Andrew Allen appointed as Editor-in-chief of IUCr Journals

We are pleased to announce that Andrew Allen has been appointed as the Editor-in-chief of IUCr Journals. From mid-September 2018, Andrew will be replacing Samar Hasnain, who has completed his six-year term at the helm. We would like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation to Samar for his dedicated work and unstinting enthusiasm in developing IUCr Journals, increasing their impact factors, and for launching our flagship journal, IUCrJ.

Andrew is a long-time physicist working in materials science, neutron and X-ray scattering at the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA. His editorial connections with the IUCr extend back to 2002 when he first became a Co-editor of the Journal of Applied Crystallography (JAC). He became its Deputy Editor in 2011, and one of JAC’s Main Editors from 2014. During this time, he has acted as Guest Editor for several JAC special issues. Previously, he has also served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter from 1991 to 1996. Andrew’s other main connections with the IUCr have centred on the IUCr Commission on Small-Angle Scattering, of which he has been a member or consultant since 2002, and Chair from 2011 to 2014, the triennial conferences on small-angle scattering (SAS), where he has been active on several organizational or advisory committees, including microsymposia organization and other SAS-related activities, at most triennial IUCr Congresses since 1996 (Seattle). He had already agreed to serve on the International Programme Committee for the IUCr2020 Congress in Prague. Previously, Andrew has served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the ACA’s Special Interest Group on SAS in 2000 and 2001.

Andrew Allen has indicated he feels greatly honoured to be appointed the next Editor-in-chief of IUCr Journals, and in particular to succeed John Helliwell, Gernot Kostorz and Samar Hasnain in this position, all of whom he has had the pleasure to work with during his time as Co-editor, Deputy Editor and Main Editor of JAC. As is well known, scientific journal publishing is facing a rapidly changing business environment, but Andrew looks forward to facing these challenges and opportunities over the coming months and years in his new role as Editor-in-chief.