ACM算法事务欢迎提交最高质量的原始研究报告，处理的算法本质上是离散和有限的，并以自然的方式包含数学内容，无论是在目标中还是在分析中。最受欢迎的是新的算法和数据结构、新的和改进的分析以及复杂性结果。该杂志涵盖的具体计算领域包括
ACM Transactions on Algorithms welcomes submissions of original research of the highest quality dealing with algorithms that are inherently discrete and finite, and having mathematical content in a natural way, either in the objective or in the analysis. Most welcome are new algorithms and data structures, new and improved analyses, and complexity results. Specific areas of computation covered by the journal include