期刊名称：ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION A
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography publishes papers reporting fundamental advances in all areas of crystallography in the broadest sense. The central themes are, on the one hand, experimental and theoretical studies of the properties and arrangements of atoms, ions and molecules in condensed matter, ideal or real, and of their symmetry and, on the other, the theoretical and experimental aspects of the various methods to determine these arrangements.
Acta is intended to offer a central place for publication and discussion of all research in this vast and ever-expanding field. It borders, naturally, on pure physics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, technology and also on mathematics, but is distinguished by being concerned with the methods and results of investigating the arrangement of atoms in matter, particularly when that arrangement has regular features.'
Instructions to Authors
Crystallography Journals Online offers a number of services to prospective and current authors of articles in Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography, with the aim of ensuring as smooth and rapid a process of publication as possible. We provide here the latest version of Notes for Authors, which give comprehensive instructions on how to prepare a paper for publication, a complete list of Editors to whom papers may be submitted, and an option to query the status of any submitted paper. At the production stage, authors may obtain electronic proofs of their papers. Authors may also obtain an electronic reprint of their paper for a short time after publication.
online submission instructions
Submit your paper
The service is easy and straightforward to use, and requires you to supply
- the text and graphics of your article as a single file
- your full contact details
- details of your article
- source files of your text and graphics (after acceptance)
Getting started
How do I begin submitting an article?
When you are ready to submit an article and have all the necessary items ready, you should go to the submissions home page to start the process. To submit your article, you will need to fill out two screens of information, including uploading a single file for your submission; the process is reasonably self-explanatory, and detailed help is provided along the way.
What should I have ready before starting a new submission?
Before you begin submitting, you should have the following items ready:
- your article prepared as single file (see below for more information on files);
- if your article reports a crystal structure, a CIF of all the crystallographic data (see below for more information on CIF);
- your full contact details (e-mail address, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers);
- details of the authors of your article (surnames and forenames of all authors);
- other details of the article you are submitting (article title, language in which your article is written, article category);
- any comments regarding your article in plain, unformatted text, ready to be copied and pasted (or typed directly) into the web site;
- the location of your article file on your local filesystem.
What does the overall submission and review procedure involve?
The overall procedure involves five stages:
- Stage 1
You will be asked to provide your contact details and details of the article (see above ).
- Stage 2
You will be invited to select a Co-editor, from a list of those available, to coordinate the review of your article. You will also be asked to upload a single file for your article. Details of the file required are given below.
- Stage 3
A PDF review document is generated from the file you submit and you will be provided with a web address for accessing and viewing this document. If your article reports a crystal structure determination, you will also be given a web address for uploading your CIF file.
Once your review document is created, the system will assign a Co-editor to your article. You will be given the contact details of this Co-editor and a Co-editor reference code. The reference code has two letters and four digits (e.g. au0165) and should be quoted in all subsequent communications with the Co-editor and the Editorial Office. You should keep a record of the web address for viewing your article and the Co-editor code of your article.
The Co-editor will arrange for the review of your article and will inform you by e-mail of the outcome of the review. You may be asked to submit revised versions of your article (see below). Please note that revisions should only be submitted at the request of the Co-editor handling your article.
- Stage 4
If your article is accepted, the Co-editor will send you an e-mail accepting your article together with a web address that you should use to upload the source files of the final version of your article. Details of the source files required are given below. When you have uploaded all the source files you will be asked to confirm that your submission is complete.
- Stage 5
You are provided with confirmation that your article has entered the production process.
Initial submission and review
What kinds of file may I submit initially?
For initial submission and refereeing we require the text and graphics of your article to be submitted as a single file. The formats that can be used are:
- Adobe Acrobat PDF file
- Microsoft WORD or RTF (rich-text format) file
- PostScript or encapsulated PostScript file
If you have prepared your article using LaTeX, you should submit your article either as a PostScript or PDF file (see below ).
All files will be automatically converted into a PDF review document by the submission system.
If your article reports a crystal structure, a CIF of all the crystallographic data (see below) will also be required.
If your article is accepted, you will be asked to provide separate source files of the final version of your article. Details of the files required after acceptance are given below. Tools that can be used in preparing your article are also described below.
Should I use a template to prepare my article?
Templates are available for the preparation of your article in WORD or LaTeX format. For refereeing purposes, please ensure that the file you prepare is in preprint format (single column, double spaced) and that all graphics are included in the file.
How do I create a PDF file?
To create a high-quality PDF file, you will need the commercial product Adobe Acrobat (not to be confused with the free Acrobat Reader product, which only allows you to read PDF files). Alternatively, the freely available program AFPL Ghostscript may be used to create PDF files from PostScript or pdflatex may be used to convert LaTeX files to PDF.
Preparing a PDF file from WORD:
- Prepare the text in Microsoft WORD.
