''CrystEngComm'' is a
peer-reviewed online-only
scientific journal publishing
original research and
review article
A review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic within a certain discipline. A review article is generally considered a secondary source since it may analyze and discuss the method and conclusions i ...
s on all aspects of
crystal engineering Crystal engineering studies the design and synthesis of solid-state structures with desired properties through deliberate control of intermolecular interactions. It is an interdisciplinary academic field, bridging solid-state and supramolecular ...
including properties,
polymorphism, target materials, and
crystalline
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...
nanomaterials
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Nanomaterials describe, in principle, materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale).
Nanomaterials research takes a materials science-based approach to na ...
. It is published biweekly by the
Royal Society of Chemistry
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and the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Pierangelo Metrangolo. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 3.545.
''CrystEngComm'' has a close association with the virtual web community,
CrystEngCommunity CrystEngCommunity is a virtual web community for people working in the field of crystal engineering. The website is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
CrystEngCommunity has links to the main international research groups working in cr ...
.
History
''CrystEngComm'' was one of the first online-only chemistry journals when it was established in 1999. Initially, articles were published online as soon as they were accepted and the journal did not publish articles in issues. However, in 2000 issues were introduced and the journal was published monthly. As submissions increased, the journal switched in 2011 to a biweekly publication. Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as
open access.
The journal has been involved in the development of nomenclature for crystal engineering, which is gradually being adopted by researchers in the field.
Article types
''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).
Citations
The five journals that cited ''CrystEngComm'' most often in 2009 are (in order of descending citation frequency) ''CrystEngComm'', ''
Crystal Growth & Design'', ''
Dalton Transactions
''Dalton Transactions'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original (primary) research and review articles on all aspects of the chemistry of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic compounds. It is published weekly by the Roy ...
'', ''
Acta Crystallographica Section E
''Acta Crystallographica'' is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals, with articles centred on crystallography, published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Originally established in 1948 as a single journal called ''Act ...
'' and ''
Inorganic Chemistry''.
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
The ''Journal of the American Chemical Society'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1879 by the American Chemical Society. The journal has absorbed two other publications in its history, the ''Journal of Analytic ...
'',''
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
''Angewandte Chemie'' (, meaning "Applied Chemistry") is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker). Publishing formats include feature-leng ...
'', ''
Chemical Communications
''ChemComm'' (or ''Chemical Communications''), formerly known as ''Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications'' (1969–1971), ''Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications'' (1972–1995), is a peer-reviewed scientific ...
'' and ''
Crystal Growth & Design''.
According to
Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most often:
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References
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