''Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials'' is a monthly

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published in English. The journal publishes theoretical and experimental studies in

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of both organic and inorganic substances. The

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of the journal is from the

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. The journal was founded in 1877 under the title ''Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie'' by crystallographer and

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Paul Heinrich von Groth, who served as the editor for 44 years. It has used several titles over its history, with the present title having been adopted in 2010. The journal is indexed in a variety of databases and has a 2020

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of 1.616.

History

The journal was established in 1877 by Paul von Groth as a German-language publication under the title ''Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie'', and he served as its editor until the end of 1920. Groth was appointed as the inaugural Professor of Mineralogy at the

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in 1872 and made great contributions to the disciplines of

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and

both there and, from 1883, as the curator at the

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in Munich. Groth was the first to classify minerals according to their chemical composition and contributed to the understanding of

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and morphotropy in crystalline systems. Using the data from 55 volumes of the journal covering 39 years of publications (1877–1915) plus other sources, Groth produced the five volume work ''Chemische Krystallographie'' between 1906 and 1919. This work catalogued the chemical and physical properties of the between 9,000 and 10,000 crystalline substances known at the time. It has used a series of names over its history (see table below), finally becoming ''Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials'' in 2010, a name distinguishing it from the 1987 spin-off journal '' Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures''.

Special issues

Beginning in December 2002, the journal has produced special issues with articles grouped around a single theme. Topics covered include the analysis of complex materials using

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methods,

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s (double issue),

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, ''

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'' crystallisation, mathematical crystallography,

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, nanocrystallography, phononic crystals, photocrystallography, the application of

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methods, twinned crystals, and

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s (double issue). On four occasions, one or two issues of the journal have been dedicated to the memory of a crystallographer or mineralogist, usually with a theme associated with the individual's work and a description of their contribution to the field. These are summarised in the table below:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences * EBSCO databases *

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According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

of 2.560, and it is ranked 8th amongst the 26 crystallography journals.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials Chemistry journals Crystallography journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1877 Multilingual journals De Gruyter academic journals 1877 establishments in Germany