- Prepare graphics at publication quality resolution, using applications that are capable of generating TIFF, PostScript or encapsulated PostScript files (these types of files will be required later if your article is accepted).
- Using Adobe Acrobat or AFPL Ghostscript, save your article text and graphics in a single file in PDF format.
Preparing a PDF file from LaTeX:
- Prepare the text in LaTeX.
- Use LaTeX to generate a PostScript file of the text and figures.
- Using Adobe Acrobat or AFPL Ghostscript, convert the PostScript file to PDF format.
- Alternatively, use pdflatex to convert your LaTeX file to PDF.
Once you have created your PDF, carefully review the article text and figures in the file. We recommend that you also review a printed copy of your PDF. Please try to ensure that your PDF does not exceed 3 MB in size.
Should I submit supplementary data?
If your article reports a crystal structure, a CIF (Crystallographic Information File) of all the crystallographic data will be required for the review process. You will be provided with a web address to upload your CIF during the submission procedure. You should ensure that at least a basic structural check is run on the final version of your CIF prior to submission.
Currently the initial submission procedure only allows a single file of your article to be uploaded. If you have supplementary material in text or graphics format that would be useful for the review process, please include it at the end of your article file. It should be clearly marked as supplementary material. Please let the Co-editor know directly if there is other supplementary material in different formats (e.g. a video) that would be useful for the review process.
Supplementary information for publication may be uploaded after your article has been accepted, see below.
What do I need to do about copyright?
When your article has been successfuly uploaded, a Co-editor reference code assigned and a PDF review document created, you will be sent an e-mail to confirm that your article has entered the review stage. You will also be sent a Transfer of Copyright agreement. You should complete this agreement and return it to the Editorial Office either by fax (+44 1244 314888) or by e-mail (copyright@iucr.org). The e-mail should include the Co-editor reference code in the Subject line.
If you have any questions about copyright, please contact support@iucr.org.
Where should I put my response to a review of my article?
The system does not currently provide a direct mechanism for you to discuss review comments with the Co-editor. You should respond to review comments by e-mailing the Co-editor handling your article; if your article has been revised it should also be re-uploaded at this stage, see below.
How do I submit a revised article?
To upload a revised version of your article following review comments, you should use the web address supplied to you during the initial submission procedure. The revised version should again be a single file of the text and graphics of your article (see above).
Please note: revisions should be submitted only at the specific request of the Co-editor handling your article.
Completing a submission
What kinds of file may I submit to complete my submission?
If your article is accepted, the Co-editor will send you an e-mail accepting your article and a new web address which you should use to upload the source files of the final version of your article. The files should be prepared according to the Notes for Authors; the files that we will require are as follows:
- A single file in WORD, RTF or LaTeX format of the text, tables and figure captions of your article
- A high-resolution graphics file in TIFF, PostScript or encapsulated PostScript format for each figure and scheme
- Files of any supplementary material that should accompany your publication
For each file you will be asked to
- Select the role of the file, its number and part number as applicable
- Locate the file on your local system
- Upload the file
You may overwrite an incorrectly uploaded file by uploading a replacement file with the same role, number and part number.
When you have uploaded all your files, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is complete and ready for publication. Important: your article will not enter the publication process until you have clicked the button to confirm that your submission is complete.
Getting help
What are some common pitfalls I should avoid?
- Make sure that you include all text and figures in a single file for initial submission. Failure to include all parts of your article in the file submitted may result in an incomplete review document being sent to the Co-editor.
- Check your article fully before submitting it. If you find problems after the submission is complete, you will be required to resubmit your article online. Any such changes could delay the processing of your article.
- Make sure you have not included a covering letter in the article files you submit. Any information relevant to your submission should be pasted or typed into the space provided on the submission web page. It can be plain text only.
- Be sure to use only the supported file formats. Your submission will not be processed if you use any other formats, and you will need to resubmit it.
What tools are available to help prepare my article?
A number of tools are available to help with the preparation of structural articles:
- Checking your structure. Your structure can be checked using the checkCIF/PLATON service. You should ensure that at least a basic structural check is run on the final version of your CIF prior to submission.
- Editing your CIF. A CIF editor will be available shortly from the Cambridge Structural Database for preparing your CIF.
What should I do if I get stuck?
You will find detailed help links ![[info]](http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/logos/info.gif) throughout the submission pages, and you can use any of these links without stopping the submission. If you are having more serious problems, you should contact support@iucr.org.
