For the Learning of Mathematics

Academic journal

*For the Learning of Mathematics*
Publication details

Discipline	Mathematics education
Language	English, French
Edited by	David Reid
History	1981–present
Publisher	FLM Publishing Association (Canada)
Frequency	Triannually
Open access	Delayed, after 3 years
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	For Learn. Math.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0228-0671
LCCN	81649515
JSTOR	02280671
OCLC no.	732868199
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For the Learning of Mathematics is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering mathematics education. It was established in 1981 by David Wheeler.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

EBSCO databases^[1]
Education Resources Information Center^[1]
Index Islamicus^[1]
ProQuest databases^[1]
Scopus^[2]

Reception

In 2012, a survey of researchers in the field ranked the journal with an A (the second highest ranking, below A*).^[3] In 2017, another ranking of journals placed it in the top tier.^[4] At the same time, the high ranking in both of these reviews was questioned, suggesting that the journal more properly belongs in the mid-tier.^[5]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:

David Wheeler (1981–1996)
David Pimm (1997–2002)
Laurinda Brown (2003–2007)
Brent Davis (2008–2010)
Richard Barwell (2011–2016)
David Reid (2017–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "For the Learning of Mathematics". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
^ "Source details: For the Learning of Mathematics". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
^ Törner, G.; Azarello, F. (December 2012). "Grading mathematics education research journals" (PDF). Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society: 52–54.
^ Williams, Steven R.; Leatham, Keith R. (2017). "Journal Quality in Mathematics Education". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 48 (4): 369. doi:10.5951/jresematheduc.48.4.0369.
^ Nivens, Ryan Andrew; Otten, Samuel (2017). "Assessing Journal Quality in Mathematics Education". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 48 (4): 348. doi:10.5951/jresematheduc.48.4.0348.