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'''''Mathematical Reviews''''' is a journal and online bibliographic database published by the [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS) that contains brief synopses (and occasionally evaluations) of many articles in [[mathematics]], [[statistics]] and [[theoretical computer science]].<ref name=Charleston>
'''''Mathematical Reviews''''' is a journal published by the [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS) that contains brief synopses, and in some cases evaluations, of many articles in [[mathematics]], [[statistics]], and [[theoretical computer science]].<ref name=Charleston>
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== Reviews ==
== Reviews ==
The journal was founded by [[Otto E. Neugebauer]] in 1940<ref name="jackson">{{Citation | first = Allyn |last=Jackson | url = http://www.ams.org/notices/199703/comm-mr.pdf | title = Chinese Acrobatics, an Old-Time Brewery, and the "Much Needed Gap": The life of Mathematical Reviews | journal = Notices of the American Mathematical Society | volume = 44 | year = 1997 | issue = 3 | pages = 330–7 |format=PDF}}</ref> as an alternative to the German journal ''[[Zentralblatt für Mathematik]]'',<ref>{{Citation |chapterurl = http://www.ams.org/publications/math-reviews/LehmerArt.pdf | contribution = A half century of reviewing | authorlink = Derrick Henry Lehmer |pages=265–6 |first=D.H. |last=Lehmer | title = A Century of Mathematics in America, Part I | editor-first = Peter | editor-last =Duren | publisher = American Mathematical Society | year = 1988 |isbn=0-8218-0124-4 |url=http://www.ams.org/samplings/math-history/hmath1-index}}</ref> which Neugebauer had also founded a decade earlier, but which under the Nazis had begun censoring reviews by and of Jewish mathematicians.<ref name="jackson"/> The goal of the new journal was to give reviews of every mathematical research publication. As of November 2007, the ''Mathematical Reviews'' database contained information on over 2.2 million articles. The authors of reviews are volunteers, usually chosen by the editors because of some expertise in the area of the article. It and ''[[Zentralblatt MATH|Zentralblatt für Mathematik]]'' are the only comprehensive resources of this type. (The Mathematics section of ''[[Referativny Zhurnal]]'' is available only in [[Russian language|Russian]] and is smaller in scale and difficult to access.) Often reviews give detailed summaries of the contents of the paper, sometimes with critical comments by the reviewer and references to related work. However, reviewers are not encouraged to criticize the paper, because the author does not have an opportunity to respond. The author's summary may be quoted when it is not possible to give an independent review, or when the summary is deemed adequate by the reviewer or the editors. Only bibliographic information may be given when a work is in an unusual language, when it is a brief paper in a conference volume, or when it is outside of the primary scope of the Reviews. Originally the reviews were written in several languages, but later an "English only" policy was introduced. Selected reviews (called "featured reviews") were also published as a book by the AMS, but this program has been discontinued.
Mathematical Reviews was founded by [[Otto E. Neugebauer]] in 1940<ref name="jackson">{{Citation | first = Allyn |last=Jackson | url = https://www.ams.org/notices/199703/comm-mr.pdf | title = Chinese Acrobatics, an Old-Time Brewery, and the "Much Needed Gap": The life of Mathematical Reviews | journal = Notices of the American Mathematical Society | volume = 44 | year = 1997 | issue = 3 | pages = 330–7 }}</ref> as an alternative to the German journal ''[[Zentralblatt für Mathematik]]'',<ref>{{Citation |chapter-url = https://www.ams.org/publications/math-reviews/LehmerArt.pdf | contribution = A half century of reviewing | author-link = Derrick Henry Lehmer |pages=265–6 |first=D.H. |last=Lehmer | title = A Century of Mathematics in America, Part I | editor-first = Peter | editor-last =Duren | publisher = American Mathematical Society | year = 1988 |isbn=0-8218-0124-4 |url=https://www.ams.org/samplings/math-history/hmath1-index}}</ref> which Neugebauer had also founded a decade earlier, but which under the Nazis had begun censoring reviews by and of Jewish mathematicians.<ref name="jackson"/> The goal of the new journal was to give reviews of every mathematical research publication. As of November 2007, the ''Mathematical Reviews'' database contained information on over 2.2 million articles. The authors of reviews are volunteers, usually chosen by the editors because of some expertise in the area of the article. It and ''[[Zentralblatt MATH|Zentralblatt für Mathematik]]'' are the only comprehensive resources of this type. (The Mathematics section of ''[[Referativny Zhurnal]]'' is available only in [[Russian language|Russian]] and is smaller in scale and difficult to access.) Often reviews give detailed summaries of the contents of the paper, sometimes with critical comments by the reviewer and references to related work. However, reviewers are not encouraged to criticize the paper, because the author does not have an opportunity to respond. The author's summary may be quoted when it is not possible to give an independent review, or when the summary is deemed adequate by the reviewer or the editors. Only bibliographic information may be given when a work is in an unusual language, when it is a brief paper in a conference volume, or when it is outside the primary scope of the Reviews. Originally the reviews were written in several languages, but later an "English only" policy was introduced. Selected reviews (called "featured reviews") were also published as a book by the AMS, but this program has been discontinued.


