2015 IUCr Journals impact factor results
The International Union of Crystallography is pleased to announce that its new open-access journal, IUCrJ, has received its first impact factor of 3.1 in the 2015 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports.
Other highlights from the 2015 Impact Factor results are as follows:
- Over half of the IUCr journals increased their impact factor
- Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials (http://journals.iucr.org/b/) saw a 32% increase in impact factor
- Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry (http://journals.iucr.org/c/) saw a 46% increase in impact factor
- Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications (http://journals.iucr.org/f/) saw a 24% increase in impact factor
- Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications (http://journals.iucr.org/e/) remains one of the first journals to be listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Peter Strickland, Executive Managing Editor at the IUCr, said “being a small not-for-profit organization we take our mission to share scientific knowledge seriously and feel it is our responsibility to represent our global community fairly and equitably. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our authors, editors and reviewers for their continued contributions and service. It is through their commitment to excellence that we achieve all we do”.
About the International Union of Crystallography
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is an International Scientific Union. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in crystallography, to promote international publication of crystallographic research, to facilitate standardization of methods, units, nomenclatures and symbols, and to form a focus for the relations of crystallography to other sciences.
The IUCr fulfils its publication objectives by producing primary scientific journals and reference works such as International Tables for Crystallography. IUCr Journals are the leading journals in their field and are produced to the highest quality standards. The IUCr performs numerous global outreach activities including organizing laboratory workshops and international conferences, as well as supporting the development of young crystallographers.