Journal of Math Circles
Aims and Scope
Journal of Math Circles (JMC) offers high-quality, practitioner-focused resources for outreach leaders through the dissemination of local knowledge to the broader mathematical community. Articles are authored by and for mathematics professionals, including K-12 teachers, who organize a wide range of community-responsive outreach programs across the globe.
JMC seeks articles capturing best practices for outreach and professional development activities that align with Math Circle core values: exploring worthwhile mathematical tasks, fostering problem-solving habits of mind, and building communities of mathematical thinkers and problem solvers. Papers offering thorough, evidence-based reflective commentary of implementation are welcome. Manuscripts may be submitted in one of three areas:
- Lesson Plans. These papers are intended to support leaders of a session or progression of sessions.
- Outreach Programs. These papers are intended to support individuals or organizations in starting or sustaining outreach programs.
- Professional Development. These papers are intended to support leaders of K-12 teacher professional development.
JMC publishes a minimum of one issue per year with special issues on themed topics. All papers are rigorously reviewed using a double-blind peer review process. The journal is open-access and uses ScholarWorks to support the peer review process and publication of articles. All published manuscripts have unrestricted access and will remain permanently free to read and download.

Image Information
Image Credit: Alexander Heaton,
The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Recent Content
MathAmigos: A Community Mathematics Initiative
James C. Taylor, Delara Sharma, and Shannon Rogers
Connecting Mathematics and Community: Challenges, Successes, and Different Perspectives
Ariel Azbel, Margarita Azbel, Isabella F. Delbakhsh, Tami E. Heletz, and Zeynep Teymuroglu
The Signaling Problem: Using Exploding Dots to Solve an Accessible Mystery in an Elementary-Aged Math Circle
Rodi Steinig
A Message From the Global Math Project Team
James Tanton
Editorial Introduction to the Journal of Math Circles
Emilie Hancock and Brandy Wiegers