== Online database ==
== Online database ==
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In 1980, all the contents of ''Mathematical Reviews'' since 1940 were integrated into an electronic searchable database. Eventually the contents became part of [[MathSciNet]], which was officially launched in 1996.<ref name="Dominy">{{Citation |first1 = Margaret |last1=Dominy |first2=Jay |last2=Bhatt | url = http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html | title = MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web, a Review | journal = Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship | issue=Summer 2001 | year = 2001 |doi=10.29173/istl1862 |s2cid=250571609 |doi-access=free }}</ref> MathSciNet also has extensive citation information.<ref>[https://www.ams.org/mr-database Mathematical Reviews database]</ref>

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In 1980, all the contents of ''Mathematical Reviews'' since 1940 were integrated into an electronic searchable database. Eventually the contents became part of '''MathSciNet''',<ref name="Dominy">{{Citation |first1 = Margaret |last1=Dominy |first2=Jay |last2=Bhatt | url = http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html | title = MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web, a Review | journal = Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship | issue=Summer 2001 | year = 2001 }}</ref> which, along with reviews, also has now citation information (albeit primarily limited to other articles in MathSciNet). ''Mathematical Reviews'' and MathSciNet have become an essential tool for researchers in the mathematical sciences.<ref name=Charleston/>

Unlike most other abstracting databases, MathSciNet takes care to identify authors properly.<ref>{{Citation | title=The Identification of Authors in the Mathematical Reviews Database | url=http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases.html | last=TePaske-King | first=Bert |first2=Norman |last2=Richert | journal=Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship | date=Summer 2001 }}</ref> Its author search allows the user to find publications associated with a given author record, even if multiple authors have exactly the same name. ''Mathematical Reviews'' personnel will sometimes even contact authors to ensure that the database has correctly attributed their papers. On the other hand, the general search menu uses string matching in all fields, including the author field. This functioning is needed for the database to access some old reviews (before 1940) which have not yet been completely integrated and thus cannot be found by searching for the author first.

MathSciNet provides [[BibTeX]] entries with all reviews, and its abbreviations of journal titles have become a ''de facto'' standard in mathematical publishing. Both ''Mathematical Reviews'' and ''[[Zentralblatt für Mathematik]]'' use the [[Mathematics Subject Classification]] codes for organizing their reviews.

== Scope ==
MathSciNet contains information on about 2 million articles from 1,900 mathematical journals, many of them abstracted "cover-to-cover".<ref name="Dominy"/><ref>{{citation |author= |title=Mathscinet Matters |journal=Notices of the AMS |volume=52 |issue=1 |page=62 |year=2005 |url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200501/comm-mathscinet.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> In addition, reviews or bibliographical information on selected articles is included from many [[engineering]], [[computer science]] and other [[Applied mathematics|applied]] journals abstracted by MathSciNet. The selection is done by the editors of the Mathematical Reviews.<ref name=Charleston/> The editors accept suggestions to cover additional journals, but do not reconsider missing articles for inclusion.[http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/FAQ.html#missing]


== Mathematical citation quotient ==
== Mathematical citation quotient ==
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''Mathematical Reviews'' computes a '''mathematical citation quotient''' ('''MCQ''') for each journal. Like the [[impact factor]] and other similar [[citation rate]]s, this is a numerical statistic that measures the frequency of citations to a journal.<ref>"[https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/citation_database_help_full.html Citation Database Help Topics]", Mathematical Reviews. Accessed 2011-1-13</ref> The MCQ is calculated by counting the total number of citations into the journal that have been indexed by ''Mathematical Reviews'' over a five-year period, and dividing this total by the total number of papers published by the journal during that five-year period.


