Acta Crystallographica

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Acta Crystallographica is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals, with articles centred on crystallography, published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Originally established in 1948 as a single journal called Acta Crystallographica, [1] there are now six independent Acta Crystallographica titles:

Contents

Acta Crystallographica has been noted for the high quality of the papers that it produces, [2] as well as the large impact that its papers have had on the field of crystallography. [3] The current six journals form part of the journal portfolio of the IUCr, which is completed by the Journal of Applied Crystallography , the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation , the open-access IUCrJ and the open-access data publication IUCr Data . [4]

History

Acta Crystallographica was established in conjunction with the foundation of the International Union of Crystallography in 1948. Both were established to maintain an international forum for crystallography after the Second World War had led to a loss of international subscription to, and the eventual nine-year closure of, the main pre-war crystallography journal, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie . [5] The founding editor of Acta Crystallographica was P. P. Ewald, who wrote in the preface to the first issue

Acta Crystallographica is intended to offer a central place for publication and discussion of all research in this vast and ever-expanding field. It borders, naturally, on pure physics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, technology and also on mathematics, but is distinguished by being concerned with the methods and results of investigating the arrangement of atoms in matter, particularly when that arrangement has regular features.

— P. P. Ewald, Acta Crystallographica, 1, 1 (1948) [1]

A steady increase in the number of submitted papers led to the journal being split into Section A , covering fundamental and theoretical studies, and Section B , dedicated to reports of structures, in 1968, together with a new journal, the Journal of Applied Crystallography . In 1983, Section C , devoted to the crystal structures of small molecules, was added, with Section B now focusing on biological, chemical, mineralogical and metallurgical crystallography. [5] The rapid expansion in biological crystallography led to the launch of Section D in 1993. [6] The journals launched online versions in 1999, and in 2000 the journals began to provide electronic article submission and subscription access online. [7] This was followed by the launch of an online-only journal, Section E , for brief reports of new small-molecule structures, in 2001; [8] this journal became fully open access in 2008. [9] A second online-only journal, Section F , dedicated to short reports of macromolecular structures and reports on their crystallization, followed in 2005. [10] The IUCr moved to online-only publication for all its journals from 2014. [11]

Journals

Acta Crystallographica Section A

Acta Crystallographica Section B

Acta Crystallographica Section C

Acta Crystallographica Section D

Acta Crystallographica Section E

Acta Crystallographica Section F

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References

  1. 1 2 Ewald, P. P. (1948). "Editorial Preface". Acta Crystallographica. 1: 1. doi: 10.1107/S0365110X48000016 .
  2. ↑ McMahon, Brian (May–June 1996). "The Role of Journals in Maintaining Data Integrity: Checking of Crystal Structure Data in Acta Crystallographica" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 101 (3): 347–355. doi:10.6028/jres.101.036. PMC   4894614 . PMID   27805171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (1998). "Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography". Acta Crystallographica A. 54 (6): 687–696. doi: 10.1107/s0108767398011477 .
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  5. 1 2 Authier, Andre (2009). "60 years of IUCr journals". Acta Crystallographica Section A. 65 (3): 167–182. Bibcode:2009AcCrA..65..167A. doi: 10.1107/S0108767309007235 . PMID   19349661.
  6. ↑ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (1998). "Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography". Acta Crystallographica A. 54 (6): 687–696. doi: 10.1107/s0108767398011477 .
  7. ↑ Authier, André (2000). "Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section A" (PDF). Acta Crystallographica Section A. A56 (1): e1. doi:10.1107/S0108767399015871.
  8. ↑ Ferguson, George (January 2001). "Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section C". Acta Crystallographica Section C. 57 (1): 1. doi: 10.1107/S0108270100020424 .
  9. ↑ Harrison, W.T.A; Simpson, J.; Weil, M. (2009). "Structure Reports Online : successful transition to open access". Acta Crystallogr. E. 65 (2): e9–e10. doi:10.1107/S1600536808042979. PMC   2968125 . PMID   21581737.
  10. ↑ Einspahr, Howard; Guss, Mitchell (April 2006). "Editorial: Acta Crystallographica Section F: developments in the first year". Acta Crystallographica Section F. 62 (4): 314. doi:10.1107/S1744309106010347. PMC   2222575 .
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  12. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section A".
  13. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica. Section A: Foundations of Crystallography." Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Accessed 30 June 2011.
  14. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section B". International Union of Crystallography . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  15. 1 2 "About Acta Crystallographica B". International Union of Crystallography . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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  18. ↑ "Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials". United States National Library of Medicine catalog. NCBI, NLM, United States National Institutes of Health . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section C".
  20. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section D".
  21. ↑ Baker, Ted (January 2003). "Changing of the guard". Acta Crystallogr. D. 59 (1): 1. doi: 10.1107/S090744490202245X . PMID   12499532.
  22. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section E".
  23. ↑ "Acta Crystallographica Section F".
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