Communications of the ACM
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While the content is subject to peer review (and is communications counted as such in many university assessments of research output), Communications of the ACM the articles published are often summaries of research that may also be published elsewhere. At the publisher s website, CACM is filed in the category White House Communications Director magazines . Many of the great debates and results in computing history have been published in the pages of CACM.
The focus is Communications of the ACM on the practical implications of advances in information technology and associated management issues; ACM also publishes a variety of more theoretical journals. CACM straddles the boundary of a science magazine, professional journal, and a scientific journal. The articles are intended for readers with backgrounds in all areas of computer science and Communications of the ACM information systems management.
Examples include: . First published in 1957, CACM is sent to all ACM members, currently numbering about 80,000.
