Tech riderRev. 11 Oct 2026
MathSciNet
- 1Runs onWeb
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3Advanced searchYes
- 4Content typesreviews, abstracts, bibliographic records, articles, books, proceedings papers
- 5Conference proceedingsYes
- 6Institutional accessYes
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Overview
MathSciNet is ranked #19 of 34 in academic research databases on Specifiction. It runs on Web. A free trial is offered.
MathSciNet plans and pricing
All plansInstitutional subscription Annual fees are paid by the subscribing institution; the page does not state an amount. Site-wide access for listed IP addresses · usage restricted to a single site ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
Compared on academic research databases
- Free plan
- Nomathscinet.ams.org
- Advanced search
- Yesmathscinet.ams.org
- Content types
- reviews, abstracts, bibliographic records, articles, books, proceedings papersmathscinet.ams.org
- Conference proceedings
- Yesmathscinet.ams.org
- Institutional access
- Yesmathscinet.ams.org
Facts
- Purpose
- MathSciNet is an electronic publication providing searchable reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- MathSciNet contains over 3.6 million items and more than 2.3 million direct links to original articles.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- New material
- More than 125,000 new items and over 90,000 reviews are added to the database each year.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Classification
- Most new items are classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Author identification
- Authors have unique MR Author IDs, allowing users to search for an individual’s publications rather than relying on name strings.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Citation tools
- MathSciNet provides citation information for journals, authors, articles, and reviews using matched reference lists collected from approximately 650 journals.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Search features
- The database includes publication, author, journal, author citation, and journal citation searches.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Free tools
- Search MSC and Collaboration Distance are among the tools available without a MathSciNet subscription.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Citation export
- Citations can be viewed or downloaded in EndNote, AMSRefs, BibTeX, and ASCII formats, with up to 50 items at a time.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Citation coverage limit
- Reference citations are limited to items whose full reference lists are included in MathSciNet.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Updates
- MathSciNet is updated hourly, and newly cataloged items are posted within the hour after receipt and processing.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The help page lists separate contacts for product functionality, reviewers, the in-house librarian, the Executive Editor, and subscriptions or consortia.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The AMS quickstart guide states that a 30-day free trial is available.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- The AMS describes MathSciNet as an authoritative gateway to the scholarly literature of mathematics, developed, edited, and published by the American Mathematical Society.mathscinet.ams.org · 11 Oct 2026
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Sources
- mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html· checked 11 Oct 2026
- mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/info/docs/search-extras/free· checked 11 Oct 2026
- mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/help/headline_review_help_fu· checked 11 Oct 2026
- mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/help/fullitem_help_full.html· checked 11 Oct 2026
- mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/info/index.html· checked 11 Oct 2026
- ams.org/publications/msn-quickstart-guide.pdf· checked 11 Oct 2026
- ams.org/publications/license/msn-license.pdf· checked 11 Oct 2026