The Journal of the ACM (JACM) provides coverage of the most significant work on principles of computer science, broadly construed. It is published six times per year.

The scope of research we cover encompasses contributions of lasting value to any area of computer science. To be accepted, a paper must be judged to be truly outstanding in its field. JACM is interested in work in core computer science and at the boundaries, both the boundaries of subdisciplines of computer science and the boundaries between computer science and other fields.

Scope
The best indicator of the scope of the journal is provided by the areas covered by its Editorial Board. These areas change from time to time, as the field evolves. The following areas are currently covered by a member of the Editorial Board:

Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization

Algorithms and Data Structures

Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, and Games

Artificial Intelligence

Complexity Theory

Computational Biology

Computational Geometry

Computer Graphics and Computer Vision

Computer-Aided Verification

Cryptography and Security

Cyber-Physical, Embedded, and Real-Time Systems

Database Systems and Theory

Distributed Computing

Economics and Computation

Information Theory

Logic and Computation

Logic, Algorithms, and Complexity

Machine Learning and Computational Learning Theory

Networking

Parallel Computing and Architecture

Programming Languages

Quantum Computing

Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms

Scientific Computing and High Performance Computing

Software Engineering

Web Algorithms and Data Mining