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For the period 2012 – 2014, the top five journals in ''Mathematical Reviews'' by MCQ were:<ref>"Top Journal MCQs cited in the MR Citation Database", MathSciNet, accessed 2019-10-22</ref>
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''Mathematical Reviews'' computes a "mathematical citation quotient" (MCQ) for each journal. Like the [[impact factor]], this is a numerical statistic that measures the frequency of citations to a journal.<ref>"[http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/citation_database_help_full.html Citation Database Help Topics]", Mathematical Reviews. Accessed 2011-1-13</ref> The MCQ is calculated by counting the total number of citations into the journal that have been indexed by ''Mathematical Reviews'' over a five-year period, and dividing this total by the total number of papers published by the journal during that five-year period.

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For the period 2004–2008, the top five journals in ''Mathematical Reviews'' by MCQ were:<ref>"Top Journal MCQs cited in the MR Citation Database", MathSciNet, accessed 2011-1-13</ref>


# ''[[Acta Numerica]]'' — MCQ 3.43
# ''[[Acta Numerica]]'' — MCQ 8.14
# ''[[Annals of Mathematics]]'' — MCQ 2.97
# ''[[Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS]]'' — MCQ 5.06
# ''[[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]]'' — MCQ 2.92
# ''[[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]]'' — MCQ 4.79
# ''[[Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics]]'' — MCQ 2.43
# ''[[Annals of Mathematics]]'' — MCQ 4.60
# ''[[Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS]]'' — MCQ 2.33
# ''[[Forum of Mathematics, Pi]]'' — MCQ 4.54


The "All Journal MCQ" is computed by considering all the journals indexed by Mathematical Reviews as a single meta-journal, which makes it possible to determine if a particular journal has a higher or lower MCQ than average. The 2009 All Journal MCQ is 0.28.
The "All Journal MCQ" is computed by considering all the journals indexed by ''Mathematical Reviews'' as a single meta-journal, which makes it possible to determine if a particular journal has a higher or lower MCQ than average. The 2018 All Journal MCQ is 0.41.


==Current Mathematical Publications==
==''Current Mathematical Publications''==
''Current Mathematical Publications'' was a subject index in print format that published the newest and upcoming mathematical literature, chosen and indexed by Mathematical Reviews editors. It covered the period from 1965 until 2012, when it was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web
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==See also==
==See also==
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* ''[[Referativnyi Zhurnal]]'', published in former [[Soviet Union]] and now in [[Russia]]
* ''[[Referativnyi Zhurnal]]'', published in former [[Soviet Union]] and now in [[Russia]]
* [[Zentralblatt MATH]], published in [[Germany]]
* [[Zentralblatt MATH]], published in [[Germany]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ams.org/mr-database Mathematical Reviews database] with access to the online search function for the database (for subscribers), and links to information about the service, such as the following:
*[https://www.ams.org/mr-database ''Mathematical Reviews'' database] with access to the online search function for the database (for subscribers), and links to information about the service, such as the following:
*#[http://www.ams.org/authors/mr-edit.html ''Mathematical Reviews'' editorial statement] outlines the mission of ''Mathematical Reviews'';
*#[https://www.ams.org/authors/mr-edit.html ''Mathematical Reviews'' editorial statement] outlines the mission of ''Mathematical Reviews'';
*#[http://www.ams.org/mresubs/guide-reviewers.html ''Mathematical Reviews'' guide for reviewers], intended for both reviewers and users of ''Mathematical Reviews''.
*#[https://www.ams.org/mresubs/guide-reviewers.html ''Mathematical Reviews'' guide for reviewers], intended for both reviewers and users of ''Mathematical Reviews''.
*#[http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/FAQ.html MathSciNet FAQ]
*[http://www.math.ou.edu/~kmartin/mr.html Exceptional MathReviews] collected by Kimball Martin and sorted by amusement factor.
*[http://www.math.ou.edu/~kmartin/mr.html Exceptional MathReviews] collected by Kimball Martin and sorted by amusement factor.


