about Acta Crystallographica Section B

Distribution of articles

In the last year, authors from 36 different countries published in the journal, the top five being Russia, the USA, Poland, Japan and France.

Aims and scope

Aims and scope

Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering, and Materials publishes scientific articles that advance the understanding of structural science as it relates to compounds and materials in the broadest sense. The journal provides a forum for studies that explore how atomic arrangements, along with their temporal variations and dependencies on temperature, pressure and other external factors, govern physical and chemical properties and influence the design of new materials and supramolecular systems.

The journal welcomes contributions in structural science, crystal engineering and materials research, covering both experimental and theoretical approaches. Topics include, but are not limited to, crystal growth and the structural principles underlying nucleation, morphology and phase transitions; structure-property relationships, including the role of atomic-level organization in determining macroscopic material behavior; polymorphism and phase transitions, with a focus on their implications for stability, function and application; multicomponent crystals; (bio)minerals and natural products; computational and data-driven methods, such as crystal-structure prediction, machine learning and the use of crystallographic databases; and structural characterization techniques, including advances in X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction.

Authors are encouraged to provide interpretations that connect atomic-scale structures to material functionality and technological applications. Apart from research, feature and review articles, Acta Crystallographica Section B also welcomes short best-practice articles offering insights into experimental techniques, data analysis and structural interpretation.

Submissions can be in any format, with accompanying structural data as appropriate. Articles are free to publish with no submission fees or page charges. Open access is optional, and it may be covered by a transformative deal with your institution.

Publisher information

Publisher name: International Union of Crystallography (co-published with Wiley)
Organisational address: 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England
Business structure: not-for-profit organisation
Organisation owner: the International Union of Crystallography is owned by the crystallographic community. It is governed by a General Assembly and an Executive Committee, see https://www.iucr.org/iucr/governance/ec

General information

Title: Acta Crystallographica Section B
Subtitle: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
Abbreviated title: Acta Cryst. B
ISSN: 2052-5206
CODEN: ACSBDA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S20525206
Publication frequency: bimonthly

Citation and statistical information

Impact factor history

2024 JCR data

Impact factor: 1.3
Journal citation indicator: 0.48
5-year impact factor: 2
Total cites: 11336
Immediacy index: 0.6
Cited half-life: 26.2 years

Journal citation distribution

The citation distributions are for citations made in 2022 and 2023. For more information, see https://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/09/11/062109.

Eigenfactor® metrics

Eigenfactor® score: 0.0016
Article influence® score: 0.433

Scopus metrics

CiteScore: 2.8

2024 journal statistics

Downloads: 1437068
Number of submissions: 139
Acceptance rate: 58%
Average publication time: 4.5 months
Number of articles published: 82
Number of pages: 820

Peer review

Peer review process
Peer review: yes
Review process: single-blind
Number of reviews requested: 516
Number of reviews received: 194

Open access

Journal policy: the journal operates a hybrid open-access policy; transformative arrangements are available
Open-access licence: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0 International)
Green open access: author accepted manuscripts may be deposited with no embargo under a CC-BY licence

Publishing costs

Submission fees: none
Page charges: none
Colour charges: none
Open-access option: the open-access fee is from USD 1980; click here for more details

Abstracting details

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Features for authors

  • Online manuscript submission, ease of submission
  • WORD and LaTeX templates available
  • Online tools to help prepare papers
  • Quality technical editing
  • Supporting information can be published
  • Online status check facility
  • Article publicity
  • Download, citation and altmetrics statistics available

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Diversity and inclusion

We affirm that all aspects of the publication process, as well as the research undertaken in support of publication, should be conducted in such a way as to maximize inclusion and diversity in all its forms, wherever possible.



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