EMS Handbook: Publicity

3.1 Editor-in-Chief of the EMS Magazine

The EMS Magazine is more a scientific magazine than a scientific journal that publishes original research contributions. The aim of the EMS Magazine is to publish survey articles on current research topics, contributions outlining trends in scientific development, reports on member societies and institutes, reports on the activities of the European Mathematical Society and its committees, book reviews, a mathematical problems section.

The language of the EMS Magazine is British English. The magazine is published online March, June, September and December of every year. Then it is printed on demand and dispatched within the same month to member societies, mathematical institutes and interested individual members of the EMS. The deadline for submission is fixed on the 1st of the second month preceding the publication date online. Issues are typically 68 to 72 pages long.

Editorial Team

The Editorial Team oversees all editorial matters concerning the magazine, under the direct responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief. The views expressed in the EMS Magazine are those of the authors and do not necessary represent those of the EMS or the Editorial Team.

The editors are appointed by the EMS Executive Committee (EC) for a 4-year term, in principle on suggestion of the Editor-in-Chief. The appointment can be renewed once. The composition of the Editorial Team should represent Europeans both from a geographical and a thematic point of view, so the EC tries to ensure that as many countries as possible are represented as well as many research areas.

The members of the Editorial Team (the editors) are in charge of receiving and evaluating articles that are spontaneously submitted, but also soliciting articles, asking for them from potential authors on the basis of news within the mathematical community which may be concerned strictly with mathematical activity or with the life of the community (events, prizes, etc.) and societal topics around mathematics. Specifically concerning the publication of scientific articles, the EMS Magazine publishes surveys in all areas of mathematics, which must be accessible and interesting to non-specialist readers.

Some editors are in charge of particular sections. This means that they have the responsibility of making sure that the section is ready on time for the publication of every issue of the EMS Magazine with all the material needed including the care of copyright issues.

The list of sections: Editorial, Features, Discussions, Interviews, Obituary, Raising public awareness, Young Mathematicians Column, History, Archives, Research Centres, Societies, Mathematical Education, Book Reviews, zbMATH Open, Problem Corner, Letters to Editors. The Editorial and the cover material, including the care of copyright issues, are the direct responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief. The Letters to Editors section is the obligatory concern of every member of the Editorial Team. The other sections are under the responsibility of the corresponding editor. Any editor can make suggestions for any section.

Other tasks of the Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is also the person, who has the right to attribute a volume (year) and an issue to a article, to consult members of the Editorial Team about pertinence, quality and priority of articles as well as to take care about eventual peer reviewing of submissions.

The Editor-in-Chief is in charge of preparing the regular reports on the EMS Magazine activity, which are submitted to the EC meetings. These reports include, together with some general and special comments, the information and proposals concerning the rotation of the Editorial Team and redistributions of duties of the section editors. The reports also provide information on updating the declarations of reciprocity agreements with other mathematical societies and suggestions for new projects.