It has been suggested that the individual journals be split out into articlestitled Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances , Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials , Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry , Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology , Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications and Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications . (Discuss) (September 2024) |
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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:
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]
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]
Discipline | Crystallography |
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Language | English |
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica Section A: Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography |
History | 1968-present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
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2.290 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. A |
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CODEN | ACSAD7 |
ISSN | 2053-2733 |
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Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances is the foundation on which the whole suite of IUCr crystallography journals are built, containing papers describing fundamental developments in crystallographic theory and practice. [12] When Acta Crystallographica was split into two sections in 1967, Section A was named Acta Crystallographica Section A: Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography. The journal's name changed again in 1982 to Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography. [13] The journal adopted its current title in 2013.
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Discipline | Crystallography |
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Language | English |
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science |
History | 1968-present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
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2.266 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. B |
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CODEN | ACSBDA |
ISSN | 2052-5206 |
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Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials publishes scientific articles on structural science. [14] [15] According to the journal: "Knowledge of the arrangements of atoms, including their temporal variations and dependencies on temperature and pressure, is often the key to understanding physical and chemical phenomena and is crucial for the design of new materials and supramolecular devices." [15] It was formed in 1968 when the journal Acta Crystallographica was split into two parts and has been published for the International Union of Crystallography under the following titles:
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Discipline | Crystallography |
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Language | English |
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications |
History | 1983-present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Monthly |
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1.172 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. C |
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CODEN | ACSCGG |
ISSN | 2053-2296 |
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Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry is a journal for the rapid publication of research with structural content relating to the chemical sciences. [19]
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography |
History | 1993–present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Monthly |
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7.652 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. D |
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CODEN | ACSDAD |
ISSN | 2059-7983 |
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Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology publishes articles covering all areas of structural biology, including biomolecular structures determined by NMR and cryo-EM as well as crystallography, and the methods used to obtain them. [20] The journal was launched in 1993 as Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography with Jenny Glusker as the founding Editor. In 2003, Ted Baker and Zbigniew Dauter took over the editorship of the journal. [21] The current Editors are Elspeth Garman, Randy J. Read and Charles S. Bond. In 2016, the title was changed to Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology to reflect the expanded scope of the journal.
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Discipline | Crystallography |
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online |
History | 2001-present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Monthly |
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0.347 (2011) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. E |
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CODEN | ACSECI |
ISSN | 2056-9890 |
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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications is an open-access structural communications journal. It reports crystal structure determinations of inorganic, metal-organic and organic compounds. [22] Since 2012, Acta Crystallogr. E has not been included in the Science Citation Index.
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Discipline | Crystallography |
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Former name(s) | Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications |
History | 2005–present |
Publisher | IUCr/Wiley |
Frequency | Monthly |
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1.056 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Acta Crystallogr. F |
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CODEN | ACSFEN |
ISSN | 2053-230X |
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Acta Crystallographica Section F is a rapid structural biology communications journal. It publishes short papers on biological structures and any aspects of structural biology. [23]
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