INTERNATIONAL UNION OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

 

HANDBOOK FOR CO-EDITORS

 

CO-EDITOR'S CHECKLIST



Paper Number

Category              

                                                                                                                                                                                               

YES    NO

___     ___                               TITLE:  Appropriate to subject

___     ___                               AUTHORS: E-mail address given


ABSTRACT

___     ___                               1.      Submitted (required for all refereed contributions)

___     ___                               2.      Suitably worded:                              (a) good summary of significant work

___     ___                                                                                                (b) principal quantitative results included

___     ___                                                                                                (c) not redundant with title

___     ___                                                                                                (d) information density high

___     ___                                                                                                 (e) may be reproduced by abstracting services without change in wording

___     ___                               3.      Length acceptable

___     ___                               4.      One paragraph

___     ___                               5.      No first-person forms used

___     ___                               6.      References in abstract:                    (a) avoided as much as possible

___     ___                                                                                               (b) given in full when used

___     ___                               SYNOPSIS: Submitted length acceptable


REFERENCES

___     ___                               1.      Properly keyed in text

___     ___                               2.      List arranged alphabetically

___     ___                               3.      All references in list are complete


FIGURES

___     ___                               1.     Electronic files provided of quality and resolution suitable for reproduction

___     ___                               2.     Stereofigures                                      (a) induce stereopsis

___     ___                                                                                                 (b) perspective lettering on right-and left-eye views

___     ___                               3.     Captions, suitably worded, given for all figures

___     ___                               4.     All figures in text


TABLES

___     ___                               1.      Table number and title given for each

___     ___                               2.      Column headings present as needed and intelligible, with footnotes if necessary


MATERIAL FOR DEPOSIT

___     ___                               1.      All structures in one CIF

___     ___                               2.      All structure-factor listings in separate files in CIF format

___     ___                               3.      All PDF deposit material in one file


LANGUAGE USED

___     ___                               1.      Usage                                              (a) requires author’s attention 

___     ___                                                                                               (b) can be repaired by editorial office

___     ___                                                                                               (c) acceptable as is or as marked by Co-editor

___     ___                                                                                               (d) first person singular not used

___     ___                               2.      Clear and unambiguous for a reader whose native language is another

___     ___                               3.      Abbreviations explained in text unless widely used

___     ___                               4.      SI Units used except for Å

___     ___                               5.      Nomenclature acceptable