Based on the number of insignificant papers I have had to crawl through in various ACM publications, I am inclined to agree. Having said that, I don't think th

Based on the number of insignificant papers I have had to crawl through in various ACM publications, I am inclined to agree. Having said that, I don't think the rankings are that out of line. I do wish that CS (and science, in general) would stop requiring publication for tenure (and Ph.D candidates). Wading through 500 abstracts to find the one useful genuine innovation gets tiresome. At least the ACM has recognized they have a problem and are starting to provide curated lists in their monthly "Communications".