SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (commonly abbreviated as SIAM J. Discrete Math.) is a discrete mathematics quarterly published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Founded in 1988, it carries a 2025 impact factor of 1.0.SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics（常用缩写 SIAM J. Discrete Math.）是工业与应用数学学会出版的离散数学季刊，1988 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 1.0。[1]
Scope
- Scope: the journal publishes research articles on a broad range of topics from pure and applied mathematics including combinatorics and graph theory, discrete optimisation and operations research, theoretical computer science, and coding and communication theory.学科定位： 期刊发表纯数学与应用数学广泛主题的研究论文，包括组合数学与图论、离散优化与运筹学、理论计算机科学以及编码与通信理论。
- Standing: the publisher bills it as having the broadest coverage of any of the leading international journals in discrete mathematics, spanning combinatorics, graph theory, algorithms, information and coding theory.办刊影响： 出版方称其为国际离散数学主流期刊中覆盖面最广的刊物，涵盖组合、图论、算法、信息与编码理论等方向。
- Publishing model: the journal is subscription-based with an open access option available.出版模式： 期刊为订阅型刊物，支持开放获取发表选项。
- Indexing and metrics: indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the journal holds a second-quartile position in applied mathematics, with a 2025 impact factor of 1.0.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，在应用数学类别中列第二区，2025 年影响因子为 1.0。[2]
History
- Founded in 1988: the journal was launched by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1988.1988年创刊： 期刊于 1988 年由工业与应用数学学会创办。
- Background to the founding: the society's journal family extended into the discrete arena in the eighties, giving combinatorial and algorithmic work a dedicated home.创刊背景： 学会期刊家族在八十年代扩展至离散方向，为组合与算法研究提供专门阵地。
- Editorial transition: Stanislav Živný took over as editor-in-chief on 1 January 2023, succeeding Daniel Král after his six-year term.主编换届： Stanislav Živný 于 2023 年 1 月 1 日出任主编，接替任职六年的 Daniel Král。
- Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 0.75 in 2019, 0.8 in 2022 and 1.0 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2019 年为 0.75，2022 年为 0.8，2025 年为 1.0。
- Frequency: the journal appears quarterly with four issues a year.刊期： 期刊为季刊，每年出版 4 期。[3]
Editors
- Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Stanislav Živný of the University of Oxford, whose institutional page lists him as associate editor from 2017 and editor-in-chief from 2022 to 2026.现任主编： 主编为牛津大学的 Stanislav Živný，其个人页列明 2017 年起任副编辑、2022 至 2026 年任主编。
- Predecessor: the outgoing editor was Daniel Král of Masaryk University in Brno.前任主编： 撤任主编 Daniel Král 来自布尔诺马萨里克大学。
- Editorial board: the board spans combinatorics, graph theory, algorithms and information theory across the discrete spectrum.编委构成： 编委会覆盖组合数学、图论、算法与信息论等离散数学各方向。[4]
- Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the SIAM online system and undergo peer review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 SIAM 在线投稿系统递交，接受同行评审。
- Editorial policy: the journal weighs pure and applied mathematics evenly, welcoming high-level results in algorithmic complexity, communication theory and adjoining directions.编辑方针： 期刊强调纯数学与应用并重，欢迎算法复杂性与通信理论等交叉方向的高水准成果。