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Manual for Journal Editors |
Appendix A
Information for Authors of Accepted Papers for AMS Publications
AMS-LaTeX and AMS-TeX Author Packages
The AMS offers two TeX-related style file collections, AMS-LaTeX and AMS-TeX, that provide easy ways to code manuscripts containing mathematical expressions. The AMS has developed AMS-LaTeX and AMS-TeX author packages that include documentation and instructions, publication-specific style files, and examples. To download an author package, go to http://www.ams.org/journals/, select the appropriate journal, and then choose “Author packages” in the “For authors” column.
Descriptive Title
Each article submitted for publication in an AMS journal must be accompanied by a descriptive title. Make your title as informative as possible. It must clearly identify both the general field of the paper and the particular branch of it under consideration. The title should not be more than 10 or 12 words, and fewer words are better. Avoid words that tell nothing and waste space, such as “concerning”, “a remark about”, “some contributions to the theory of”. Also avoid proper names unless mathematical usage associates them with the work. An example of a nondescriptive title: “Concerning some applications of a theorem of John Doe”. Note that titles may be used in information retrieval; therefore, every word counts.
Abstract
Papers for AMS
journals must be accompanied by an abstract. Depending on the journal, the
abstract will be printed right after the title in a different type size to
separate it from the rest of the paper. Abstracts for the Journal of the AMS
do not appear in print; they appear only in the online version. The main purpose of the abstract is to
enable readers to take in the nature and results of the article quickly and to
enable them to decide whether they wish to read further. Zentralblatt publishes
authors’ abstracts instead of reviews, so the abstract may also appear there. Of
course, the abstract will also aid in retrieving information about your paper.
Length.
For Proceedings, an abstract should be at least one sentence and at most
150 words; for the Journal of the AMS, Transactions and Memoirs, at least one sentence and
at most 300 words; for Mathematics of Computation and Bulletin,
the abstract should be brief and reasonably self-contained. The length will
depend primarily on the length of the paper itself, so that the upper limits
placed on abstracts for Proceedings, Journal of the AMS, Transactions, and Memoirs
are meant for long papers only. To some extent, the difficulty of
summarizing the material also determines the length.
Content.
State the object of the work, summarize the results, and give the principal
conclusions as briefly as possible.
Style.
Use full sentences. Avoid technicalities, since the abstract should be readable
by anyone in the general field (analysis, algebra, etc.). Formulas are not
desirable, but they may be included if it seems best to do
so. Do not cite bibliographic references, since the abstract must be able to
stand alone. Similarly, do not refer by number to a theorem or formula in the
body of the article. Incorporate the statements of theorems into complete
sentences. “We prove that all hyperloops are quasiregular” is preferable to
“Theorem. All hyperloops are quasiregular.”
Relation
to introduction. Occasionally an abstract will make an introduction
unnecessary. Usually, however, the abstract will be too brief, and the
introduction should enlarge upon it, provide more background, and describe
earlier work.
The following abstract is from D. O. Banks and G. J. Kurowski, Computation of eigenvalues of singular Sturm-Liouville systems, Math. of Comp. 22 (1968), 304–310.
Abstract. In recent papers, P. B. Bailey and M. Godart have used the Prufer transformation to calculate the eigenvalues of nonsingular and some singular Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems. In the present paper, the authors establish the existence of a general class of singular problem which may be solved in a straightforward manner using the Prufer transformation. Some examples of the method are given. Finally, the class of problems to which the method is applicable is extended by introducing a modified transformation.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification
Each article submitted for publication in an AMS journal must be accompanied by 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification numbers. These numbers classify the paper by field. They are used for information retrieval; by assigning these numbers properly, you make sure that people interested in your work will see it. Depending on the journal, the numbers will be printed in a footnote on the first page of your article and will appear on the abstract page online for all AMS journals. See the 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification or the annual subject index of Mathematical Reviews, published with the December issue starting in 1999. You should give numbers designating secondary as well as primary subject fields of your paper if they are applicable. Keep in mind that several primary (and secondary) numbers probably should be assigned, but try not to choose more than ten primary or secondary numbers.