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Mathematical Reviews
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Mathematical Reviews is a journal published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) that contains brief synopses, and in some cases evaluations, of many articles in mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science.[1][2] The AMS also publishes an associated online bibliographic database called MathSciNet, which contains an electronic version of Mathematical Reviews.

Reviews

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Mathematical Reviews was founded by Otto E. Neugebauer in 1940[3] as an alternative to the German journal Zentralblatt für Mathematik,[4] which Neugebauer had also founded a decade earlier, but which under the Nazis had begun censoring reviews by and of Jewish mathematicians.[3] The goal of the new journal was to give reviews of every mathematical research publication. As of November 2007, the Mathematical Reviews database contained information on over 2.2 million articles. The authors of reviews are volunteers, usually chosen by the editors because of some expertise in the area of the article. It and Zentralblatt für Mathematik are the only comprehensive resources of this type. (The Mathematics section of Referativny Zhurnal is available only in Russian and is smaller in scale and difficult to access.) Often reviews give detailed summaries of the contents of the paper, sometimes with critical comments by the reviewer and references to related work. However, reviewers are not encouraged to criticize the paper, because the author does not have an opportunity to respond. The author's summary may be quoted when it is not possible to give an independent review, or when the summary is deemed adequate by the reviewer or the editors. Only bibliographic information may be given when a work is in an unusual language, when it is a brief paper in a conference volume, or when it is outside the primary scope of the Reviews. Originally the reviews were written in several languages, but later an "English only" policy was introduced. Selected reviews (called "featured reviews") were also published as a book by the AMS, but this program has been discontinued.

Online database

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Mathematical Reviews
ProducerAmerican Mathematical Society

In 1980, all the contents of Mathematical Reviews since 1940 were integrated into an electronic searchable database. Eventually the contents became part of MathSciNet, which was officially launched in 1996.[2] MathSciNet also has extensive citation information.[5]

Mathematical citation quotient

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Mathematical Reviews computes a mathematical citation quotient (MCQ) for each journal. Like the impact factor and other similar citation rates, this is a numerical statistic that measures the frequency of citations to a journal.[6] The MCQ is calculated by counting the total number of citations into the journal that have been indexed by Mathematical Reviews over a five-year period, and dividing this total by the total number of papers published by the journal during that five-year period.

For the period 2012 – 2014, the top five journals in Mathematical Reviews by MCQ were:[7]

  1. Acta Numerica — MCQ 8.14
  2. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS — MCQ 5.06
  3. Journal of the American Mathematical Society — MCQ 4.79
  4. Annals of Mathematics — MCQ 4.60
  5. Forum of Mathematics, Pi — MCQ 4.54

The "All Journal MCQ" is computed by considering all the journals indexed by Mathematical Reviews as a single meta-journal, which makes it possible to determine if a particular journal has a higher or lower MCQ than average. The 2018 All Journal MCQ is 0.41.

Current Mathematical Publications

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Current Mathematical Publications was a subject index in print format that published the newest and upcoming mathematical literature, chosen and indexed by Mathematical Reviews editors. It covered the period from 1965 until 2012, when it was discontinued.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fowler, Kristine K (January 2000). "Mathematics Sites Compared:Zentralblatt MATH Database and MathSciNet" (PDF). The Charleston Advisor. 1 (3): 18(1) to 18(11). ISSN 1525-4011. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b Dominy, Margaret; Bhatt, Jay (2001), "MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web, a Review", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (Summer 2001), doi:10.29173/istl1862, S2CID 250571609
  3. ^ a b Jackson, Allyn (1997), "Chinese Acrobatics, an Old-Time Brewery, and the "Much Needed Gap": The life of Mathematical Reviews" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 44 (3): 330–7
  4. ^ Lehmer, D.H. (1988), "A half century of reviewing" (PDF), in Duren, Peter (ed.), A Century of Mathematics in America, Part I, American Mathematical Society, pp. 265–6, ISBN 0-8218-0124-4
  5. ^ Mathematical Reviews database
  6. ^ "Citation Database Help Topics", Mathematical Reviews. Accessed 2011-1-13
  7. ^ "Top Journal MCQs cited in the MR Citation Database", MathSciNet, accessed 2019-10-22
  8. ^ Current Mathematical Publications (2013). "Mathematical Reviews Database Publication Formats". American Mathematical Society.
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