Journal Guide

Acta Chirurgica Belgica (ACB) is the official journal of the Royal Belgian Society for Surgery (RBSS) and its affiliated societies. It publishes Editorials, Review papers, Original Research, and Technique related manuscripts in the broad field of Clinical Surgery. Experimental studies are considered when the results have a clear translational clinical value. Topical correspondence on the published content is welcome.

This journal subscribes to the recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals put forward by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Acta Chromatographica publishes peer-reviewed scientific articles on every field of chromatography, including theory of chromatography; progress in synthesis and characterization of new stationary phases; chromatography of organic, inorganic and complex compounds; enantioseparation and chromatography of chiral compounds; applications of chromatography in biology, pharmacy, medicine, and food analysis; environmental applications of chromatography; analytical and physico-chemical aspects of sample preparation for chromatography; hyphenated and combined techniques; chemometrics and its applications in separation science.

To publish original papers on basic and applied research in surgery, and biomedical sciences, new surgical techniques, reviews related to investigations in biomedicine, articles on teaching, advances in biomedicine and scientific communication.

Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine primarily publishes papers on clinical medicine, clinical chemistry, pathology and molecular biology, provided they describe results which contribute to our understanding of clinical problems or describe new methods applicable to clinical investigation. Readership includes physicians, pathologists, pharmacists and physicians working in non-academic and academic hospitals, practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Acta Clinica Belgica is the official journal of the following societies, which make the journal available to their members:
•Belgian Society of Internal Medicine
•Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine

Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo is the official publication of the Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo (Colombian Association of Critical Medicine and Intensive Care), and as such it publishes articles associated with these specialties. It is published every 3 months in March, June, September and December.

La revista Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo es el órgano oficial de la Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo y como tal publica artículos relacionados con la especialidad. Se publica cada 3 meses en marzo, junio, septiembre y diciembre.

Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materialspublishes scientific articles related to the structural science of compounds and materials in the widest sense. Knowledge of the arrangements of atoms, including their temporal variations and dependencies on temperature and pressure, is often the key to understanding physical and chemical phenomena and is crucial for the design of new materials and supramolecular devices. Acta Crystallographica B is the forum for the publication of such contributions. Scientific developments based on experimental studies as well as those based on theoretical approaches, including crystal-structure prediction, structure-property relations and the use of databases of crystal structures, are published.

Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry is continuing its transition to a journal that publishes exciting science with structural content, in particular, important results relating to the chemical sciences. Section C is the journal of choice for the rapid publication of articles that highlight interesting research facilitated by the determination, calculation or analysis of structures of any type, other than macromolecular structures. Articles that emphasize the science and the outcomes that were enabled by the study are particularly welcomed. Authors are encouraged to include mainstream science in their papers, thereby producing manuscripts that are substantial scientific well-rounded contributions that appeal to a broad community of readers and increase the profile of the authors.

Acta Crystallographica Section D welcomes the submission of articles covering any aspect of structural biology, with a particular emphasis on the structures of biological macromolecules or the methods used to determine them.

Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online is the IUCr's highly popular open-access structural journal. It provides a simple and easily accessible publication mechanism for the growing number of inorganic, metal-organic and organic crystal structure determinations. The electronic submission, validation, refereeing and publication facilities of the journal ensure very rapid and high-quality publication, whilst key indicators and validation reports provide measures of structural reliability. The average publication time is less than one month. Articles are published in a short-format style with enhanced supplementary materials. Each publication consists of a complete package - the published article, HTML and PDF supplements, CIF, structure factors, graphics, and any other submitted supplementary files.