Where to Send Your Paper? 1 a Culture

The publication culture in computer science favors publishing in conference proceedings or even in the arXiv over publishing in journals. To restore balance and regain a leading role in the dynamics of the field, the journal tradition in computer science must scale up to the needs of our times. In particular, computer science needs more high-quality journals with a short submission-to-publication time, monthly or even bi-weekly issues, and open-access. Scattered initiatives are beginning to change the publishing scene. The 1999 guideline of Patterson et al [25] needs amending to the Internet Age, to guide the assessment of publications and their impact in the present-day context.