International Union of Crystallography

Milestones in the history of the IUCr

  • 1947: IUCr accepted into ICSU
  • 1948: First General Assembly of IUCr
  • 1948: Acta Crystallographica launched
  • 1948–1993: Structure Reports
  • 1952: International Tables for X-ray Crystallography
  • 1957: World Directory of Crystallographers
  • 1968: Acta Crystallographica Sections A and B launched
  • 1968: Journal of Applied Crystallography launched
  • 1983: Acta Crystallographica Section C launched
  • 1987: First Ewald Prize
  • 1991: Adoption of Crystallographic Information File (CIF)
  • 1992: Introduction of electronic submission of articles
  • 1992: First publication in IUCr/OUP Book Series
  • 1993: Acta Crystallographica Section D launched
  • 1993: IUCr Newsletter
  • 1994: Web-based services launched
  • 1994: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation launched
  • 1999: Online access to electronic journals
  • 2001: Acta Crystallographica Section E launched
  • 2002: All back issues (to 1948) available online
  • 2004: First open-access articles published
  • 2005: Acta Crystallographica Section F launched
  • 2007: Online access to International Tables
  • 2008: Acta Crystallographica Section E becomes open access
  • 2014: International Year of Crystallography
  • 2014: IUCrJ launched
  • 2016: IUCrData launched
  • 2019: International Tables for Crystallography — Volumes A–H completed