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Dear colleagues and friends It seems timely and useful to open a discussion forum for the (Section and Main) Editors of all our eight IUCr Journals. Of course, each Journal is free to have its own forum including all Co-editors (and me!). Requests should be sent to Peter Strickland. The forum we are...

I am writing to let you know that I have updated my previous post with subscription information, and am also providing additional information in a table in the attachment that may help in assessing the financial risk if a journal was closed. Thus, the table gives an idea of direct revenue loss if a ...

I am posting a summary of points made by Ashwini. Suggestions for IUCr journals from Ashwini Nangia These are my first cut impressions after reviewing journals data, IF, number of papers, downloads statistics, classifications of various journals, etc. 1. All journals must be made ONLINE ONLY 2. Prin...

I promised some time ago to provide further information on subscriptions/consortial sales. I have now worked with Mike Dacombe to produce the summary below, which I hope gives a clearer picture of this matter. I have also attached a document provided to us by Wiley-Blackwell in 2009 that describes p...

I agree with Philip that work needs to be done on Acta B, particularly to attract authors in the Crystal Engineering field, and that this might be best achieved by considering the appointment of a second Section Editor who is a leader in this field or in Chemical Crystallography. With regard to Acta...

I am posting some more detailed information on the journals, which is made up of information provided to the recent meeting of the IUCr Journals Commission and also some financial forecasts for 2011 and 2012. I hope this will give a clearer background to the current discussions for members of the Co...

This reply concerns the first point made by Walter, concerning arrangements for the meeting in Chester. I will respond to the other points in due course. The best airports to fly to for the meeting are Manchester or Liverpool. The transfer time by taxi to these airports is usually between 45 and 60 ...

Dear Sven I also agree that it is important that the relationships between the Editors, the EC and the GA are clearly defined. The policy you suggest is a change from my understanding of current practice in that the appointments of Co-editors would not be confirmed by the GA. Walter takes this one s...

Such a list needs to be developed to make sure that terms and symbols are used consistently across the volume.

Lists of terms and symbols from International Tables Volume D have been attached here and are intended as a starting point for the discussions on the definition of symbols in Volume H.

Outline structure of the Volume as at 5 January 2011 was as follows. Page numbers are suggested in parentheses. PART A: Instrumentation and Methods Overview and Principles (20) Instrumentation - Laboratory X-rays - - Diffraction geometry (15) - - Collimation and optics - - Detectors - Synchrotrons -...