In January next year, to coincide with the inauguration of the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014), the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) will launch the first issue of IUCrJ, a brand new online peer-reviewed journal offering full open access (www.iucrj.org).

IUCrJ will join the current stable of eight journal titles published by the IUCr. It is focused on becoming the primary target for publication of influential research papers that are of the widest interest and relevance to the diverse structural sciences community. The mission of IUCrJ is to attract high-profile articles on all aspects of the sciences, technologies and methods supported by the IUCr via its commissions, recognizing that major scientific advances require multidisciplinary research and that key breakthrough papers will often report results covering a wide range of methods and technologies. Please refer to the attached flyer, which contains information on the remit of IUCrJ, along with details of editorial advisory board members as well as editors and their areas of special interest.

We are currently inviting the submission of high-quality original articles to IUCrJ on crystallographic and structural studies, and on research where crystallographic methods have contributed data integral to broader research programmes. Priority for publication will be given to outstanding work derived from rigorously designed and executed studies that is of broad appeal to a wide readership.

We are reaching out to you directly because you are active in a research area of high relevance to the scope of IUCrJ. We would encourage you to follow the links at www.iucrj.org and submit your next paper to IUCrJ for consideration.

Best wishes

Samar Hasnain
Editor-in-chief

Peter Strickland
Executive Managing Editor

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