About
The Journal of the London Mathematical Society has been publishing leading research across a broad range of mathematics since 1926.
Articles published in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society represent a significant advance in mathematical knowledge, or are deemed to stimulate new interest and research activity.
With a minimum length of 18 pages and no maximum length, articles published in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society may be of specialist or general interest.
The Journal of the London Mathematical Society shares an Editorial Board with the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society publishes concise research articles (20 pages and below). Both journals employ the same high standard of peer review.
Not-for-profit publishing
The Journal of the London Mathematical Society is wholly owned and managed by the London Mathematical Society as one of its charitable activities.
100% of the funds generated by the Society’s publications are reinvested in mathematics, supporting mathematicians and mathematics research in the form of research grants, conference grants, prizes, initiatives for early career researchers, and the promotion of mathematics.
Publishing your research in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society directly supports the charitable work of the Society.
Submit to the Journal
- You may submit a paper electronically as a single PDF file. Please keep the .tex file that precisely corresponds to the PDF version that you are submitting. If your paper is accepted, we will require that particular version of the .tex file. Please do not send the .tex file at this time.
- The Editorial Board is organised into 7 subject-based sections, each with a number of Editors under a subject Section Editor who has the authority to accept papers for publication. Please choose the specific subject area and Editor you feel is closest to the subject of your paper. (Note that papers may be re-assigned to another Editor when appropriate.)
- Corresponding authors are asked to provide their ORCID identifier as part of the submission process; those without an ORCID identifier will be shown how to obtain one. This can be done in just a minute or two via the website https://orcid.org.
- All Research articles published in the Journal are peer reviewed. Editors may reject papers without external review.
Editorial Board
The Bulletin and Journal of the London Mathematical Society share an Editorial Board.
Papers should be submitted to the London Mathematical Society, naming the most appropriate member of the Editorial Board to whom the paper should be forwarded. Please note papers may be reassigned to a different Board Member during the review process. Subject sectionsThe Editorial Board is organised into 7 subject-based sections, each with a Section Editor who has the authority to accept papers for publication. Click on the appropriate subject heading below to view the list of Editors in each section. (Occasionally an Editor listed here may reach full capacity and may not be available when you submit. If this is the case, please choose another Editor.)
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General Submission Guidelines
When evaluating papers, the Editorial Board considers a number of criteria such as novelty, innovation, significance, and advancement of the field of research. Specialist papers should have a motivating introduction that sets the work in context and can be understood by researchers outside the immediate specialism of the paper. (For Survey Articles, see the separate heading below.)
The Editorial Board and/or Section Editors will make an initial assessment of all papers against these criteria and typically send for a full review only those papers which, in their professional judgement, are likely to meet expected standards for the Journal. Preliminary expert opinions may be sought as part of this assessment step.
- Papers should be submitted in English or French.
- Each paper must be submitted exclusively to one journal.
- No paper that has been previously published, or which is being considered for publication elsewhere, should be submitted to the London Mathematical Society.
- Nor may a paper that is under consideration by the London Mathematical Society be submitted elsewhere.
- By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that it may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
For more information about submitting a paper to this journal, please see these guides:
- The JLMS Author Guide covers common practices in peer review as well as specific procedures and explanations of the EditFlow paper management system.
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The London Mathematical Society has adopted an ethical policy for its journals, including guidance on the expected behaviour of authors, referees and editors. The full policy can be found here. The Society is also in agreement with the principles of the EMS Code of Practice.
Content published in the Journal is selected based on merit alone and irrespective of nationality, geographic location, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, or religion of the authors. Publication in the Journal of individual authors' work does not constitute endorsement by the London Mathematical Society of the policies or actions of any government or other agencies.
Revised versions
If you wish to upload a revision of a previously submitted article, please do not use the link above. Instead, use the status link contained in the email you received from us about your previous submission. If you cannot find the link, then contact lmsjournals@lms.ac.uk.
The Editors prefer not to consider multiple versions of the same paper before a decision on the first version is sent, particularly if the changes are minor. If you have received a letter that firmly rejects your paper and does not mention that a resubmission would be considered, you would be advised to submit any revision of your paper to another journal.
The LMS uses the journal management software EditFlow, a registered trademark of Mathematical Sciences Publishers. Further information about the EditFlow software is available here.
On Acceptance
Upon acceptance, your paper will be sent to Wiley for typesetting. You will receive a link to check your proofs via an online proofing tool. There is also an option to view these proofs as a PDF (using a button in the top right-hand corner of the tool). Production queries should be sent to jlms@wiley.com (Wiley) or production@lms.ac.uk (LMS Editorial Office).
Authors will be asked to agree to assign an Exclusive Licence to Publish to the Society or alternatively to opt to make the paper Open Access.
Your funder or institution may require you to publish gold or green open access. Wiley has an Author Compliance Tool to check the policies of your funder or institution. Many institutions have pre-existing agreements with Wiley that allow papers to be published Open Access without any additional charge. Eligibility for these agreements is typically determined by the affiliation of the corresponding author. The LMS Editorial Office can assist authors in navigating open access requirements.
Open Access
The Journal of the London Mathematical Society is a hybrid open access journal. By default, articles in the journal will be published on a subscription basis and only be accessible to journal subscribers. The journal has options for gold and green open access publication.
Before submitting to the Journal of the London Mathematical Society, authors should check any open access requirements from their institution or funder.
If you are required to publish on an open access basis but you cannot identify a compliant route with Journal of the London Mathematical Society, please contact the journal team before submitting.
Gold open access publication
Gold open access means that the Article Version of Record is freely available to access immediately upon publication and re-use rights are governed by the author’s chosen Creative Commons licence.
Gold open access publication is available for authors who:
- Qualify for complementary gold open access publication through an institutional agreement with Wiley; or
- Choose to pay an Article Publication Charge (APC).
USD 3,930 | GBP 2,620 | EUR 3,280
Authors choosing to publish on a gold open access basis will need to choose a Creative Commons licence from the following list.
- CC-BY 4.0 (Attribution 4.0 International License)
- CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License)
- CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License)
Green open access
The Journal of the London Mathematical Society also supports authors who choose to deposit their Author Accepted Manuscript on a non-commercial or institutional repository. This is usually known as green open access.
The Author Accepted Manuscript must be accompanied by a notice as follows: “This is the Author Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: [Full Citation], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article].”
There is no embargo period for posting the accepted version of the manuscript in arXiv or an institutional repository.
Open Access Terminology
Article Version of Record – The final edited and typeset version of the article which is published in the journal.
Author Accepted Manuscript – The version of the article which was accepted by the journal editors after peer review, but has not yet been copyedited or typeset by the publisher.
Subscription publication – The Article Version of Record is published in the journal and is only accessible to journal subscribers.
Gold open access publication – The Article Version of Record is immediately freely available to access upon publication. Article re-use rights are governed by the author’s chosen Creative Commons licence.
Green open access publication – The article Version of Record is published as a Subscription publication. The author chooses to deposit the Author Accepted Manuscript on a non-commercial or institutional repository.
Article Publication Charge (APC) – A charge paid to the publisher to allow gold open access publication.
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