Editing Communications of the ACM (section)

==History==
It was established in 1958,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gotlieb |first1=Calvin C. |title=A time to retrospect and prospect |journal=Communications of the ACM |date=1 January 2008 |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=26–29 |doi=10.1145/1327452.1327469 |s2cid=40048120 |issn=0001-0782 |doi-access=free }}</ref> with [[Saul Rosen]] as its first managing editor. It is sent to all ACM members.<ref>
{{cite journal
 | author=Alain Chesnais
 | year=2013
 | title=ACM's Annual Report for FY12
 | journal=Communications of the ACM
 | volume=56 | issue=1 | pages=11–15
 | doi=10.1145/2398356.2398362
| doi-access=free
 }}</ref><ref>[http://history.computer.org/pioneers/rosen.html Rosen's vita] at history.computer.org</ref>
Articles are intended for readers with backgrounds in all areas of [[computer science]] and [[information systems]]. The focus is on the practical implications of advances in information technology and associated management issues; ACM also publishes a variety of more theoretical journals. The magazine straddles the boundary of a [[List of science magazines|science magazine]], [[trade magazine]], and a [[scientific journal]]. While the content is subject to [[peer review]], the articles published are often summaries of research that may also be published elsewhere. Material published must be accessible and relevant to a broad readership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acm.org/publications |title=Publications |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |access-date=2011-12-05}}</ref>

From 1960 onward, ''CACM'' also published [[algorithm]]s, expressed in [[ALGOL]]. The collection of algorithms later became known as the Collected Algorithms of the ACM.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Boisvert |first=Ronald F. |title=Mathematical software: past, present, and future |journal=Mathematics and Computers in Simulation |volume=54 |issue=4 |year=2000 |pages=227–241 |doi=10.1016/s0378-4754(00)00185-3|arxiv=cs/0004004 |bibcode=2000cs........4004B |s2cid=15157725 }}</ref>

CACM announced a transition to entirely open access in February 2024,<ref name="oa" /> as part of ACM's commitment to make all articles open access.

According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2023 [[impact factor]] of 11.1.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Communications of the ACM |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>