IUCr 1994 Report - Acta Crystallographica Section C

The new Notes for Authors published for Section C (Crystal Structure Communications) placed particular emphasis on the use of electronic submissions using the CIF format. By the end of the year, over half of the Acta C submissions were being received in CIF format. During 1994, a number of adjustments were made to the editorial processing of Acta C manuscripts designed to reduce the workload for the Chester staff and improve the Acta C publication times. These included the introduction of fast-track processing for electronically submitted manuscripts devoid of checking errors; stricter criteria for the initial processing of submitted material; and the rewriting of Review Guidelines to promote consistent final acceptance standards across the review process. Finally, through the considerable efforts of the Chester staff, and some changes to handling procedures, the backlog of Section C manuscripts in the checking and editing streams was reduced from numbers of about 250 in mid-1994 to less than one hundred at the end of the year. The goal is to maintain these backlogs at below 50 from now on.

S. R. Hall, Editor

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