Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (commonly abbreviated as J. Graph Algorithms Appl.) is an open access journal of graph algorithms hosted by the Department of Computer Science at Brown University. Founded in 1997, it is diamond open access, with a 2025 impact factor of 0.9.Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications（常用缩写 J. Graph Algorithms Appl.）是托管于布朗大学计算机科学系的图算法开放获取期刊，1997 年创刊，为钻石开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 0.9。[1]
Scope
- Scope: the journal is devoted to high-quality research papers on the analysis, design, implementation and applications of graph algorithms.学科定位： 期刊致力于图算法的分析、设计、实现与应用方向的高质量研究论文。
- Subject coverage: interests run from exact and approximation, centralised and distributed, static and dynamic, internal- and external-memory, and sequential and parallel graph algorithms, through experiences with animation, experimentation and implementation, to applications in biomedical informatics, computational biology, computational geometry, computer graphics, graph drawing, social networks and VLSI circuits.收录主题： 兴趣方向包括精确与近似图算法、集中式与分布式图算法、静态与动态图算法、串行与并行图算法等设计分析分支，以及算法在生物医学信息学、计算生物学、计算几何、计算机图形学、图绘制、社交网络与超大规模集成电路等领域的应用。
- Access policy: diamond open access means no charges for readers or authors, with authors retaining copyright under a CC BY 4.0 licence.出版政策： 期刊为钻石开放获取，对读者与作者均不收费，作者保留版权并以 CC BY 4.0 许可发布。
- Indexing: the journal is indexed by DBLP and Scopus, listed in DOAJ and a member of the Free Journal Network.收录与指标： 期刊被 DBLP 与 Scopus 收录，列入开放获取期刊目录，并属自由期刊网络成员。[2]
History
- Founded in 1997: the journal was launched in 1997 as one of the early electronic venues of the graph drawing and algorithms community.1997年创刊： 期刊于 1997 年创刊，是图绘制与图算法共同体的早期电子期刊之一。
- Publishing form: distributed electronically, the journal lets authors append corrections, implementations, multimedia presentations and extended bibliographies after publication, and volumes 1 to 8 appeared in a book series with World Scientific Publishing.出版形态： 期刊以纯电子形式发行，允许作者在发表后追加勘误、实现、多媒体演示与扩展文献等附录，第 1 至 8 卷曾与世界科学出版公司合作以丛书形式印行。
- Review practice: the journal follows the COPE code of conduct with single-blind review, and referees are typically asked to complete a first round in eight weeks.评审规范： 期刊遵循出版伦理委员会行为准则，实行单向匿名评审，首轮审稿通常八周完成。
- Recent metrics: the impact factor has hovered around 0.9 in recent years, with citation records maintained in Scopus.近年指标： 影响因子近年稳定在 0.9 左右，引用记录由 Scopus 维护。
- Article types: regular, concise and survey categories are offered, with a deliberately limited number of carefully selected papers per year.稿件类型： 期刊设常规、简报与综述三类稿件，每年精选发表少量论文。[3]
Editors
- Editors-in-chief: the journal is co-led by Emilio Di Giacomo of the University of Perugia and Martin Nöllenburg of TU Wien, with Fabrizio Montecchiani of Perugia as publication editor.现任主编： 期刊设双主编，分别为佩鲁贾大学的 Emilio Di Giacomo 与维也纳工业大学的 Martin Nöllenburg，出版编辑为佩鲁贾大学的 Fabrizio Montecchiani。
- Past editors: past editors-in-chief include Roberto Tamassia of Brown University, Giuseppe Liotta of Perugia and Ioannis Tollis of the University of Crete.前任主编： 历任主编包括布朗大学的 Roberto Tamassia、佩鲁贾大学的 Giuseppe Liotta 与克里特大学的 Ioannis Tollis。
- Editorial board: some twenty-five editors come from theoretical computer science centres in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Canada and the United States.编委构成： 编委二十余人，来自意大利、德国、荷兰、以色列、日本、加拿大与美国的理论计算机科学中心。[4]
- Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the online system, pre-assessed by the journal and then refereed in one or more rounds by an assigned editor.投稿与评审： 稿件经在线系统递交，先经编辑部预评，再由责编组织一轮或多轮评审。
- Editorial policy: novelty and correctness alone are not sufficient, with papers expected to carry the weight and interest of work at highly ranked conferences and journals.编辑方针： 期刊强调结果的新颖性与正确性之外还需足够的分量与影响，对与高排名会议同水准的论文开放。