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<p><i>Geometry & Topology</i> is a peer-refereed, international <a href="/facts/Mathematics_research_journal/A4Slzknw">mathematics research journal</a> devoted to <a href="/facts/Geometry/wTQf5ffQ">geometry</a> and <a href="/facts/Topology/2EqW47cU">topology</a>, and their applications. It is currently based at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Warwick/A88IPplp">University of Warwick</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, and published by <a href="/facts/Mathematical_Sciences_Publishers/CtD0VHTg">Mathematical Sciences Publishers</a>, a nonprofit <a href="/facts/Academic_publishing/WfPqsYr1">academic publishing</a> organisation. </p><p>It was founded in 1997 by a group of <a href="/facts/Topologist/2EqW47cU">topologists</a> who were dissatisfied with recent substantial rises in subscription prices of journals published by major publishing corporations. The aim was to set up a high-quality journal, capable of competing with existing journals, but with substantially lower subscription fees. The journal was open-access for its first ten years of existence and was available free to individual users, although institutions were required to pay modest subscription fees for both online access and for printed volumes. At present, an online subscription is required to view full-text <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a> copies of articles in the most recent three volumes; articles older than that are open-access, at which point copies of the published articles are uploaded to the <a href="/facts/ArXiv/H6EtgnBe">arXiv</a>. A traditional printed version is also published, at present on an annual basis. </p><p>The journal has grown to be well respected in its field, and has in recent years published a number of important papers, in particular proofs of the <a href="/facts/Property_P_conjecture/IU3nYEEV">Property P conjecture</a> and the Birman conjecture. </p> <ul><li><a href="http://archive.sciencewatch.com/inter/jou/pdf/10mayGeoTop.pdf"><i>Walter Neumann on the Success of Geometry & Topology</i></a>, May 2010, Sciencewatch.com, <a href="/facts/Thomson_Reuters/GPIlfqa2">Thomson Reuters</a></li></ul>