MathSciNet
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Plans and prices
From MathSciNet's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional subscription | — | Site-wide access for listed IP addresses · usage restricted to a single site · Annual fees are paid by the subscribing institution; the page does not state an amount. |
The facts
Each one read from MathSciNet's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Author identification
- Authors have unique MR Author IDs, allowing users to search for an individual’s publications rather than relying on name strings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Citation coverage limit
- Reference citations are limited to items whose full reference lists are included in MathSciNet.checked 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.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Citation tools
- MathSciNet provides citation information for journals, authors, articles, and reviews using matched reference lists collected from approximately 650 journals.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Classification
- Most new items are classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- MathSciNet contains over 3.6 million items and more than 2.3 million direct links to original articles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- New material
- More than 125,000 new items and over 90,000 reviews are added to the database each year.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MathSciNet is an electronic publication providing searchable reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search features
- The database includes publication, author, journal, author citation, and journal citation searches.checked 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.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Updates
- MathSciNet is updated hourly, and newly cataloged items are posted within the hour after receipt and processing.checked 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.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free tools
- Search MSC and Collaboration Distance are among the tools available without a MathSciNet subscription.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The AMS quickstart guide states that a 30-day free trial is available.checked 11 Oct 2026
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