ACM算法事務歡迎提交最高質量的原始研究報告，處理的算法本質上是離散和有限的，并以自然的方式包含數學內容，無論是在目標中還是在分析中。最受歡迎的是新的算法和數據結構、新的和改進的分析以及復雜性結果。該雜志涵蓋的具體計算領域包括

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