about Journal of Applied Crystallography

Distribution of articles

In the last year, authors from 35 different countries published in the journal, the top five being the USA, France, Germany, China and the UK.

Aims and scope

Many research topics in condensed matter research, materials science and the life sciences make use of crystallographic methods to study crystalline and non-crystalline matter with neutrons, X-rays and electrons. Articles published in Journal of Applied Crystallography focus on these methods and their use in identifying structural and diffusion-controlled phase transformations, structure-property relationships, structural changes of defects, interfaces and surfaces, etc. Developments of instrumentation and crystallographic apparatus, theory and interpretation, numerical analysis and other related subjects are also covered. The journal is the primary place where crystallographic computer program information is published.

Journal identifiers

Title: Journal of Applied Crystallography
Abbreviated title: J. Appl. Cryst.
ISSN: 1600-5767
CODEN: JACGAR
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S16005767

Citation and statistical information

Impact factor history

2018 JCR data

Impact factor: 3.161
5-year impact factor: 3.527
Total cites: 27067
Immediacy index: 0.973
Cited half-life: 11.6

Journal citation distribution

The citation distributions are for citations made in 2019 and 2018. For more information, see http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/09/11/062109.

Eigenfactor® metrics

Eigenfactor® score: 0.01681
Article influence® score: 1.188

Scopus metrics

CiteScore: 3.35

2019 journal statistics

Downloads: 853449
Number of submissions: 284
Acceptance rate: 68%
Average publication time: 5.6 months
Number of articles published: 146
Number of pages: 1468

Peer review

Peer review process
Peer review: yes
Review process: single-blind
Number of reviews requested: 637
Number of reviews received: 442

Open access

Journal policy: the journal operates a hybrid open-access policy; transformative arrangements are available
Open-access licence: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

Publishing costs

Submission fees: none
Page charges: none
Colour charges: none
Open-access option: the open-access fee is from USD 1400; click here for more details

Abstracting details

Journal of Applied Crystallography is covered by:

Features for authors

Online manuscript submission, ease of submission
WORD and LaTeX templates available
Online tools to help prepare papers
Tool available for preparing enhanced figures
Quality technical editing
Supporting information can be published
Online status check facility
Article publicity
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Links to World Directory of Crystallographers entries
Easy navigation within each article
Citation links to IUCr journals, Chemical Abstracts Service, Crossref, Medline and Web of Science
Immediate access to supporting information
Interactive three-dimensional structure visualizations
Linking to structural databases
Hyperlinks to IUCr Online Dictionary of Crystallography and IUPAC Gold Book
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