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Revisiting the Publication Culture in Computing Research

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In my May 2009 Editor's Letter, "Conferences vs. Journals in Computing Research," I addressed the publication culture of our field: "As far as I know, we are the only scientific community that considers conference publication as the primary means of publishing ou...

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There is no doubt that computer science has become as significant Magazines, ranging from areas such as databases and web pages as well as computer networks. I agree with the statement "in order to grow up computer science has to grow up scientific journals.
Another point I want to acknowledge it, a very careful before publishing houses in the adoption of patrols in computer science.
Because I asked one of them days in the book fair, why he wrote the computer publishes are part of the lowest among the headings in the show?
He replied that this area is progressing rapidly enormous which we publish today may become undesirable in a year or less.
Accordingly, I believe that the process of transformation of conferences and publication to the journals require a lot of reflection and consideration in resolving the dilemmas faced by computer science before sagging.
With my sincere thanks and respect

Yes, the editorial process in computing-research journals is very slow and somewhat frustrating. My own experience taught me that to prepare a paper for a journal I will need at least twice the time needed for a conference, twice the wait, etc. For a graduate student (MS, PhD) who is expected to publish some of his work before graduating, the long wait, the endless formatting requirements by journals, can be time consuming, overwhelming, and somewhat frustrating. Furthermore, I don’t believe that there is any tangible quality gap between conference paper and journal paper. Conference papers are generally short and right to the point because of the limitations normally set forth on the # of pages allowed. - Kind Regards to all

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