Chapter 173: The Significance of the Unintelligible

The global mathematics community recognizes four journals as the most influential: the "Annals of Mathematics", "Mathematical Progress", "Acta Mathematica", and the "Mathematics Society Magazine". These are collectively singled out as 'the top four authoritative journals in mathematics'.

The impact factor of these mathematics journals isn't very high, and the half-life of a paper's citations is long, usually more than ten years.

However, every person in the mathematical community considers publishing in these top journals a source of pride.

One reason is the influence.

The top four journals have a strong influence, and the papers published therein undergo multiple rounds of review, with each published paper representing a latest breakthrough or research in mathematics.

Second is the number of papers published.