A bibliometric study in crystallography.

This is an application of the mathematical and statistical techniques of bibliometrics to the field of crystallography. This study is, however, restricted to inorganic compounds. The data were taken from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, which is a well defined and evaluated body of literature and data published from 1913 to date.

New developments in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD): accessibility in support of materials research and design.

The materials community in both science and industry use crystallographic data models on a daily basis to visualize, explain and predict the behavior of chemicals and materials. Access to reliable information on the structure of crystalline materials helps researchers concentrate experimental work in directions that optimize the discovery process. The Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) is a comprehensive collection of more than 60,000 crystal structure entries for inorganic materials and is produced cooperatively by Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe (FIZ), Germany, and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).