Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The online submission and review system has been further developed during the triennium, and submission is now exclusively online, keeping publication times low across the journals.Highlights in the triennium include the publication of the 100000th article on Crystallography Journals Online and an impact factor of 49.9 for Acta Cryst. A. The move of Acta Cryst.E to full open-access publication has been a success with 11835 articles published in the triennium and this, combined with the continuing popularity of the hybrid open-access option for the other journals, has made the IUCr into an important open-access publisher.The triennium has also seen a number of high-profile retractions in the literature, and the end of 2009 saw the discovery, during routine testing of the checking software, of scientific fraud involving papers published in Acta Cryst.E. This problem emphasized the importance of the role of Co-editors and reviewers in making sure that all articles that are submitted for publication are carefully and thoroughly reviewed.Measures have been taken to improve the checking software as a result of experience with the falsified structures, but ultimately the quality of our publications relies heavily on the judgements our Co-editors make based on experience and competent advice.During the triennium, more than 160 Section Editors and Co-editors worked on IUCr journals.The work of all these dedicated colleagues and of the competent and equally dedicated staff at Chester is essential to the well-being of the journals and highly appreciated.Future plans for the journals will be presented, and there will be ample time for discussion of points raised at the session.
Institutions: University of Kentucky, University of the Basque Country
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2313944595