The ''Journal of Symbolic Computation'' is a

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monthly

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covering all aspects of

symbolic computation In mathematics and computer science, computer algebra, also called symbolic computation or algebraic computation, is a scientific area that refers to the study and development of algorithms and software for manipulating mathematical expressions ...

published by

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and then by

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. It is targeted to both

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s and

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s. It was established in 1985 by

Bruno Buchberger Bruno Buchberger (born 22 October 1942) is Professor of Computer Mathematics at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. In his 1965 Ph.D. thesis, he created the theory of Gröbner bases, and has developed this theory throughout his career. ...

, who served as its

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until 1994. The journal covers a wide variety of topics, including: *

Computer algebra In mathematics and computer science, computer algebra, also called symbolic computation or algebraic computation, is a scientific area that refers to the study and development of algorithms and software for manipulating mathematical expressions ...

, for which it is considered the top journal *

Computational geometry Computational geometry is a branch of computer science devoted to the study of algorithms which can be stated in terms of geometry. Some purely geometrical problems arise out of the study of computational geometric algorithms, and such problems ar ...

Automated theorem proving Automated theorem proving (also known as ATP or automated deduction) is a subfield of automated reasoning and mathematical logic dealing with proving mathematical theorems by computer programs. Automated reasoning over mathematical proof was a ...

* Applications of symbolic computation in education, science, and industry According to the ''

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'', its 2020

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is 0.847. The journal is abstracted and indexed by

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and the

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* {{Official website, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jsc Mathematics journals Computer science journals Publications established in 1985 Elsevier academic journals Monthly journals English-language journals Computer algebra

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