has officially been "Accepted" for publication. Please disregard any payment request if otherwise. When in doubt, contact us at World Scientific (editor@wspc.com).