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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by International Union of Crystallography.
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ISSN 2056-9890Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Union of Crystallography
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry (all) | 312 / 402 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Materials Science (all) | 383 / 475 | 19th | Q4 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 373 / 446 | 16th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.3.
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications is Q4 in Chemistry (all) (rank 312 of 402), Q4 in Materials Science (all) (rank 383 of 475) and Q4 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 373 of 446), by CiteScore 2025.
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.3, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 22nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.220, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications is published by International Union of Crystallography. Its ISSN is 2056-9890.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #308 of 382 Scopus journals in Chemistry (all).
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications published 243 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 453. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 85 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (22.6%), Germany (12.4%) and India (10.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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