IUCr 1997 Report - Acta Crystallographica Section C

The number of pages printed for Section C in 1997 was 2004. This was a reduction of 1258 pages over that for 1996, partly as result of a decision by the Commission on Journals not to print the atomic coordinate tables unless they contained special positions, but mainly because the removal of Chester checking and editing backlogs in 1996 led to a much higher number of pages in that year. The number of structures published in 1997 was 1027 which was also less than the 1511 in 1996. This was because of a slightly lower throughput in Chester and the more stringent 1997 standards of acceptance meant that 145;submissions were rejected and 240 withdrawn in 1997, compared with 73 and 181, respectively, in 1996.

A number of important editorial and publication changes were made to Section C in 1997. First, a new publication format, the CIF-access mode, was offered. In this mode the published paper was not printed in the journal but was listed in the Table of Contents and made available as a CIF by e-mail or via the IUCr web site. 32 papers were published by this mode in 1997. Second, new checking software was introduced in 1997 for the automatic validation of submitted data items in the CIF. These checking facilities are referred to as data validation tests and the algorithms for these tests are currently published on the web site (http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/journals/acta/dv.html). The tests are being implemented as part of the checkcif e-mail services and this is expected to simplify the submission and review process.

S.R. Hall, Editor

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