CrystEngComm
Encyclopedia
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.
CrystEngComm has a close association with the virtual web community, CrystEngCommunity
.
The journal has been involved in the development of nomenclature for crystal engineering which is gradually being adopted by researchers in the field.
, phase transition
al 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 zeolite
s, liquid crystal
s, 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.
, Dalton Transactions
, Acta Crystallographica Section E 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
, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, Chemical Communications
and Crystal Growth & Design
.
According to Web of Science
, the following three articles have been cited most often:
In 2006, CrystEngComm was named a Rising Star by In-cites from Thomson Scientific
.
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
online-only scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
publishing original research and review
Review journal
A review journal in academic publishing is a periodical or series that is devoted to the publication of review articles that summarize the progress in some particular area or topic during a preceding period.-Types:Review journals can be divided by...
articles on all aspects of crystal engineering
Crystal engineering
Crystal engineering is the design and synthesis of molecular solid-state structures with desired properties, based on an understanding and exploitation of intermolecular interactions. The two main strategies currently in use for crystal engineering are based on hydrogen bonding and coordination...
including properties, polymorphism
Polymorphism (materials science)
Polymorphism in materials science is the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure. Polymorphism can potentially be found in any crystalline material including polymers, minerals, and metals, and is related to allotropy, which refers to chemical elements...
, target materials and crystalline nanomaterials
Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials is a field that takes a materials science-based approach to nanotechnology. It studies materials with morphological features on the nanoscale, and especially those that have special properties stemming from their nanoscale dimensions...
. CrystEngComm is published biweekly by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
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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.
CrystEngComm has a close association with the virtual web community, CrystEngCommunity
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 ....
.
Publication history
CrystEngComm was one of the first online-only chemistry journals to be published, 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. 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.
Subject coverage
Properties: ThermodynamicsThermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation...
, phase transition
Phase transition
A phase transition is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase or state of matter to another.A phase of a thermodynamic system and the states of matter have uniform physical properties....
al behaviours, polymorphism
Polymorphism (materials science)
Polymorphism in materials science is the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure. Polymorphism can potentially be found in any crystalline material including polymers, minerals, and metals, and is related to allotropy, which refers to chemical elements...
, solid state reactivity, optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
, non-linear optics (NLO)
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light...
, molecular and bulk magnetism, electrical conductivity and superconductivity
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance occurring in certain materials below a characteristic temperature. It was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum...
, absorption and desorption, mechanical.
Target Crystals/Materials: Ionic, molecular, covalent and coordination solids, coordination polymers, hydrogen-bonded solids, intermolecular interactions, biominerals
Biomineralisation
Biomineralization is the process by which living organisms produce minerals, often to harden or stiffen existing tissues. Such tissues are called mineralized tissues. It is an extremely widespread phenomenon; all six taxonomic kingdoms contain members that are able to form minerals, and over 60...
and biomimetic
Biomimetics
Biomimetics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of materials and machines. It is widely regarded as being synonymous with biomimicry, biomimesis, biognosis and similar to biologically inspired design.-History:The term biomimetics...
materials, synthetic zeolite
Zeolite
Zeolites are microporous, aluminosilicate minerals commonly used as commercial adsorbents. The term zeolite was originally coined in 1756 by Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who observed that upon rapidly heating the material stilbite, it produced large amounts of steam from water that...
s, liquid crystal
Liquid crystal
Liquid crystals are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its molecules may be oriented in a crystal-like way. There are many different types of LC phases, which can be...
s, nano
Nanoporous
Nanoporous materials consist of a regular organic or inorganic framework supporting a regular, porous structure. Pores are by definition roughly in the nanometre range, that is between 1x10−7 and 0.2x10−9 m.Subdivisions:...
and mesoporous crystals, channelled structures, crystalline nanomaterials.
Techniques: Single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, powder diffraction
Powder diffraction
Powder diffraction is a scientific technique using X-ray, neutron, or electron diffraction on powder or microcrystalline samples for structural characterization of materials.-Explanation:...
, solid state spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
(IR, Raman
Raman spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique used to study vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system.It relies on inelastic scattering, or Raman scattering, of monochromatic light, usually from a laser in the visible, near infrared, or near ultraviolet range...
, NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear magnetic resonance is a physical phenomenon in which magnetic nuclei in a magnetic field absorb and re-emit electromagnetic radiation...
etc.), calorimetry
Calorimetry
Calorimetry is the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes. Calorimetry is performed with a calorimeter. The word calorimetry is derived from the Latin word calor, meaning heat...
and thermogravimetry
Thermogravimetry
Thermogravimetry is a branch of physical chemistry, materials research, and thermal analysis...
.
Methods: Modelling and data mining
Data mining
Data mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...
, as well as empirical
Empirical
The word empirical denotes information gained by means of observation or experimentation. Empirical data are data produced by an experiment or observation....
, semi-empirical and ab-initio theoretical evaluation of solids and of intermolecular interactions.
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 & DesignCrystal Growth & Design
Crystal Growth & Design is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in January 2001 as a bimonthly journal and changed to a monthly frequency in 2006. The editor-in-chief is Robin D...
, Dalton Transactions
Dalton Transactions
Dalton Transactions is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of the chemistry of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic compounds. It is published weekly by the Royal Society of Chemistry...
, Acta Crystallographica Section E and Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry (journal)
Inorganic Chemistry is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society since 1962. It covers research in all areas of inorganic chemistry...
. In 2009, the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in CrystEngComm are Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry (journal)
Inorganic Chemistry is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society since 1962. It covers research in all areas of inorganic chemistry...
, Journal of the American Chemical Society
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 Analytical and Applied Chemistry and the American Chemical Journal...
, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, Chemical Communications
Chemical Communications
Chemical Communications, known as ChemComm, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry . It contains communications of significant work from across the chemical sciences. It also includes feature articles...
and Crystal Growth & Design
Crystal Growth & Design
Crystal Growth & Design is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in January 2001 as a bimonthly journal and changed to a monthly frequency in 2006. The editor-in-chief is Robin D...
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According to Web of Science
Web of Science
ISI Web of Knowledge is an academic citation indexing and search service, which is combined with web linking and provided by Thomson Reuters. Web of Knowledge coverage encompasses the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It provides bibliographic content and the tools to access, analyze,...
, the following three articles have been cited most often:
In 2006, CrystEngComm was named a Rising Star by In-cites from Thomson Scientific
Thomson Scientific
Thomson Scientific was one of the five operating divisions of The Thomson Corporation until 2008. Following the merger of Thomson with Reuters to form Thomson Reuters in 2008, it became the Scientific business unit of the new company. In 2009, the Scientific business came together with the...
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See also
- CrystEngCommunityCrystEngCommunityCrystEngCommunity is a virtual web community for people working in the field of crystal engineering. The website is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry ....
- Dalton TransactionsDalton TransactionsDalton Transactions is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of the chemistry of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic compounds. It is published weekly by the Royal Society of Chemistry...
- Journal of Materials ChemistryJournal of Materials ChemistryJournal of Materials Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on the applications, properties and synthesis of exciting new materials...
- Organic and Biomolecular ChemistryOrganic and Biomolecular ChemistryOrganic & Biomolecular Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original primary research and review articles. It is published every two weeks by the Royal Society of Chemistry . Like all RSC journals, OBC is widely recognised for its overall quality and its speed of publication...
- Crystal engineeringCrystal engineeringCrystal engineering is the design and synthesis of molecular solid-state structures with desired properties, based on an understanding and exploitation of intermolecular interactions. The two main strategies currently in use for crystal engineering are based on hydrogen bonding and coordination...