Theoretical Computer Science
Last updated ISSN 0304-3975
Theoretical Computer Science is published by Elsevier BV in computer science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,880.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Theoretical Computer Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- semigroups and automata theory
- Logic, programming, and type systems
- Algorithms and Data Compression
- Advanced Graph Theory Research
- Formal Methods in Verification
- Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
- DNA and Biological Computing
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Optimization and Search Problems
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0304-3975, 1879-2294 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,880 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 17,775 |
| Publishing since | 1975 |
| Journal website | www.elsevier.com/locate/tcs |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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