Policy Statements and Guidelines
According to Article IV, Section 8, of the AMS Bylaws, the Council has the power to speak in the name of the Society with respect to matters affecting the status of mathematics or mathematicians, such as proposed or enacted federal or state legislation; conditions of employment in universities, colleges, or business, research or industrial organizations; regulations, policies, or acts of governmental agencies or instrumentalities; and other items which tend to affect the dignity and effective position of mathematics.
Following is a list of policy statements the Council has adopted since 1994 so as to speak in the name of the Society:
- Code of Conduct for Conferences, Meetings, and Other Events (adopted 2024)
- Statement of Apology (adopted January 3, 2023)
- Policy Statement regarding Career Teaching Faculty in Research Departments (adopted April 2, 2022.)
- Policy Statement regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine (adopted unanimously March 7, 2022 and affirmed by Council April 2, 2022)
- Policy Statement Against Racism and Violence Against People of Asian and Pacific Islander Descent (adopted April 4, 2021, affirmed by Council April 24, 2021)
- Policy Statement of Support for and Solidarity with the Black Community (adopted June 12, 2020)
- Policy Statement about the Case of Azat Miftakhov (adopted January 2020 and affirmed April 2020)
- Policy Statement on Drawing Voting Districts and Partisan Gerrymandering: Preparing for 2020 (adopted April 2018)
- Policy Statement on Peer-reviewed Research (adopted April 2018)
- Policy Statement on Anti-Harassment (adopted April 2016)
- Policy Statement on Supportive Practices and Ethics in the Employment of Young People in the Mathematical Sciences (adopted March 2007)
- Policy Statement on Ethical Guidelines (adopted January 2005 and modified January 2019)
- Policy Statement on Open Science and Security (adopted March 2000)
- Policy Statement on Tenure (adopted March 1999)
- Policy Statement on Immigration (adopted March 1997) (see also Statement on Immigration adopted in April 2017)
- Policy Statement on Internet Access (adopted January 1994)
Guidelines, Policies, and Statements of the AMS Council or Board of Trustees
The Council or Board of Trustees has adopted the following guidelines and policies:
- Statement on Standardized Testing and Graduate Admissions in the Mathematical Sciences (adopted January 2, 2024)
- Statement in Support of Graduate Teaching Assistants (adopted January 3, 2023)
- Statement of Apology (adopted April 2, 2022)
- Statement on Efforts to Reexamine and Revise Mathematics Education (adopted April 2022)
- Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (adopted April 2019)
- Statement on Immigration (adopted April 2017) (see also Policy Statement on Immigration adopted in March 1997)
- Guidelines for the Submission, Refereeing and Publication of Computer-Assisted Proofs (adopted January 2017)
- Policy on a Welcoming Environment (adopted January 2015 and modified January 2019)
- Prize Committee Best Practices (adopted January 2014)
- Policy on Author Charges (adopted January 2012)
- Guidelines for Members of Book Editorial Committees (adopted January 2010)
- Policy on Plagiarism (adopted January 2010)
- Guidelines on Conflict of Interest for Prize Selection Committees (adopted January 2007)
- Conflict of Interest Policy for Officers and Committee Members (adopted January 2007)
- Code of Conduct Policy (adopted November 2006)
- Guidelines for Journal Editors (adopted January 2005)
- Statement on Graduate Programs in Mathematics (adopted January 1995)
Information Statements of the AMS Committee on the Profession
In 2004 the AMS Committee on the Profession decided to create a series of information statements regarding the culture of research and scholarship in mathematics to highlight the ways in which the traditions in mathematics may differ from those in other disciplines, especially other sciences and engineering.
- The Role of In-Person Meetings in Mathematics (approved November 2021)
- The Culture and Research and Scholarship in Mathematics - Citation and Impact in Mathematical Publications (approved September 2021)
- Research Funding (revised February 2019; revised September 2014; approved September 2008)
- Arm's Length Letters of Evaluation (approved September 2015)
- Directing PhD Theses (revised September 2015; approved September 2005)
- Joint Research and Its Publication (revised September 2015; approved September 2005)
- Postdoctoral Positions (revised September 2015; approved September 2007)
- Rates of Publication (revised September 2015; approved September 2006)
- Structure of Graduate Programs (revised September 2015; approved September 2012)
- Teaching Loads in Mathematics (revised September 2015; approved September 2011)
- Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (revised September 2015; approved September 2013)
Statements of the AMS Committee on the Human Rights of Mathematicians
The AMS is committed to speaking whenever mathematicians are deprived of the opportunity to practice their profession due to violations of the freedoms enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Affirmation1 adopted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. This Committee assists the Society in such matters by reviewing alleged violations of human rights of mathematicians and by recommending appropriate action to the AMS. For statements, reports and information, please see the AMS Committee on the Human Rights of Mathematicians webpage.
Contact the AMS Secretary with questions about Policy Statements or Guidelines.