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Positivity

Birkhauser Verlag Basel · Switzerland · Est. 1997

ISSN1385-1292eISSN1572-9281

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

182

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 148d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.632

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.116

Total Worksi

1,645

Total Citationsi

12,306

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Positivity publishes original research in all areas of mathematics and its applications that are influenced by positivity concepts. Presents research with a clear and substantive link to the general theme of positivity. Illustrates applications of positivity to other disciplines, including economics, engineering, life sciences, physics and statistical decision theory.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,645

Publisher OrgBirkhäuser

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Birkhauser Verlag Basel

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1385-1292 / 1572-9281

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

440

2019

334

2020

274

2021

102

309

2022

121

2023

140

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AnalysisQ2

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q2

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Theoretical Computer ScienceAnalysis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Banach Space TheoryHolomorphic and Operator TheoryApproximation Theory and Sequence SpacesOptimization and Variational AnalysisAdvanced Harmonic Analysis ResearchAdvanced Topics in AlgebraAdvanced Operator Algebra ResearchAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchNonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisFixed Point Theorems Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Positivity

Is Positivity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Positivity: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Positivity?

Positivity is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.89.

Is Positivity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Positivity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.