Duke Mathematical Journal is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 mathematics journal published by Duke University Press

Duke University Press

Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University. It publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections...

. It was established in 1935. The founding editors-in-chief were David Widder

David Widder

David Vernon Widder was an American mathematician. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1924 under George Birkhoff and went on to join the faculty there....

, Arthur Coble, and Joseph Miller Thomas. The first issue included a paper by Solomon Lefschetz

Solomon Lefschetz

Solomon Lefschetz was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear ordinary differential equations.-Life:...

. Leonard Carlitz

Leonard Carlitz

Leonard Carlitz was an American mathematician. Carlitz supervised 44 Doctorates at Duke University and published over 770 papers.- Chronology :* 1907 Born Philadelphia, PA, USA* 1927 BA, University of Pennsylvania...

 served on the editorial board for 35 years, from 1938 to 1973.

The current managing editor is Jonathan Wahl (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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).

Impact

According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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of 1.758, ranking it 10th among 255 mathematics journals.