Elemente der Mathematik

Editorial guidelines

Elemente der Mathematik favor publications of the following kind:

surveys on important developments in mathematics and its applications,
stimulating expositions of more specialized mathematical problems and subjects,
reports on mathematical progress and new mathematical methods and applications in other sciences.

Apart from the choice of subjects, the quality of presentation will decide on the suitability of an article for publication in the journal. Without restriction, we endorse the advice given in this context by Mathematics Magazine: Say something new in an appealing way, or say something old in a refreshing way. But say it intelligibly, presuming a minimum of technical vocabulary. A clear and lively style appropriate for the intended audience will substantially further the understanding of the subject matter.

New problems should be submitted together with a solution, and of course should not be offered to another journal simultaneously.

Submission of manuscripts

Authors are kindly asked to submit their manuscripts in English, German, French or Italian online on the web page: http://www.math.ethz.ch/elemente

Manuscripts related to the problem section should be sent to:

Dr. Stefan Grieder, Grebelackerstrasse 4, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland

Your paper will be refereed in a double-blind review process and thereafter accepted, returned for revision or rejected.

Elemente display a very brief CV of the author(s) and a short introduction of the article's subject; authors will be asked to make suggestions for both.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Format of manuscripts

Once your article is accepted, you will be asked to submit it in LaTeX format. Other formats cannot be accepted.

Please avoid the use of non-standard style files and unnecessary macros, and use only standard packages.

The title page should include the name, affiliation and address (together with e-mail address) of each author.

Footnotes should be avoided.

Figures have to be submitted in TikZ format within LaTeX, or in printing quality in pdf, eps, or jpg format. Figure files should not refer to non-standard fonts. Elemente is printed in color. The online version is also in color.

All figures, tables, etc. should be numbered.

References should be listed at the end of the manuscript in the form: author(s), title of paper, journal title (abbreviated in accordance with Mathematical Reviews), volume number, year of publication in parentheses, and page numbers. For books, indicate also the publisher. The reference list should be arranged in alphabetical order. Items not cited in the text should not appear in the list. We recommend to use BibTeX to prepare the list of references.

Offprints

The Elemente der Mathematik provide authors with the electronic version of their published articles. The option to order offprints of an article is also available, and offprints must be ordered during the galley proof checking process but not at a later point.

Open Access

The Elemente der Mathematik is a Subscribe to Open (S2O) journal, which means that articles may be published open access. There are no author fees or article processing charges associated with this model of open access. Open access articles are published under the CC-BY 4.0 license. The articles that are not published with proper open access, are granted the so-called green open access, meaning that the authors’ final version, not edited by the publisher yet, can be posted in institutional or other repositories, as well as on the authors’ institutional web pages without any embargo. These papers become freely accessible – but remain copyright protected – after five years. Authors may review our Terms of Digital Access for further information regarding licenses and repository deposits.

Accessibility

EMS Press is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. Further information is provided in our Accessibility Statement.

Editorial Office

For questions regarding the journal, please write to editorial@ems.press or at the address

EMS Press
Institut für Mathematik
Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 136
10623 Berlin
Germany