What are the best journals for Computational Theory and Mathematics?

From a 17,500-venue index, the highest-ranked Computational Theory and Mathematics journals include Drug Discovery Today, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, Journal of the ACM, SIAM Journal on Optimization, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications. The top 40 of 166 ranked venues are listed on this page; 37 are Scimago Q1 and 3 Q2. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Computational Theory and Mathematics journals ranked?

By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Computational Theory and Mathematics come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Computational Theory and Mathematics — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Computational Theory and Mathematics — is listed after all the others. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Why don't all Computational Theory and Mathematics journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Computational Theory and Mathematics paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Computational Theory and Mathematics · 166 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Computational Theory and Mathematics

The top 40 of 166 Computational Theory and Mathematics journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Computational Theory and Mathematics is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of 15 November 2026 — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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Drug Discovery Today
8.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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Journal of the ACM
4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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SIAM Journal on Optimization
3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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6
Fuzzy Sets and Systems
2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Computational Optimization and Applications
2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Journal of Global Optimization
2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Mathematical Programming
1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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12
INFORMS journal on computing
1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
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ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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14
Mathematics of Operations Research
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Optimization
1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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ACM Transactions on Algorithms
1.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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SIAM Journal on Computing
1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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21
Linear and Multilinear Algebra
1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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22
Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Wyoming
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Linear Algebra and its Applications
0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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24
Journal of Symbolic Computation
0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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25
Journal of Graph Theory
0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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26
Annals of Pure and Applied Logic
0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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27
Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic
0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Duke University Press
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28
Journal of Symbolic Logic
0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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29
Numerical Algorithms
2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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30
BIT Numerical Mathematics
1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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31
Journal of Complexity
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
COMBINATORICA
1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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33
European Journal of Combinatorics
1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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34
Discrete Mathematics
0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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35
Combinatorics Probability Computing
0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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36
Random Structures and Algorithms
0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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37
The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
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Computing
4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
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39
Molecular Informatics
3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
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40
Computational and Applied Mathematics
2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.