''CrystEngComm'' is a

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online-only

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and

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s on all aspects of crystal engineering including properties, polymorphism, target materials, and crystalline nanomaterials. It is published biweekly by the

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and the

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is Pierangelo Metrangolo. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 3.756. ''CrystEngComm'' has a close association with the virtual web community, CrystEngCommunity.

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

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. 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'', '' Acta Crystallographica Section E'' and ''

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''. In 2009, the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in ''CrystEngComm'' are ''

'', ''

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'','' Angewandte Chemie International Edition'', '' Chemical Communications'' and '' Crystal Growth & Design''. According to

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, the following three articles have been cited most often: # # #

References

External links

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