''Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics'' is a

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covering algebraic combinatorics. It was established in 1992 and is published by

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. The

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is Ilias S. Kotsireas (

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). In 2017, the journal's four editors-in-chief and

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resigned to protest the publisher's high prices and limited accessibility. They criticized Springer for "double-dipping", that is, charging large subscription fees to libraries in addition to high fees for authors who wished to make their publications open access. The board subsequently started their own

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, ''Algebraic Combinatorics''.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 0.875.

References

External links

* Combinatorics journals Academic journals established in 1992 Springer Science+Business Media academic journals English-language journals {{mathematics-journal-stub