Which journal do you suggest for publishing a crystal structure report?(it is better that the journal bee in JCR and free of charge)
Mehdi Khalaj a suitable journal would be Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures which is published by De Gruyter.
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/ncrs/ncrs-overview.xml
A good journal is also AActa Crystallographica Section E CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS, but here you have to pay a (moderate) open-access-fee.
Article New Section of Acta Crystallographica
Journal of crystal growth (Elsevier), Journal of applied crystallography (Wiley), Crystal (Wiley), Crystal grwoth & design (ACS), CrystEngComm (RSC).
Gourab Das yes, these are also very good journals in the field of molecular and crystal structures. It should, however, e noted that a journal like Crystal Growth and Design does not accept just crystals structure reports, but they want a "full story".
you can also try journal of molecular structure by elseiver
Mehdi Khalaj
Mehdi Khalaj I agree with Gulzar Ahmad Bhat in that the Journal of Molecular Structure is also a good choice. It has an impact factor of 2.436 (see link to the homepage of the journal).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-molecular-structure
I use Acta Crystallographica E or the IUCrData Reports, https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/ . No impact factor; page charge $250.
Dear Mehdi Khalaj,
if you want to publish ONE crystals structure - together with a short description of the synthesis/spectroscopy - the aforementioned journals Z. Kristallogr. - New Crystal Structures and Acta Crystallographica E are the most appropriate ones. But even between these two journals the policy of acceptance is different. For example Z. Kristallogr. - New Crystal Structures wants to see a plausible formula. Thus, I recommend that you check some new articles in each journal and eventually read the current Editorial.
Best regards
Guido J. Reiss
Editor of
Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures
Just google "journal finder". Copy paste your report title and abstract into there. You will get a full list of relevant journals and you can also apply different search filters.
Sahil Nazir Pottoo @Sahil Nazir Pottoo thanks so much for your suggestion
Guido J. Reiss
Dear Professor Guido J. Reiss's
Thanks so much for your kindly attention and advise.
Best wishes and regards
Prof.Mehdi khalaj
T. H. Al-Noor I agree with you in that "Crystal Growth & Design" is an excellent journal. However, they will never publish just a "crystal structure report". To get a paper accepted in this journal, you need to have a full story on an interesting subject.
Dear Mehdi Khalaj did you publish your crystal structure report in the meantime?
Dear Mehdi Khalaj,
Publishing only crystal structure is not a good idea. It would be better if you could do literature survey for related structure and find out what are the novelties of your structure and what could be its property and application. Accordingly do some easiest possible characterizations depending upon the instruments/resources you have for its property and application. Finally make a story of it and publish it. I would recommend following journals in preference order depending upon the novelty of work-
Crystal Growth & Design>CrystEngComm>Tetrahedron=Polyhedron>Journal of Applied Crystallography=Journal of Molecular Structure> Journal of Chemical Crystallography.
-With best wishes!
Dear Mehdi Khalaj you are absolutely right. Today, no serious journal will publish just a crystal structure without any context and a full story.
Sometimes there is a compound, which is worth publishing together with the synthesis, analytical data and a short story. As mentioned before Acta Crystallographica E, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, J. Chem. Crystallogr., X-ray Structure Analysis Online are journals which are focused on structure reports.
But Mohd Wasim: Journals like CrystEngComm (general scope) normally do not accept one crystal structure with a limited story.
Dear Mohd Wasim. During the last years some submissions crossed my desk, which were created according to your "cooking recipe", to be be accepted in a journal with an impact factor >2. In these cases normally several quantum chemical methods are applied, Hirshfeld surfaces and Energy frameworks are calculated, hydrogen bond graph sets are given, weak forces like CH...pi and pi...pi interactions are discussed in detail etc. .
But at the end of the day, its a crystal structure report of one compound.
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