Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation
Encyclopedia
Higher-Order and Symbol Computation (formerly LISP and Symbolic Computation; print: , online: ) is a computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

 journal
Academic journal
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 published by Springer Science+Business Media
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- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

. It focusses on programming concepts and abstractions and programming language theory
Programming language theory
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Editors

Former editors-in-chief of the journal have been:
  • Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA (1988 – 1991)
  • Guy L. Steele Jr.
    Guy L. Steele, Jr.
    Guy Lewis Steele Jr. , also known as "The Great Quux", and GLS , is an American computer scientist who has played an important role in designing and documenting several computer programming languages.-Biography:...

    , Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA (1988 – 1991)
  • Robert R. Kessler, University of Utah
    University of Utah
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    , USA (1991 – 1998)


The current editors-in-chief are Olivier Danvy
Olivier Danvy
Olivier Danvy is a French computer scientist specializing in programming languages, partial evaluation, and continuations at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.He is notable for the number of scientific papers which acknowledge his help...

 (Aarhus University) and Carolyn Talcott (SRI International
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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile
InfoTrac
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, ACM Computing Reviews
ACM Computing Reviews
ACM Computing Reviews is an academic journal that reviews computer science literature. It is published by the Association for Computing Machinery .- External links :* — limited access for non-subscribers...

, ACM Digital Library
Association for Computing Machinery
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, Computer Abstracts International Database, Computer Science Index, Current Abstracts, EBSCO
EBSCO Industries
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, EI-Compendex, INSPEC
Inspec
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, io-port.net, PASCAL, Scopus
Scopus
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, Summon by Serial Solutions
Serials Solutions
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, VINITI Database RAS
VINITI Database RAS
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, and Zentralblatt MATH
Zentralblatt MATH
Zentralblatt MATH is a service providing reviews and abstracts for articles in pure and applied mathematics, published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is a major international reviewing service which covers the entire field of mathematics...

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See also

  • Journal of Functional Programming
    Journal of Functional Programming
    The Journal of Functional Programming is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the design, implementation, and application of functional programming languages, spanning the range from mathematical theory to industrial practice...

  • Journal of Functional and Logic Programming
  • Journal of Symbolic Computation
    Journal of Symbolic Computation
    The Journal of Symbolic Computation is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal covering all aspects of symbolic computation published by Academic Press. It is targeted to both mathematicians and computer scientists...


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