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Quick answer: The Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950. It specializes in short, original research papers across pure and applied mathematics, enforcing a strict 15-page limit and a double-anonymous peer-review process.

What is Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society?

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (often abbreviated Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.) is an established scholarly journal dedicated to rapid publication of concise mathematical research. It covers the full spectrum of foundational and applied research, providing an essential outlet within mathematics. Published monthly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), its core editorial mission focuses on research papers that do not exceed 15 printed pages in the standard AMS-LaTeX journal style.

To qualify for acceptance, submissions must present new, correct, and mathematically significant results written with clarity for a broad mathematical readership. Incremental variations on established theorems and inconclusive fragments of larger proofs are systematically declined. Longer monographs and comprehensive treatments are redirected to sister publications, such as the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. Articles follow standard theorem-proof structure and must include primary and secondary classification codes from the 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC).

Journal metrics and bibliometric profile

Like many traditional society publications, Proceedings of the AMS operates primarily on an institutional subscription and membership model with open access options, rather than as an author-pays open access journal. Back issues from 1950 through 1995 are freely accessible through the AMS Journals Digitization Project.

The formal 2-year Journal Impact Factor produced by Clarivate is published annually within the subscription-based Journal Citation Reports (JCR) rather than displayed on the public journal landing page. Open bibliometric platforms provide verified citation benchmarks for the title across recent publication cycles:

Bibliometric Indicator	Recorded Value	Source and Scope
2-Year Mean Citedness	2.50	OpenAlex platform calculation across recent two-year windows
Journal h-index	169	OpenAlex cumulative publication citation benchmark
Total Indexed Works	33,845	OpenAlex bibliographic registry (ISSN 0002-9939)
Total Deposited DOIs	46,914	Crossref registry archive
Cumulative Citations Received	463,111	OpenAlex citation graph across all historical volumes

For researchers evaluating journal performance across different citation tracking databases, see CiteScore vs impact factor for structural differences between Scopus and Web of Science counting windows.

Editorial workflow and peer review standards

Submissions to Proceedings of the AMS are managed through the AMS Centralized Manuscript Processing system. Key operational rules govern the submission and review lifecycle:

Double-anonymous review: The journal employs a double-anonymous peer-review framework where author identities and referee identities remain concealed from one another throughout the evaluation.
Annual submission cap: Authors are restricted to a maximum of three submissions to Proceedings of the AMS within any rolling 12-month period to encourage careful pre-submission selection.
Page ceiling: Papers must strictly adhere to the 15-page ceiling in standard AMS journal formatting upon submission.
Indexing and preservation: Content is comprehensively indexed in Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet), Zentralblatt MATH (zbMATH), Science Citation Index Expanded, ISI Alerting Services, and Current Contents (Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences). Digital preservation is secured through CLOCKSS and Portico archives.

Using mathematics journal metrics responsibly

When assessing mathematical literature, journal-level citation averages must be interpreted with discipline-specific caution:

Citation velocity: Pure mathematics exhibits longer citation half-lives than laboratory sciences; seminal theorems frequently accumulate their principal citations five to ten years post-publication, far beyond conventional 2-year calculation windows.
Communication format: Because Proceedings focuses exclusively on short communications under 15 pages, its citation dynamics differ from review journals or monograph series that publish expansive survey treatises.
Evaluation ethics: Institutional tenure and grant committees should assess the verified technical rigor and enduring insight of individual proofs rather than substituting journal summary metrics for peer review.

Sources

American Mathematical Society, Proceedings of the AMS Journal Overview and Scope, https://www.ams.org/journals/proc/, November 2026.
OpenAlex, Source Record: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (s149953920), https://api.openalex.org/sources/s149953920, November 2026.
Crossref, Journal Record 0002-9939, https://api.crossref.org/journals/0002-9939, November 2026.

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