Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Encyclopedia
The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (ISSN 1077-8926) is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in combinatorial mathematics
. Papers published by the journal are available free on the internet without registration.
The journal was founded in 1994 by Herbert Wilf
of the University of Pennsylvania
and Neil Calkin of the Georgia Institute of Technology
. The inspiration for an academic journal hosted on the World Wide Web came from the release of the Mosaic
web browser a few months earlier.
The journal was one the first academic journals to not require authors to transfer copyright
. Instead, authors grant the journal an irrevocable licence to publish their article and agree to acknowledge the journal in any further publication of the article. This practice has since been adopted by many other journals.
Combinatorics
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Aspects of combinatorics include counting the structures of a given kind and size , deciding when certain criteria can be met, and constructing and analyzing objects meeting the criteria ,...
. Papers published by the journal are available free on the internet without registration.
The journal was founded in 1994 by Herbert Wilf
Herbert Wilf
Herbert Saul Wilf is a mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. He was the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics in Combinatorial Analysis and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written numerous books and research papers...
of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and Neil Calkin of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. The inspiration for an academic journal hosted on the World Wide Web came from the release of the Mosaic
Mosaic (web browser)
Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, NNTP, and gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened...
web browser a few months earlier.
The journal was one the first academic journals to not require authors to transfer copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
. Instead, authors grant the journal an irrevocable licence to publish their article and agree to acknowledge the journal in any further publication of the article. This practice has since been adopted by many other journals.
Editors-in-Chief
- Herbert WilfHerbert WilfHerbert Saul Wilf is a mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. He was the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics in Combinatorial Analysis and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written numerous books and research papers...
(1994–2001) - Brendan McKayBrendan McKayBrendan Damien McKay is a Professor in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University . He has published extensively in combinatorics....
(1996–present) - Fan Chung Graham (2000–2002)
- Richard A. BrualdiRichard A. BrualdiR. A. Brualdi is a professor emeritus of combinatorial mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received the Euler medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications in 2000. He received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1964, his advisor was Herbert John Ryser....
(2001–present) - Peter CameronPeter Cameron (mathematician)Peter Jephson Cameron is an Australian mathematician who works ingroup theory, combinatorics, coding theory, and model theory. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London....
(2001–2003) - Carsten ThomassenCarsten ThomassenCarsten Thomassen is a Danish mathematician. He has been a Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark since 1981, and since 1990 a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. His research concerns discrete mathematics and more specifically graph...
(2002–present) - Richard Ehrenborg (2003–2004)
- Chris GodsilChris GodsilChristopher David Godsil is a professor at the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization in the faculty of mathematics at the University of Waterloo. He wrote the popular textbook on algebraic graph theory, entitled Algebraic graph theory, with Gordon Royle, His earlier textbook on...
(2004–2008) - Bruce Sagan (2006–present)
- E. Rodney Canfield (2006–present)
- Qing Xiang (2006–present)
- Michael Krivelevich (2007–present)
- Willem Haemers (2008–present)
- Miklos Bona (2010–present)
- Catherine Huafei Yan (2010–present)