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# Notes on Topology Journals

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[Dan Ikasen's list of journals and editors](https://s.wayne.edu/isaksen/algebraic-topology-journals/)

The most prestigious journals in the field.

1. First
   1. Annals,
   2. JAMS,
   3. Inventiones,
   4. IHES,
   5. Acta
2. Second
   1. Duke,
   2. Geometry and Topology,
   3. GAFA
3. Third
   1. AJM,
   2. Crelle’s,
   3. Journal of Topology,
   4. JDG,
   5. Advances (Elsevier)



A big cluster of strong journals for geometry/topology/GGT:

1. Math Zeitschrift,
2. Commentarii,
3. Math Annalen,
4. Proc/Journal LMS,
5. Groups Geometry and Dynamics,
6. Israel J Math,
7. [Algebraic and Geometric Topology](https://msp.org/agt/2018/18-2/)
8. Geom Dedicata,
9. Trans AMS,
10. Pacific J M,
11. J Algebra,  (Elsevier)
12. IMRN,
13. Michigan Math J,
14. J Topology and Analysis

Another cluster, more specialized:

5. More
   1. J Knot Theory Ram,
   2. Top and Its Appl,  (Elsevier)
   3. New York JM,
   4. Advances in Geom,
   5. Mathematika,
   6. J Group Theory,
   7. J Pure Appl Alg  (Elsevier)



- Special focus journals:
  - Notable conference proceedings.
    - Contemp Math [Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium],
    - Top Proc [Spring Top Dyn Conf]
  - Expository element to mission.
    - L’Enseignement Math,
    - Experimental Math,
    - Amer Math Monthly,
    - Notices AMS,
    - Rocky Mountain J,
    - Geombinatorics,
    - Intelligencer
  - Short papers (page limit).
    - Math Res Lett,
    - Proc AMS,
    - Bull LMS