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<h2 id="scope">Scope</h2> <p>MathSciNet contains information on over 3 million articles and over eight hundred thousand authors indexed from 1800 mathematical journals, many of them abstracted "cover-to-cover".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> A portion of those journals (about 450 in 2012) are designated as "Reference List Journals"; for MathSciNet entries of papers from these journals original reference lists are included.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>In addition, reviews or bibliographical information on selected articles is included from many <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> and other <a href="/facts/Applied_mathematics/qyqklXXm">applied</a> journals abstracted by MathSciNet. The selection is done by the editors of <i>Mathematical Reviews</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The editors accept suggestions to cover additional journals, but do not reconsider missing articles for inclusion.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/All-Russian_Mathematical_Portal/1n4l5xCp">All-Russian Mathematical Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zentralblatt_MATH/P6rFxKKx">Zentralblatt MATH</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines/lwtFTh9l">List of academic databases and search engines</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <a href="/facts/Wikidata/5Myy74K5">Wikidata</a> has the properties: <ul><li> <i>MR Author ID (P4955)</i> (see <a href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP4955%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P4955%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a>)</li><li> <i>Mathematical Reviews journal ID (P5867)</i> (see <a href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP5867%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P5867%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a>)</li><li> <i>Mathematics Subject Classification ID (P3285)</i> (see <a href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP3285%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P3285%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a>)</li><li> <i>Mathematical Reviews ID (P889)</i> (see <a href="https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP889%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P889%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000">uses</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html?version=2">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>TePaske-King, Bert; Richert, Norman (Summer 2001), "The Identification of Authors in the Mathematical Reviews Database", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (31), doi:10.29173/istl1861, S2CID 250568437 <a href="http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases.html" target="_blank">http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>An Introduction to Mathematical Reviews video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEOghB3MvM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEOghB3MvM</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Mathscinet Matters" (PDF), Notices of the AMS, 52 (1): 62, 2005 <a href="https://www.ams.org/notices/200501/comm-mathscinet.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/notices/200501/comm-mathscinet.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>About MathSciNet <a href="https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html?version=2" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html?version=2</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Fowler, Kristine K (January 2000). "Mathematics Sites Compared:Zentralblatt MATH Database and MathSciNet" (Free PDF download). The Charleston Advisor. 1 (3): 18(1) to 18(11). ISSN 1525-4011. <a href="http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/42471/1/CharlestonAdvisorJan2000.pdf" target="_blank">http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/42471/1/CharlestonAdvisorJan2000.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Dominy, Margaret; Bhatt, Jay (2001), "MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web, a Review", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (Summer 2001), doi:10.29173/istl1862, S2CID 250571609 <a href="http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html" target="_blank">http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>About MathSciNet <a href="https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html?version=2" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html?version=2</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>MathSciNet Guidebook (PDF), American Mathematical Society, archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2015 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151223210854/http://msc2010.org/MSC2010-CD/extras/guidebook.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151223210854/http://msc2010.org/MSC2010-CD/extras/guidebook.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>TePaske-King, Bert; Richert, Norman (Summer 2001), "The Identification of Authors in the Mathematical Reviews Database", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (31), doi:10.29173/istl1861, S2CID 250568437 <a href="http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases.html" target="_blank">http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Two Math Research Resources that are Equal to the Task". June 18, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019. <a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Two-Math-Research-Resources-That-Are-Equal-to-the-Task-132145.asp" target="_blank">http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Two-Math-Research-Resources-That-Are-Equal-to-the-Task-132145.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>MathSciNet by the Numbers <a href="https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/byTheNumbers.html" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/byTheNumbers.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Dominy, Margaret; Bhatt, Jay (2001), "MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web, a Review", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (Summer 2001), doi:10.29173/istl1862, S2CID 250571609 <a href="http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html" target="_blank">http://www.istl.org/01-summer/databases2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>MathSciNet, Mathematical Reviews on the Web, 2012 Subscription Rates catalogue, pp. 2-3; American Mathematical Society. Accessed August 20, 2019. <a href="https://www.ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/subrate.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/subrate.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Fowler, Kristine K (January 2000). "Mathematics Sites Compared:Zentralblatt MATH Database and MathSciNet" (Free PDF download). The Charleston Advisor. 1 (3): 18(1) to 18(11). ISSN 1525-4011. <a href="http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/42471/1/CharlestonAdvisorJan2000.pdf" target="_blank">http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/42471/1/CharlestonAdvisorJan2000.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>MathSciNet FAQ <a href="https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/FAQ.html" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/FAQ.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Mymathlab Answers <a href="https://mymathlabanswer.com/" target="_blank">https://mymathlabanswer.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>