about IUCrData

Distribution of articles

In the last year, authors from 32 different countries published in IUCrData, the top five being the USA, Germany, China, Slovenia and Morocco.

Aims and scope

IUCrData is a peer-reviewed open-access data journal from the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). This innovative publication aims to provide short descriptions of crystallographic datasets and datasets from related scientific disciplines, as well as facilitating access to the data. There are two primary article categories: Raw Data Letters and Data Reports. Raw Data Letters publish short descriptions of crystallographic raw data sets in the biological, chemical or materials science fields, allowing researchers to attract attention to particular features of the data that could be of interest to methods and software developers or may be relevant to the structural interpretation. Information for each dataset includes an imgCIF containing core metadata, a diffraction image, figures, and a description of the data and their processing. The journal adheres to the FAIR principles for which the correctness and completeness of the metadata are crucial. Data Reports describe crystal structures of inorganic, metal-organic or organic compounds. Information on each crystal structure includes the crystallographic data (CIF and structure factors), a data validation report, figures and a text representation of the data.

Publisher information

Publisher name: International Union of Crystallography
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: IUCrData
Abbreviated title: IUCrData
ISSN: 2414-3146
CODEN: IUCRBK
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S24143146
Publication frequency: monthly

Citation and statistical information

Scopus metrics

CiteScore: 0.3

2023 journal statistics

Downloads: 780067
Number of submissions: 141
Acceptance rate: 91%
Average publication time: 1.0 months
Number of articles published: 123
Number of pages: 375

Peer review

Peer review process
Peer review: yes
Review process: single-blind
Number of reviews requested: 330
Number of reviews received: 236

Open access

IUCrData is open access
Open-access licence: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0 International)

Publishing costs

Submission fees: none
Page charges: none
Colour charges: none
Open-access fees: the open-access fee is USD 320; click here for more details

Abstracting details

IUCrData is covered by:

Features for authors

Online manuscript submission, ease of submission
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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E-mail alerting (sign up, update your settings, unsubscribe)
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Forthcoming articles listing
Highlighted articles
Online access to all articles back to the first issue
Full text, article title, keyword, abstract/synopsis and author searching
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
Check for citations of article in Web of Science, IUCr journals and Crossref
Forthcoming meetings listing
Twitter feed
Facebook page
Sample issue 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.