If your crystals are deemed unsuitable for IMSERC facility diffractometers, your first step should be to attempt to recrystallize them. What do I need in order to publish this structure? If you have any doubts or concerns, please speak with a staff member. Crystallography staff typically provide such comments in the CIF file and in the report document that you can use in your publications.
It does, however, indicate the need for comments in the text or supporting information to explain the warnings. If your checkCIF report has errors – even A-level alerts – this does not mean the structure cannot be published. Please keep in mind that a “perfect” checkCIF report is very rare – especially for the complex structures produced by researchers at Northwestern. Crystallography staff will work with you during the publication process to ensure your data will pass the review. Specific journals have certain requirements for accepting crystal structures, so not every journal will accept every structure produced. If you have received a structure report from us (MS Word document), then we believe your data can be published on some level. We always strive to collect publishable data every time we put a crystal on the diffractometer however, not every structure will be suitable for publication.
