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JOURNAL OF COMPUTER AND SYSTEMSCIENCES

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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• Description• Audience• Impact Factor• Abstracting and Indexing• Editorial Board• Guide for Authors

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ISSN: 0022-0000

DESCRIPTION.

The Journal of Computer and System Sciences publishes original research papers in computerscience and related subjects in system science, with attention to the relevant mathematical theory.Applications-oriented papers may also be accepted.

Research areas include traditional subjects such as:

• Theory of algorithms and computability• Formal languages• Automata theory

Contemporary subjects such as:

• Complexity theory• Algorithmic Complexity• Parallel & distributed computing• Computer networks• Neural networks• Computational learning theory• Database theory & practice• Computer modeling of complex systems

Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discountson Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.

Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any furtherinformation or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

AUDIENCE.

Computer scientists and mathematiciansSponsored Articles: Journal of Computer and SystemSciences offers authors or their institutions the option to sponsor non-subscriber access to theirarticles on Elsevier's electronic publishing platforms. For more information please click http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/yjcsshere.

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IMPACT FACTOR.

2014: 1.138 © Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2015

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING.

ACM Guide to Computing LiteratureBIOSISBioengineering AbstractsCurrent Contents Engineering Technology & Applied ScienceInformation Science AbstractsMathematical ReviewsResearch AlertScience AbstractsScience Citation IndexZentralblatt MATHExcerpta MedicaCompuMath Citation IndexScopus

EDITORIAL BOARD.

Managing Editor

M. Segal, Fac. of Engineering, Communication Systems, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 84105,Beer Sheva, Israel

Editorial Assistant

A. Goldfeld, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Editors

J.-Y. Cai, Madison, Wisconsin, USAA. Chi-Chih Yao, Beijing, ChinaR. Constable, Ithaca, New York, USAD. Dolev, Jerusalem, IsraelR. Fagin, San Jose, California, USAS. Goldwasser, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAG. Gottlob, Oxford, England, UKM. Rabin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAH. Rogers, Jr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAM. Sharir, Tel Aviv, IsraelJ. Sifakis, Lausanne, SwitzerlandM. Yannakakis, New York, New York, USAL.A. Zadeh, Berkeley, California, USA

Associate Editors

R. Belohlavek, Olomouc, Czech RepublicM.A. Bender, Stony Brook, New York, USAM. Benedikt, Oxford, England, UKV. Braverman, Baltimore, Maryland, USAM. Broy, München, GermanyT. Brun, Los Angeles, California, USAJ. Chen, College Station, Texas, USAJ.J. Chen, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaE. Cohen, Florham Park, New Jersey, USAP. Crescenzi, Firenze, ItalyA. Datta, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAR. de Queiroz, Recife, BrazilM. Elkin, Beer-Sheva, IsraelM. Feldman, Ramat Aviv, IsraelM. Fellows, Bergen, NorwayP. Floccini, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaS. Homer, Boston, Massachusetts, USAM. Huang, Los Angeles, California, USA

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S. Irani, Irvine, California, USAR. Jain, SingaporeT. Jiang, Riverside, California, USAR.E. Kalman, Zürich, SwitzerlandB. Kimelfeld, San Jose, California, USAS. Kirkpatrick, Jerusalem, IsraelR. Klasing, Bordeaux, FranceJ. Koenemann, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaV. Kreinovich, Rochester, New York, USAS. Lucas, Valencia, SpainU. Maurer, Zürich, SwitzerlandS Myers, Bloomington, Indiana, USAR. Niedermeier, Berlin, GermanyJ. Ouaknine, Oxford, England, UKA. Panconesi, Roma, ItalyM. Panella, Rome, ItalyR. Pass, Ithaka, New York, USAA. Pretschner, Technische Universität MünchenD. Pym, London, UKT. Sauerwald, Cambridge, England, UKC. Scheideler, München, GermanyJ. Seiferas, Rochester, New York, USAE. Sontag, Piscataway, New Jersey, USAB. Speckmann, Eindhoven, NetherlandsF. Stephan, SingaporeS. Szeider, Vienna, AustriaV. Terrier, Caen, FranceC. Umans, Pasadena, California, USAS. Valaee, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaP.J. Wan, Chicago, Illinois, USAL. Wang, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongG.J. Woeginger, Eindhoven, NetherlandsD.P Woodruff, San Jose, California, USAS Zilles, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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GUIDE FOR AUTHORS.

The purpose of the Journal of Computer and System Sciences is to publish original research papersin computer science and system science, with emphasis on the relevant mathematical theory andits applications. Papers may deal with such subjects as automata theory, databases, complexity,computational learning theory, parallel computation, quantum computation, computational biology,computer network algorithms, cryptography and computer/communication security, theory of formallanguages and formal systems, theory of algorithms, computer programming theory, mathematicaltheory of systems (discrete or continuous, deterministic or stochastic), optimization of systems,mathematical programming, computational biology and genomics, and applications of mathematicsto the study of complex systems.

JCSS Guide for AuthorsJCSS Guide for Authors

The Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS) publishes original research papers on computerscience and system science, with emphasis on the relevant mathematical theory and its applications.Among the subject areas covered by JCSS are classical traditional subjects like computability theory,theory of algorithms, formal language theory and abstract automata theory. Contemporary andmodern subject areas covered include complexity theory, parameterized complexity, database theoryand practice, parallel and distributed computing, computational learning theory, cellular automataand abstract systems, computer security and cryptography, computer networks, and computationalbiology/genomics.To assure proper handling and login, each email submission should be sent to the Interim ManagingEditor as listed below.

Interim Managing EditorMichael Segal:jcss@post.bgu.ac.il

Editorial AssistantArie Goldfeld: arik@bgu.ac.il

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