Open AccessPublication guidelines for structural modelling of small‐angle scattering data from biomolecules in solution
Author(s) -
Jacques David A.,
Guss J. Mitchell,
Svergun Dmitri I.,
Trewhella Jill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s0907444912012073
Subject(s) - small angle scattering , scattering , presentation (obstetrics) , data presentation , field (mathematics) , computer science , physics , optics , medicine , mathematics , documentation , pure mathematics , radiology , programming language
Small‐angle scattering is becoming a mainstream technique for structural molecular biology. As such, it is important to establish guidelines for publication that will ensure that there is adequate reporting of the data and its treatment so that reviewers and readers can independently assess the quality of the data and the basis for any interpretations presented. This article presents a set of preliminary guidelines that emerged after consultation with the IUCr Commission on Small‐Angle Scattering and other experts in the field and discusses the rationale for their application. At the 2011 Congress of the IUCr in Madrid, the Commission on Journals agreed to adopt these preliminary guidelines for the presentation of biomolecular structures from small‐angle scattering data in IUCr publications. Here, these guidelines are outlined and the reasons for standardizing the way in which small‐angle scattering data are presented.