Journals and Magazine Reviews: A Quality Control Mechanism [From the Editor]

on 13 February 2014 publications volunteers from other IEEE Societies conducted the five-year review of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (SPM) and SPS transactions and letters. Comprehensive five-year review reports, which were compiled by the EiCs with the assistance of IEEE SPS staff and the oversight of the IEEE SPS VP Publications, were submitted at an earlier stage to the TAB Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee (PRAC). These reports are similar to those submitted for an SPS technical committee five-year review. The meeting was collaborative and collegial and, indeed, it was conducive to improvements in many ways, including best practices used by other IEEE periodicals. During and after the meetings, it was mentioned by the review committee members that SPS is to be commended for its best practices.