''Forum of Mathematics, Pi'' and ''Forum of Mathematics, Sigma'' are

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. The founding

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was Rob Kirby. He was succeeded by Robert Guralnick, who is currently the managing editor of both journals. ''Forum of Mathematics, Pi'' publishes articles of interest to a wide audience of mathematicians, while ''Forum of Mathematics, Sigma'' is intended for more specialized articles, with clusters of editors in different areas of mathematics.

Abstracting and indexing

Both journals are abstracted and indexed in

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, and

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References

External links

A new open-access venture from Cambridge University Press
Tim Gowers, 2 July 2012
Forum of Mathematics, Pi and Forum of Mathematics, Sigma
Terry Tao, 2 July 2012
The Forum of Mathematics, blessing or curse?
Peter Krautzberger, 11 November 2012 {{Mathematics in the United Kingdom Cambridge University Press academic journals Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals English-language journals Mathematics education in the United Kingdom Mathematics journals