Theory of Computing
Last updated ISSN 1557-2862
Theory of Computing is published by University of Chicago in computer science. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Theory of Computing concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
- Advanced Graph Theory Research
- Cryptography and Data Security
- Machine Learning and Algorithms
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Optimization and Search Problems
- Coding theory and cryptography
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
- Limits and Structures in Graph Theory
- semigroups and automata theory
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1557-2862 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 395 |
| Publishing since | 2005 |
| Journal website | theoryofcomputing.org/ |
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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