Editorial Policy

The SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics publishes the highest quality research papers in discrete mathematics, both pure and applied.

As a SIAM publication, papers are welcome that either evolve from or have potential application to real-world problems, but this is not a requirement. The emphasis of the Journal is on theoretical approaches, rather than empirical ones.

We seek the most significant contributions across the full spectrum of combinatorics and graph theory, as well as fundamental progress on algorithmic and computational issues related to discrete structures.

We are particularly interested in:

• Properties and extremal problems for discrete structures, including graphs, hypergraphs, posets, matroids, combinatorial designs, and networks.
• Combinatorial optimization and mathematical programming, especially network optimization, integer programming, approximation algorithms, and randomized algorithms.
• Algebraic and enumerative combinatorics.
• Coding and information theory, especially error-correcting codes.
• Combinatorial number theory.
• Design and analysis of algorithms for discrete structures.
• Discrete and computational geometry.
• Discrete methods in computational biology and in industrial or modelling applications.
• Random structures and the probabilistic method.

In general, only original papers will be considered. Submission of a manuscript to a SIAM journal is representation by the author that the manuscript has not been published or submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. However, papers previously presented in conference proceedings may be submitted in revised form. If a paper has appeared previously, in any form, authors must clearly indicate this both in their cover letter and in a footnote on the first page of the paper.

The Journal may, on occasion with the consent of the Board, publish a special issue devoted to a particular topic.