Annals of Mathematics
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The Annals of Mathematics (ISSN 0003-486X), abbreviated as Ann. of Math. and often just called Annals, is a bimonthly mathematics research journal published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. It ranks amongst the most prestigious mathematics journals in the world by criteria such as refereeing intensity.
It started out as The Analyst in 1874, but was discontinued in 1883 and renamed in 1884 under the new direction of Ormond Stone of the University of Virginia. It moved to Harvard in 1899 before reaching its current home in Princeton in 1911.
An important period for the journal was 1928-1958 with Solomon Lefschetz as editor. During this time, Annals became an increasingly well-known and respected journal. The rise of Annals, in turn, stimulated American mathematics.
Princeton University continued to publish the Annals on its own until 1933, when the Institute for Advanced Study took joint editorial control. Since 1998 it has been available in an electronic edition, alongside its regular print edition.
The current editors of the Annals of Mathematics are:
- Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study
- Phillip Griffiths, Institute for Advanced Study
- David Gabai, Princeton University
- Nick Katz, Princeton University
- Peter Sarnak, Princeton University
- Yakov Sinai, Princeton University
The Annals should not be confused with the Mathematische Annalen, an unrelated German mathematical journal.