Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma

Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Riv. Mat. Univ. Parma
Discipline Mathematics
Language English
Edited by Adriano Tomassini
Publication details
Publisher
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Parma (Italy)
Publication history
 1950–present
Frequency Biannual
Indexing
ISSN 0035-6298 (print)
2284-2578 (web)
OCLC no. 1716082
Links

The Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma (The Mathematical Revue of the University of Parma) is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Parma, established in 1950.[1]

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Scopus, Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH.

Historical notice

Foundation

The journal was founded by Antonio Mambriani in 1950,[1] with the aim to publish the proceedings of the mathematical congress "Analisi funzionale e equazioni differenziali",[2][3] held in Parma on June 4, 1949.[4] Among the participants there were Renato Caccioppoli, Gianfranco Cimmino, Luigi Fantappiè, Carlo Miranda, Giovanni Sansone, Francesco Severi and Giuseppe Zwirner:[5] all their contributions, except the one of Caccioppoli,[6] were published in the first volume of the Journal, released in the month of December 1950.[5][7] Caccioppoli's conference, despite a help request sent by Mambriani to Carlo Miranda and the submitting of a shorthand draft to Caccioppoli through Miranda with praise to review and correct it for the publication,[6] remained unpublished until 1999.[8] Along with Mambriani, another person who was in the editorial board of the journal since 1950 was Bianca Manfredi.[9] She cured the scientific aspect of the published papers and their formal appearance up to the least details and, after working at the journal for 25 years along with Mambriani,[10] she served as its director for 17 years,[9][10] from 1975 to 1991, showing considerable management skills.[11]

Timeline of journal series and editors in chief

At present, eight series of the "Rivista" have been published, each one corresponding approximately to the duration of the period of charge of a given editor in chief.[12] The full list of published series and editors in chief is tabulated below:

Years Journal series Editor in chief References
1950–1959 Serie 1 Antonio Mambriani (The Editorial Board 1974, p. I).
1960–1971 Serie 2 Carmelo Longo (The Editorial Board 2013b).[13]
1972–1974 Serie 3 Francesco Speranza (The Editorial Board 2013b).[14]
1975–1991 Serie 4 Bianca Manfredi (The Editorial Board 1993, p. I).[15]
1992–1997 Serie 5 Gian Battista Rizza (The Editorial Board 2013b)
1998–2001 Serie 6 Giampiero Spiga (The Editorial Board 2013b)
2002–2008 Serie 7 Alessandra Lunardi (The Editorial Board 2013b)
2009–present Serie 8 / Nuova Serie Adriano Tomassini (The Editorial Board 2013b)

Structure

The current by-laws of the journal define its structure:[16] in its present form, it states that the journal is directed by three controlling bodies, i.e. the editor in chief, the redaction committee or "Editorial Board",[17] and the redaction secretariat:[18][19]

The editor in chief is appointed by the rector of the University of Parma on a proposal of the Board of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Parma, and shall remain in office for four years:[20] the candidate should be a university professor of the department itself, in office or retired.[20]

The Editorial Board should be composed of four university mathematics professors, in office or retired, appointed by the rector on a proposal of the editor in chief and on the advice of Board of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science:[21] they remain in office for four years and, despite its formal expiry when a new editor in chief is appointed, they should continue to perform their duties until a new Editorial Board is appointed.[21]

The editor in chief may seek the collaboration of an advisory board:[22] if he chose to do so, he should appoint leading mathematicians in specific fields of research, on proposals of the editorial board.[23] On its part, the appointed Advisory Board supports the scientific activity of the journal and does not perform any administrative duty.[23]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 See (Mambriani 1950), the dedication of volume (3) 3 (1974, p.I), the short historical note for the thirty years anniversary of the journal (1979, p. 897) and the announce on the "Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana" (1949, p.332).
  2. ↑ English: “Functional analysis and differential equations” (The Editorial Board 1974, p. I).
  3. ↑ Carbone, Cardone & Palladino (2004, p. 97) state that “Era nelle intenzioni di Antonio Mambriani raccogliere gli Atti del Convegno e con essi dare inizio alla Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma” (English: “It was Antonio Mambriani's intention to collect the whole conference proceedings and start with them the Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma”), while the dedication of volume (3) 3 (1974, p.I) reads: “Nell'intento di raccogliere le relazioni tenute dagli illustri partecipanti al Convegno (fra cui R. Caccioppoli, G. Cimmino, L. Fantappiè, C. Miranda, G. Sansone, F. Severi, G. Zwirner), Antonio Mambriani ebbe l'idea di fondare un nuovo periodico dedicato alla matematica.” (English: “With the aim of collecting the talks given by the illustrious participants to the Conference (among whom R. Caccioppoli, G. Cimmino, L. Fantappiè, C. Miranda, G. Sansone, F. Severi, G. Zwirner), Antonio Mambriani had the idea of founding a new journal dedicated to mathematics.”)
  4. ↑ See (Carbone, Cardone & Palladino 2004, p. 94) and (The Editorial Board 1974, p. I): in the short historical note for the thirty years anniversary of the journal (1979, p. 897), the day and month are correctly stated but the year is missing.
  5. 1 2 The Editorial Board (1974, p. I, 1979, p. 94).
  6. 1 2 See (Carbone, Cardone & Palladino 2004, p. 97).
  7. ↑ Carbone, Cardone & Palladino (2004, p. 97) state that the first number of the journal was released between January and February 1950.
  8. ↑ See (Carbone, Cardone & Palladino 2004) for the complete details about the rediscovery of the draft and its subsequent publication.
  9. 1 2 (The Editorial Board 1993, p. I).
  10. 1 2 (Rizza 1999, p. 213).
  11. ↑ Italian: “notevoli capacità manageriali”, as stated in the dedication to her of volume (5) 2 (1993, p.I).
  12. ↑ According to the historical sketch on the journal web site (2013).
  13. ↑ According to (The Editorial Board 1974, p. I), Carmelo Longo was the editor in chief only between 1960 and 1962: after 1962, Mambriani held the again charge until 1972.
  14. ↑ See the obituary by Rizza (1998, p. 229).
  15. ↑ See also her obituary by Rizza (1999, p. 214).
  16. ↑ (Regulation of the Journal 2013, p. 1).
  17. ↑ As explicitly called so in the Regulation of the Journal (2013, p. 1 §4).
  18. ↑ In the exact Italian words, the "direttore responsabile", the "comitato di redazione" and the "segreteria di redazione" respectively.
  19. ↑ (Regulation of the Journal 2013, p. 1 §2).
  20. 1 2 (Regulation of the Journal 2013, p. 1 §3).
  21. 1 2 (Regulation of the Journal 2013, p. 1 §4).
  22. ↑ According to the Regulation of the Journal (2013, p. 2 §6): note that the editor in chief is not obliged to appoint an advisory board (Italian: Comitato Scientifico).
  23. 1 2 Regulation of the Journal (2013, p. 2 §6).

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