Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science

The end of the triennium marks 60 years of publication of IUCr Journals, and a special issue to highlight this event has been published in Acta Cryst. A. The continued success of the Journals is based on many outstanding contributions of numerous members of the large, but highly interactive community of crystallographers as authors, referees, editors and Co-editors, supported by a competent and dedicated technical staff at Chester.Currently, about 150 section editors or Co-editors and 12 technical editors work for the Journals.The number of expert referees can only be guessed, and their confidential work deserves highest appreciation.The last triennium has seen a major increase in the number of pages published in IUCr Journals, up from 31521 in the previous triennium to 48261.This increase has largely been driven by the expansion of Acta Cryst.E and the launch of Acta Cryst.F. Online submission is now almost exclusively used and this has helped to keep publication times low across the Journals.The Journals continued to be highly cited in crystallography; the highest impact factors recorded during the triennium were 5.4 for Acta Cryst.B and 5.25 for J. Appl.Cryst.Ethics in science publication and open access have been topics of general concern during the triennium.All submissions to Acta Cryst.C and E are now routinely checked for duplication against the crystallographic databases, and the Journals also took part in a plagiarism pilot run by CrossRef.The hybrid open-access option introduced for authors in 2004 has become increasingly popular, and at the end of the triennium Acta Cryst.E was made into a full openaccess journal.Current concerns and plans will be presented, and there will be ample time for the discussion of points raised at the session.