| CrystEngComm | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | CrystEngComm |
| Discipline | Chemistry, crystallography |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jamie Humphrey |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom) |
| Publication history | 1999–present |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Impact factor (2010) |
4.006 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1466-8033 |
| CODEN | CRECF4 |
| OCLC number | 42679031 |
| Links | |
CrystEngComm is a peer-reviewed online-only scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of crystal engineering including properties, polymorphism, target materials and crystalline nanomaterials. CrystEngComm is published biweekly by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The editor-in-chief of CrystEngComm is Jamie Humphrey. The 2010 impact factor for CrystEngComm is 4.006. This ranks CrystEngComm 6th out of 25 listed journals in the Crystallography category.[1]
CrystEngComm has a close association with the virtual web community, CrystEngCommunity.
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CrystEngComm was one of the first online-only chemistry journals to be published,[2] with volume 1 being published in 1999. Initially articles were published online as soon as they were publishable and the journal did not publish articles in issues. However, in 2000 issues were introduced, and the journal was published monthly.[3] As submissions increased, the journal switched in 2011 to a biweekly publication.[4] Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as open access.[5]
The journal has been involved in the development of nomenclature for crystal engineering[6][7][8] which is gradually being adopted by researchers in the field.
Properties: Thermodynamics, phase transitional behaviours, polymorphism, solid state reactivity, optoelectronics, non-linear optics (NLO), molecular and bulk magnetism, electrical conductivity and superconductivity, absorption and desorption, mechanical.
Target Crystals/Materials: Ionic, molecular, covalent and coordination solids, coordination polymers, hydrogen-bonded solids, intermolecular interactions, biominerals and biomimetic materials, synthetic zeolites, liquid crystals, nano and mesoporous crystals, channelled structures, crystalline nanomaterials.
Techniques: Single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, powder diffraction, solid state spectroscopy (IR, Raman, NMR etc.), calorimetry and thermogravimetry.
Methods: Modelling and data mining, as well as empirical, semi-empirical and ab-initio theoretical evaluation of solids and of intermolecular interactions.
CrystEngComm publishes the following types of articles: Research Papers (original scientific work); Communications (original work that merits urgent publication); and Highlights (short reviews of topics from the field of crystal engineering).
The five journals that cited CrystEngComm most often in 2009 are (in order of descending citation frequency) CrystEngComm, Crystal Growth & Design, Dalton Transactions, Acta Crystallographica Section E and Inorganic Chemistry.[9] In 2009, the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in CrystEngComm are Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, Chemical Communications and Crystal Growth & Design.[9]
According to Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most often:[9]
In 2006, CrystEngComm was named a Rising Star by In-cites from Thomson Scientific.[10]