Key Words and Phrases
For the sake of nonspecialists (such as librarians), as well as to aid in future information retrieval, a list of key words and phrases is very helpful. The list should be generous; however, it should not include words that would appear in almost any paper in the general field. Thus “cohomology group” could be appropriate for a paper in Lie algebras but not for a paper in algebraic topology.
Style. List phrases in the natural groupings in which they occur in the paper (e.g., differential form, locally compact groups, deformations of algebras). Proper adjectives are especially useful in pinpointing the subject matter (e.g., Sobolev space). Reduce compounds to their components so that “convergence in mean or measure” becomes “convergence in mean, convergence in measure”. The phrases and words should be taken from the body of the paper, the title, and the abstract. Avoid long phrases. In general, an item should have four words or less. Use as many items as you need to distinguish the field of the paper clearly and specifically. An example follows:
Key words and phrases. Analytically unramified ring, semilocal ring, Dedekind domain, altitude formula, Jacobson radical, Rees ring, analytically irreducible domain, unmixed domain.
Preparation and Submission of Graphics
Instructions for preparing and submitting graphics are available for the publication for which an author is submitting at www.ams.org/journals. Select the journal and then choose "Preparing graphics" in the "For authors" column.
Submitting Accepted Articles
Instructions for submitting accepted articles can be found at www.ams.org/authors/submitelecms.html. Files that are bundled may be submitted by any acceptable method. The preferred method is via the AMS web server; other acceptable methods are email (bundled and source files only), FTP, or on CD, diskette, or flash drive.
Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission for use in their 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 print and electronic media. For general information on rights and permissions guidelines see “Permissions”. Written permission to reprint should be requested from the copyright holder as soon as the manuscript is accepted by an editor and should be forwarded to the American Mathematical Society immediately upon receipt. The AMS has made available to authors a standard “Journals Permission Form” requesting authorization for the reproduction of material. Authors who need assistance in completing the form should contact reprint-permission@ams.org. Also see “Copyright And Permission Information” .
Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement
Authors of papers published by the American Mathematical Society are required to sign and return a “Consent To Publish and Copyright Agreement” form. This form is sent to all authors whose papers have been accepted for publication. It should be signed and returned immediately to: Electronic Prepress Department, American Mathematical Society, 201 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904-2294 USA.
Copying Rights
Publications issued under the AMS imprint may be
quoted without specific prior permission in works of original scholarship for
accurate citation of authority, or for criticism, review, or evaluation, subject
to the conditions listed below.
1.
No fee is charged for the use of AMS material for educational and scientific
purposes, with the exception of reproduction by document delivery services
(commercial or otherwise). Also, the author may use part or all of his or her
work or its image in any future works of his or her own. In any reproduction,
the original publication by the American Mathematical Society must be properly
credited in the following manner: “First published in [Publication] in [volume
and number, or year] by the American Mathematical Society,” and the copyright
notice in proper form must be placed on all copies. Any publication or other
form not meeting these requirements will be deemed unauthorized.
2.
Except for authors using their own work previously published by the AMS, waiver
of the requirement for specific permission does not extend to quotations that
are complete units in themselves (such as letters, essays, journal articles,
complete chapters for sections of books, maps, charts, graphs, tables, drawings,
or other illustrative materials), in whatever form they may be reproduced; nor
does the waiver extend to quotation of whatever length presented as primary
material for its own sake.
3. The fact that specific permission for quoting of material may be waived does not relieve the quoting author and publisher from the responsibility of determining “fair use” of such material.
Offprints and Price Lists
For most AMS journals, 25 offprints without covers
are provided free for each article. For articles of multiple authorship, the offprints are divided equally among the authors unless instructed
otherwise. Authors of Memoirs receive 50 copies of the published
Memoirs divided equally among multiple authors.
Authors are charged for additional offprints; a price list is sent to authors with galley proof. Price lists are also available from the headquarters office. Bills for additional offprints will be mailed when offprints are completed and mailed. Authors should verify that their address is correct.
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