Key Factors for Publishing Research in Top-Tier Journals

Identify and discuss key factors for publishing research in top-tier journals like CSP, ACM, i3E, etc.
ACM, like many other publishers, has started to provide its journals in both electronic and print versions. The purpose of the ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS) is to present research and development results on the design, specification, realization, behavior, and use of computer systems. The term "computer systems" is interpreted broadly and includes systems architectures, operating systems, distributed systems, and computer networks. Articles that appear in TOCS will tend either to present new techniques and concepts or to report on experiences and experiments with actual systems.
Papers must be of high quality and fall within the scope of the journal. There are four main ingredients to an acceptable paper:
technical quality is high;
relevance to significant computations is high;
interest and novelty is high; and
presentation is effective.
Few papers excel in all of these, but a substandard level in any of the four ingredients is sufficient ground for rejection. ACM TOCS does not accept papers that belong in more theoretical journals (e.g. JACM, Springer-Verlag's "Distributed Computing", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing). This does not imply that all theoretical papers are to be rejected; rather it implies that theoretical papers that cannot establish their direct relevance to current issues in the development of computer systems will generally be rejected. An acceptable paper of this type should contain:
motivation and technical analysis of the method;
evidence of effectiveness and practicality; and
demonstration of superiority compared to alternative approaches.
In addition, reviewers should be aware that because of the relative rarity with which such papers are accepted, the standards for originality and impact are unusually strict in these cases.
The ACM Transactions on Database Systems publishes original archival papers in the area of databases and closely related disciplines. Submitted papers are judged primarily on originality and relevance, but effective presentation is also critical. Contributions should conform to generally accepted practices for scientific papers with respect to organization and style.
The primary goal of the program committee of a major conference like OOPSLA (Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications) is to put together a high quality program of technical papers. The program is created by soliciting contributed papers from authors and then selecting the best papers according to some criteria. The process is reactive: the authors submit, the committee selects from those submissions.
The primary requirement is that your paper must contribute to our understanding of object technology. It must have something new to say, and its message must be of sufficient importance and interest to warrant the attention of the OOPSLA community. If your paper is a research paper, it should describe a new idea or a new technique. It must describe original work. Your paper should present supporting evidence, not just conjecture. Idea papers should be backed up by a convincing analysis. The purpose of your paper should be to communicate something to someone. Your paper should convince the program committee that your work is technically correct. If the correctness of your work is in doubt, your paper will probably be rejected. Soundness of ideas or techniques can often be demonstrated by the depth and clarity of the analysis, or by reference to a working implementation. The audience at OOPSLA includes people from many communities. You will improve your paper if you can address a broad audience, wherever possible. While specific examples can be given, the problem and solution should be presented in general terms. Effective communication is important for a successful paper. A paper has little value if its intended audience cannot understand it. An incomprehensible paper cannot even be reviewed.
To sum up everything, different top-tier journals accept papers basing on their different requirements that your paper should contain. Although they may have differences, some qualifications on accepting research papers are similar. These journals similarly consider relevance, originality, and impact of the paper to audience.