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Journal Author Resources

Our high quality, peer-reviewed journals have been published since 1891 and cover a broad range of mathematical disciplines. By publishing with the AMS, your book will be part of one of the most respectable collections of mathematical literature in the world. Here, we offer a step-by-step guide to help you publish with the AMS, starting with selecting the right journal for your paper.

The AMS uses Centralized Manuscript Processing for initial submission to our journals.

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All articles accepted for publication in AMS Journals are peer reviewed by external reviewers. Editors may reject papers without external review that are not suitable for publication in the journal due to reasons such as subject matter or clear weaknesses in scientific content or presentation style.

Historically, the AMS has had a single-anonymous peer-review process in which the reviewers know who the authors of the manuscript are, but the authors do not have access to the information on who the peer reviewers are. In 2021, the AMS Council voted to transition to a double-anonymous peer review process in which both authors and referees of a given article remain anonymous to each other, and this transition is being rolled out across the research journal portfolio.

Questions about the initial submission process should be directed to jrnl-initsub@ams.org.

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AMS Journal Production Steps

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Journal Packages

The AMS Author and Editor Packages were designed to be used within an existing TeX system. You must have the following installed:

The AMS strongly encourages you to prepare your article using the appropriate LaTeX author package.

  1. Select a journal:


Each .zip file contains:
  • a README file which should be read first
  • an Author Handbook (available separately as a PDF file)
  • guidelines for creating graphics (available separately as a PDF file)
  • style files
  • topmatter templates
  • samples
  • supplementary instructions
Need help with the .zip file?

AMS journal article templates are also available from for the following journals:

AMS Author Handbook

The AMS Author Handbook is designed to help you prepare your article for publication by the AMS. It contains information about all facets of the AMS publication process.

AMS Style Guide

The AMS Style Guide describes the typographical standards and editorial practices used in the AMS's journal production system.

Graphics Guidelines

The Graphics Guidelines manual provides detailed instructions for creating an preparing graphics for an article.

Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement

After an article that has been accepted in an AMS green open access journal is received at the AMS, a Consent to Publish form will be sent to all authors of the article. All authors must return a signed consent form before the article can be published.

Creative Commons License

Articles published in an AMS gold open access journal will be distributed under the terms of either the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC-BY-NC) or the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). Authors are required to select a license before an article moves into production. Authors retain copyright to their articles under both CC-BY-NC and CC-BY.

Permissions

Use the Journals Permission Form to request written permission for use in your work of tables, figures, text, and other material taken from another source and previously published or owned by another author or publisher for use in both the print and electronic media.