Editorial Board
editor-in-chief
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Helliwell, Professor John Richard(1953) (UnitedKingdom) john.helliwell@man.ac.uk (IUCr ID: IUCr2800) |
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| Current position: |
Professor of Structural Chemistry |
| Institution type: |
University of Manchester |
| Highest degree: |
DSc awarded by U. York (1996) in Protein crystallography and molecular biophysics, Physics |
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| Address(es): |
Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. (map) |
| E-mail address(es): |
john.helliwell@man.ac.uk |
| Telephone number(s): |
44 161 275 4970
07710 49 6513 (my mobile telephone number) |
| Fax number(s): |
44 161 275 4734 |
| URL(s): |
http://www.ch.man.ac.uk/people/academic/jrh.html
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| IUCr role(s): |
Editor-in-Chief, Acta Crystallographica
Co-editor, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Co-editor, Journal of Applied Crystallography |
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| Scientific research interests: |
anomalous dispersion, biological crystallography, catalysis, chemical crystallography, computer graphics, computing, cryocrystallography, data collection and processing, diffuse scattering, direct methods, disorder, drug design, enzymes, hydrogen bonding, instrumentation, Laue diffraction, macromolecular crystallography, metalloproteins, microgravity, molecular recognition, molecular replacement, neutron scattering, nucleic acids, peptides, physical crystallography, proteins, small molecules, statistics, structural biology, structural chemistry, structural genomics, structure determination, synchrotron radiation, teaching and education, time-resolved studies, viruses, X-ray optics, Enzymes, Lectins, Lipocalins, Neutrons, Proteins, Structural chemistry, biology and genomics/proteomics, Synchrotron radiation |
| General interests: |
Family, Squash, Walking the dog
section editor
D. Schwarzenbach, Institut de Cristallographie, Universit¨¦ de Lausanne, BSP, Dorigny, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland (e-mail: dieter.schwarzenbach@ic.unil.ch)
Areas of expertise: Inorganic structures; electron densities; refinement.
co-editors
Y. Amemiya, Department of Advanced Material Science, School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan (e-mail: amemiya@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Areas of expertise: X-ray physics; X-ray instrumentation; diffraction physics.
L. A. Aslanov, Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, General Chemistry Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia (e-mail: aslanov@struct.chem.msu.ru)
Areas of expertise: Inorganic crystal chemistry; organic crystal chemistry.
A. Authier, Universit¨¦ Pierre et Marie Curie, Villechenine, F-87470 Peyrat-le-Chateau, France (e-mail: aauthier@wanadoo.fr)
Areas of expertise: Diffraction physics; X-ray topography; crystal defects; crystal growth.
P. Coppens, Department of Chemistry, 732 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Complex, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA (e-mail: coppens@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Areas of expertise: Anomalous dispersion; electron densities; incommensurate modulated structures; photocrystallography; time-resolved diffraction.
D. L. Dorset, Advanced Material Characterization, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, 1545 Route 22 East, Room LA-170, Annandale, NJ 08801, USA (e-mail: d.l.dorset@exxonmobil.com)
Areas of expertise: Electron crystallography; linear chain assemblies; crystallographic phase determination.
C. Giacovazzo, Dipartimento Geomineralogico, Universit¨¤ di Bari, Campus Universitario, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy (e-mail: carmelo.giacovazzo@ic.cnr.it)
Areas of expertise: Methods of structure determination.
C. E. P. Lecomte, Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Mod¨¦lisation des Mat¨¦riaux Min¨¦raux et Biologiques, Facult¨¦ des Sciences, Universit¨¦ Nancy 1, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-l¨¨s-Nancy CEDEX, France (e-mail: lecomte@lcm3b.u-nancy.fr)
Areas of expertise: Electron densities; phase transitions; organometallic structures; synchrotron radiation.
R. P. Millane, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand (e-mail: rick@elec.canterbury.ac.nz)
Areas of expertise: Fibre diffraction; disorder; phase retrieval.
A. M. Moore, Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England (e-mail: m.moore@rhul.ac.uk)
Areas of expertise: Crystal defects; X-ray topography.
D. Pandey, School of Materials Science and Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India (e-mail: dpandey@bhu.ac.in)
Areas of expertise: Diffuse scattering; aperiodic crystals; phase transitions (ferroelectrics).
J. M. Perez-Mato, Dept F¨ªsica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad del Pa¨ªs Vasco, Apdo 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain (e-mail: wmppemam@lg.ehu.es)
Areas of expertise: Aperiodic crystals; phase transitions; group theory; crystal physics.
K. Tanaka, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokisho-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan (e-mail: kiyo@tana.mse.nitech.ac.jp
Areas of expertise: Crystal chemistry; electron density; thermal vibrations; X-ray wavefunction analysis.
P. A. Thomas, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England (e-mail: phrve@csv.warwick.ac.uk)
Areas of expertise: Ferroelectrics; imaging; phase transitions.
E. F. Weckert, HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany (e-mail: edgar.weckert@desy.de)
Areas of expertise: Dynamical diffraction; phase problem; structure determination.
book-review editor
M. Hart, Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, England (e-mail: m.hart@bristol.ac.uk). |
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