Introduction

Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy (IJCM) is the pioneer professional journal of the Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy being published quarterly to present the peer-reviewed latest scientific research findings in the related fields of crystallography and mineralogy. The journal welcomes cooperation from all the researchers from different fields in crystallography and mineralogy sciences. We hope, by developing the researches in these fields of basic sciences, can publish each issue more weighty than the previous one.
The Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy is thd founder of the Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy and appoints its Editorial Board and Editor-in-chief. The Scientific aspects of the Journal are supervised by the Editorial Board. The Journal is Published Jointly by the Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy and the University of Damghan.
 

History
Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy was first published as a semi-quarterly (two issues per year) since spring of 1993. Then, owing to the increased number of the papers submitted to the journal, it has been published quarterly since 2008. The evaluation committee of scientific journals at the Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology of Iran (MSRT) has approved IJCM as a scientific-research journal since may 2001 and it has been indexed in Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), as well. Moreover, the journal is published under the licence of reference No. 18977, dated 23th Aug. 2006, from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Based on the agreement between the Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy and the University of Damghan, This Journal is published jointty from July 1, 2024.

Open Access and copyright Policy
The Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy supports global exchange of knowledge on a non-commercial basis. The authors retain and hold the copyright without restriction or transfer it to the journal. As such, all research articles accepted and published by Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy are immediately freely available online to read, download and share, without any subscription charges or registration barriers.

Licensing

Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) 

 
 
Peer-Review

• All Submitted manuscripts to this Journal Undergo Peer-Review.

• In review process, the authors do not know who the reviewers are, however, the reviewers know who the authors are (One side unknown).

• Information on all Peer-Review procedures can be found in the Peer-Review process section.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)
As approved by the board of directors of the Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy, the journal does not charge for submission and reviewing of the manuscripts. However, once an article is accepted, the authors are required to pay 30% of the cost of publishing (800/000 Rials per page, acoording to the approval of Ministry of Scinces, Researchs and Technology maximum of 15/000/000 Rials) The registration and paper publishing fees must be deposited to the current account of the Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy via the account number of 18779 with Tejarat bank (the branch of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, with branch code of 4250) or the card number of 5859 8370 0291 4303.

Privacy Policy
Names and email addresses entered in the journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Plagiarism Screening System
Iranian Journal of Crystallography and mineralogy (IJCM) Uses phagiarism screening system of samimnoor.

Digital Preservation Policies
All journal articles are archived according to the following two methods:
1. Archive of the Journal Website: All articles are accessible online in PDF format in the Archive section of the Journal Website. We also secure backups of all articles on the computer servers at the journal office. In case of website malfunction and loss of online data, materials will be re-uploaded on the website within 24-36 hours.
2. Archive of other systems: Every published issue of the journal is sent to the following to databases. Therefore, the content can be accessed at any time even in the absence of website operation.

• Internet Archive

• Iranian Portal of Scientific Journals

Abstracting and Indexing
The main information and abstracts of published articles are indexed on several indexing services. The list of these services can be found in the 'Indexing and Abstracting' section

Discount Policy for the Publication of Articles
The Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy does not adopt any discount policy for submitted articles under any name or title, or under any circumstances.

Advertising
This Journal does not accept any advertising.

Direct marketing
There are no direct marketing activities in this journal.