Browsing by Author "Allen, AJ"

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    Introduction to the special issue for the 15th International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering (SAS2012)
    (International Union of Crystallography, 2014-01-30) Gilbert, EP; Allen, AJ
    The scientific publishing landscape is changing. Over the past few meetings of the small-angle scattering community, it has become challenging for conference organizers to publish traditional volumes of proceedings in scientific journals without impacting on metrics of concern to many publishing houses, namely impact factor, despite an expressed need to have proceedings. Equally, many scientists would choose not to submit their findings to proceedings and wish to communicate their work in high-impact-factor journals only. From broadly canvassing the community, it has become evident that both proceedings and selected articles have their own rightful place and are valuable sources of reference for both the newcomer to the field and established researchers alike. As such, for the first time, the organizers of the small-angle scattering conference have published both proceedings (McGillivray et al., 2012) – reflecting the full content of the meeting and reviewed to the extent that the work has been selected for conference presentation – and, here, a special issue in what many would consider to be the traditional and natural home for small-angle scattering, namely Journal of Applied Crystallography. The production of this special issue has been a painstaking process. Attendees were invited to submit articles on the basis that, not only would their work be exposed to rigorous review but, even then, only selected articles would be published. The refereeing process was strict and thorough, many papers were rejected, and all were improved. We are grateful to all the authors that submitted material, whether selected or not, as well as the Guest Co-editors – Andrew Jackson, Yoshiyuki Amemiya, Charles Dewhurst, Dmitri Svergun and Aldo Craievich – the many referees for their invaluable effort which made the publication of this special issue possible and, indeed, the entire scientific programme committee that developed such a compelling programme. We would also like to thank Lisa Stephenson and Peter Strickland at the IUCr Editorial Office in Chester, UK, for their support and guidance. The resulting compilation provides an excellent overview of the state of the art across the spectrum of small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS), covering the fields of application, theory, methods of analysis and instrumentation
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    Journal of Applied Crystallography: the first 50 years and beyond
    (International Union of Crystallography, 2018-04) Allen, AJ; Hajdu, J; McIntyre, GJ
    The first issue of Journal of Applied Crystallography appeared in April 1968.1 So, with this issue we celebrate its 50th birthday. We should start by expressing our appreciation for all the readers, authors, reviewers, editors and technical staff who have made the journal what it has become over the past 50 years. The first Editor of Journal of Applied Crystallography was the pioneer of small-angle scattering, André Guinier, who guided the journal through its first two volumes in 1968 and 1969, after which he stood down on being elected IUCr President. André Guinier was succeeded by Ray Young who served as Editor from 1970 to 1978, Michael Hart from 1978 to 1984, Michel Schlenker from 1984 to 1990, Michael Glazer from 1990 to 1999, Gernot Kostorz from 1999 to 2007 and Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla from 2007 to 2017. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla was joined by two of us, Janos Hajdu and Andrew Allen, in 2014, and she was succeeded by our other current Main Editor, Garry McIntyre, in 2017.