Journal of Symbolic Computation

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| editor = Josef Schicho

| abbreviation=J. Symb. Comput.

| mathscinet=J. Symbolic Comput.

| discipline = Computer science

| publisher = Elsevier

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| frequency = Monthly

| history = 1985-present

| impact = 0.847

| impact-year = 2020

| website = http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jsc

| link1 = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07477171

| link1-name = Online access

| OCLC = 10791050

| LCCN = 85644369

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| ISSN = 0747-7171

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The Journal of Symbolic Computation is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal covering all aspects of symbolic computation published by Academic Press and then by Elsevier. It is targeted to both mathematicians and computer scientists. It was established in 1985 by Bruno Buchberger, who served as its editor until 1994.

The journal covers a wide variety of topics, including:

• Computer algebra, for which it is considered the top journal{{cite book |title=Computer Algebra and Symbolic Computation: Mathematical Methods |last=Cohen |first=Joel S. |year=2003 |publisher=AK Peters, Ltd. |isbn=978-1-56881-159-8 |page=14 }}
• Computational geometry
• Automated theorem proving
• Applications of symbolic computation in education, science, and industry

According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2020 impact factor is 0.847.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journal of Symbolic Computation |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} The journal is abstracted and indexed by Scopus and the Science Citation Index.