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Acta Mathematica Sinica

journal, not to be confused with the Chinese version Q109567433

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2023
Entity authorityQ4676728 ↗
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Acta Mathematica Sinica (English series) is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published quarterly by Springer.

Founded in 1936 and split into a Chinese series and an English series in 1985, the journal publishes articles on all areas of mathematics, and allows submissions from researchers of all nationalities. The journal is indexed by Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH.

Its 2009 MCQ was 0.42, and its 2021 impact factor was 0.833.

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