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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1972

ISSN1473-7124

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.845

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.025

Total Worksi

4,587

Total Citationsi

65,113

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics publishes original research papers and reviews in mathematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 132 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,587

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-7124

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

171

1.3k

2019

100

726

2020

422

2021

357

2022

131

294

2023

145

214

2024

121

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.

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MathematicsMathematics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringNonlinear Partial Differential EquationsSpectral Theory in Mathematical PhysicsStability and Controllability of Differential EquationsAdvanced Mathematical Physics ProblemsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesNonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisDifferential Equations and Boundary ProblemsNumerical methods in inverse problemsDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods

Frequently asked questions about Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics

Is Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics?

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics 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 0.76.

Is Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics?