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Acta Crystallographica is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals, with articles about 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 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. 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 fur 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)

In 1967 the journal was separated into Section A and Section B, with Section C being added in 1983 and Section D being added in 1993.[6] Section E was added in 2001[7] and Section F in 2005.[8]

The IUCr moved to online-only publication for all its journals from 2014.[9]

Journals

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances
DisciplineCrystallography
LanguageEnglish
Edited byS. J. L. Billinge
Publication details
Former name(s)
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A: Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography
History1968-present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyBimonthly
Hybrid
2.333 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A
Indexing
CODENACSAD7
ISSN2053-2733
Links

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.[10] 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.[11] Along with the other IUCr journals, in 2000 Acta Crystallographica Section A began to provide electronic article submission and subscription access online.[12] The journal adopted its current title in 2013.

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Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials

Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
DisciplineCrystallography
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
  • A. J. Blake
  • M. de Boissieu
  • A. Nangia
Publication details
Former name(s)
  • Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
  • Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science
History1968-present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyBimonthly
Hybrid
2.892 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B
Indexing
CODENACSBDA
ISSN2052-5206
Links

Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials publishes scientific articles on structural science.[13] Its original title in 1968 was Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. On the launch of Acta Crystallographica Section C in 1983, the title of Section B changed to Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science.

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Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry

Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry
DisciplineCrystallography
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
  • L. R. Falvello
  • A. Linden
  • P. R. Raithby
  • J. White
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications
History1983-present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
0.479 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E
Indexing
CODENACSCGG
ISSN2053-2296
Links

Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry is a journal for the rapid publication of research with structural content relating to the chemical sciences.[14]

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Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology
Discipline
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography
History1993–present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
2.512 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D
Indexing
CODENACSDAD
ISSN2059-7983
Links

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology publishes articles covering all areas of structural biology, including biomolecular structures determined by NMR and cryEM as well as crystallography, and the methods used to obtain them.[15] 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.[16] The current Editors are Jennifer L. Martin, Randy Read and Soichi Wakatsuki. 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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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications

Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
DisciplineCrystallography
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
  • W. T. A. Harrison
  • H. Stoecki-Evans
  • L. Van Meervelt
  • M. Weil
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online
History2001-present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
0.347 (2011)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E
Indexing
CODENACSECI
ISSN2056-9890
Links

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.[17] Since 2012, Acta Cryst. E has not been included in the Science Citation Index.

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Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications
DisciplineCrystallography
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
  • Z. Dauter
  • W. N. Hunter
  • M. S. Weiss
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
History2005–present
Publisher
IUCr/Wiley
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
0.647 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F
Indexing
CODENACSFEN
ISSN2053-230X
Links

Acta Crystallographica Section F is a rapid structural biology communications journal. It publishes short papers on biological structures and any aspects of structural biology.[18]


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References

  1. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (1998). "Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography". Acta Crystallographica A. 54: 687–696. doi:10.1107/s0108767398011477.
  4. ^ "Crystallography Journals Online".
  5. ^ Authier, Andre (2009). "60 years of IUCr journals". Acta Crystallographica Section A. 65: 167–182. doi:10.1107/S0108767309007235.
  6. ^ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (1998). "Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography". Acta Crystallographica A. 54: 687–696. doi:10.1107/s0108767398011477.
  7. ^ Ferguson, George (January 2001). "Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section C". Acta Crystallographica Section C. 57 (1): 1. doi:10.1107/S0108270100020424.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "IUCr Journals move to online-only publishing". International Union of Crystallography. 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section A".
  11. ^ "Acta Crystallographica. Section A: Foundations of Crystallography." Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Accessed 30 June 2011.
  12. ^ Authier, André (2000). "Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section A" (PDF). A56 (1): e1. doi:10.1107/S0108767399015871. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section B".
  14. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section C".
  15. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section D".
  16. ^ Baker, Ted (January 2003). "Changing of the guard". Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D. 59 (1): 1. doi:10.1107/S090744490202245X.
  17. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section E".
  18. ^ "Acta Crystallographica Section F".

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