Acta Crystallographica Section D

Jenny Glusker, Editor of Acta Cryst D.

The number of reports of crystal structure determinations of biological macromolecules in the various scientific journals is rapidly increasing. When P. P. Ewald founded Acta Crystallographica in 1948, he expressed the hope that "Acta will focus international discussion on problems of crystallography". The establishment of a separate section of Acta Crystallographica devoted to the study of biological structures provides such an international forum and is clearly both an appropriate and a necessary means of furthering this goal. The aim of this journal is to provide a publishing home for details of crystal structure determinations of molecules of biological interest, while at the same time maintaining high quality refereeing and editing of articles that Acta Crystallographica prides itself in. The assistance of the crystallographic community with this aim is much appreciated.