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Applied Mathematics Letters

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1873-5452

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

0.91

H-Indexi

129

SNIPi

1.305

Total Worksi

9,415

Total Citationsi

160,451

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.83

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Applied Mathematics Letters aims to rapidly publish important but brief applied mathematical papers. Its scope includes analysis, applied mathematics, computational mathematics, numerical analysis, and computational mechanics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 347 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,415

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-5452

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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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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

457

9.5k

2019

438

7.4k

2020

413

5.5k

2021

361

3.5k

2022

335

2.4k

2023

376

1.9k

2024

329

898

2025

197

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.

Applied MathematicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nonlinear Differential Equations AnalysisAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringDifferential Equations and Numerical MethodsNonlinear Waves and SolitonsFractional Differential Equations SolutionsStability and Controllability of Differential EquationsNonlinear Partial Differential EquationsAdvanced Mathematical Physics ProblemsMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsNonlinear Photonic Systems

Frequently asked questions about Applied Mathematics Letters

Is Applied Mathematics Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Mathematics Letters: 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 Applied Mathematics Letters?

Applied Mathematics Letters 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 2.83.

Is Applied Mathematics Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Mathematics Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.