Journal of Crystal Growth
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| Discipline | Crystallography, materials science, physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | J. Derby |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1967–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Semi-monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 1.830 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Cryst. Growth |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JCRGAE |
| ISSN | 0022-0248 (print) 1873-5002 (web) |
| LCCN | sf80000811 |
| OCLC no. | 525783112 |
| Links | |
The Journal of Crystal Growth is a semi-monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering experimental and theoretical studies of crystal growth and its applications. It is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is J. Derby (University of Minnesota).[1]
History[edit]
The Journal of Crystal Growth was founded following the 1966 International Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG) held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Ichiro Sunagawa, who participated in ICCG, wrote in the Journal of the Japanese Association of Crystal Growth that before then, "The crystal growth community was totally fragmented and had remained as a peripheral field at the mercy of other organizations."[2][3] Michael Schieber (Hebrew University) later recounted feeling the need for an individual journal on the subject after the conference proceedings were published as a supplement to the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids that had to be additionally ordered by journal subscribers.[2][4] Feeling as though the crystal growth community should not remain at the "discretion of other disciplines for which crystal growth has a secondary importance", he spoke about the idea with a colleague, Kenneth Button, who informed an editor at the North-Holland Publishing Company (now Elsevier).[2]
The journal launched in 1967, with an editorial board consisting of Schieber as editor-in-chief and co-editors Charles Frank and Nicolás Cabrera.[4][5] At the time the journal employed two U.S. editors, eighteen associate editors from around the world, and an editorial advisory board of sixteen members.[4]
As of 2015, the journal has continued to serve as the "major venue for papers on crystal growth theory, practice and characterization" and proceedings of various conferences in the field.[5] According to Tony Stankus, the journal has historically emphasised research contribution on crystals grown from wet solutions and later strongly emphasised research on crystals grown from molten materials or those produced through other processes relevant to the semiconductor industry.[6]
The American Chemical Society and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition partnered to develop Crystal Growth and Design as a lower-cost alternative to the Journal of Crystal Growth;[7] its first issue was published in 2001.[8]
Retractions[edit]
In 2017, Elsevier was reported to be retracting four articles from the journal after an author had falsified reviews. The journal was one of several publications affected by the falsifications.[9][10][11][12]
Abstracting and indexing[edit]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:[13]
- Aluminium Industry Abstracts
- Chemical Abstracts
- Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- El Compendex Plus
- Engineered Materials Abstracts
- Engineering Index
- INSPEC
- Metals Abstracts
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2021 impact factor of 1.830.[14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Editorial board". Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Hurle, D.T.J (August 2002). "The origins of the International Crystal Growth Conferences, the International Organisation for Crystal Growth and the Journal of Crystal Growth" (PDF). Journal of Crystal Growth. 243 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1016/S0022-0248(02)01530-0. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Advances in Crystal Growth Research (1st ed.). Elsevier Science. 2001. p. 11. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-50747-1.X5026-1. ISBN 978-0-444-50747-1.
- ^ a b c Wilson, A. J. C. (1967). "Journal of crystal growth. Vol. 1, No. 1". Acta Crystallographica. 23 (2): 338. doi:10.1107/S0365110X67004554. ISSN 0365-110X. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b Feigelson, Robert S. (2015). "Crystal Growth through the Ages". In Nishinaga, Tatau (ed.). Handbook of Crystal Growth (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 3, 4, 35. doi:10.1016/C2011-0-04376-4. ISBN 978-0-444-56369-9.
- ^ Stankus, Tony (1992). Making Sense of Journals in the Physical Sciences: From Specialty Origins to Contemporary Assortment. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. pp. 51, 211. ISBN 9781560241805.
- ^ Katz, Bill; LaGuardia, Cheryl; Katz, Linda Sternberg, eds. (2006). Magazines for Libraries (15th ed.). R. R. Bowker. p. 216. ISBN 9780835248488.
- ^ "Crystal Growth and Design | Vol 1, No 1". American Chemical Society. January 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Stern, Victoria (21 December 2017). "Elsevier retracting 26 papers accepted because of fake reviews". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Stern, Victoria (4 January 2018). "After Elsevier knew an author faked reviews, it kept accepting his papers for more than a year". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Cann, David P.; Blanford, Christopher F. (19 December 2017). "The power of suggestion: should authors nominate peer reviewers?". Journal of Materials Science. 53 (7): 4705–4708. doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1931-7.
- ^ Chawla, Dalmeet Singh (16 March 2018). "Iranian peer-review incident condemned". Physics World. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Abstracting & indexing". Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Journal of Crystal Growth". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.