Journal profile · Crystallography
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
ISSN 1433-7266 · eISSN 2197-4578 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH · GERMANY · Quarterly
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.23; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 336 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH and is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crystal structures of chemical compounds, Metal complexes synthesis and properties and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, together about 41.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures was founded in 1997 as spin off of Zeitschrift für Kristallographie to meet the high demand to publish results of structure determination. All publications and their submitted CIF-data are online freely available (Open Access). Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures publishes results of determination of hitherto unknown crystal structures, and refinement of previously published crystal structures. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures provides strict but constructive refereeing system, free access to submitted cif-files, Open Access to the PDF-files of publications, as well as data deposition at FIZ Karlsruhe and CCDC Cambridge. Topics Organic and inorganic structure determination Organic Chemistry Crystallography Materials Sciences Condensed Matter Physics Your Benefits Your Benefits Newest results of crystal structure research Publishing traditions reaching 1997 Strict quality check of submitted structures during peer review Extensive copy editing of submitted text and tables Online publication of contributions as "ahead-of-print" versions Open Access to the PDF-files of publications Data deposition at CCDC Cambridge and FIZ Karlsruhe History Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures was founded in 1997 Other publications in the field Zeitschrift für Kristallographie
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Crystallography
Editor-in-chief Hubert HuppertzPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crystal structures of chemical compoundsChemistry19.9%
- Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMedicine11%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemistry10.5%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry8.6%
- Magnetism in coordination complexesMaterials Science8.2%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry5%
- Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and CharacterizationChemistry4.3%
- Synthesis of Organic CompoundsMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2020 edition (low risk); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 177OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 323LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,308 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 242 | 242 | 10 |
| 2025 | 336 | 336 | 122 |
| 2024 | 351 | 351 | 187 |
| 2023 | 361 | 361 | 332 |
| 2022 | 356 | 356 | 376 |
| 2021 | 333 | 333 | 416 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 750 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 600 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 750 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
This journal is fully Open-Access, which means that all articles are published under an open access license. Open access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints. Each article published in Z. Krist. – Effective 1st February 2025, NCRS is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €750.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1433-7266
- Electronic ISSN
- 2197-4578
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
What CAS zone is ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Crystallography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.23; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES open access, and what is the APC?
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE-NEW CRYSTAL STRUCTURES is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .