Discrete Analysis
open access academic journal
Discrete Analysis is a mathematics journal covering the applications of analysis to discrete structures. Discrete Analysis is an arXiv overlay journal, meaning the journal's content is hosted on the arXiv.
History
Discrete Analysis was created by Timothy Gowers to demonstrate that a high-quality mathematics journal could be inexpensively produced outside of the traditional academic publishing industry. The journal is open access, and submissions are free for authors.
The journal's 2018 MCQ is 1.21.
References
Ball, Philip (2015). "Leading mathematician launches arXiv 'overlay' journal". Nature. 526 (7571): 146. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..146B. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18351.
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