Acta Crystallographica refers to a family of scientific journals, with peer-reviewed articles about crystallography, published by the International Union of Crystallography. The journal was established in 1948 as a single journal called Acta Crystallographica (ISSN 0365-110X) In 1967 the journal was separated into Section A and Section B, with Section C being added in 1983, and Section D being added in 1993. Section E was added in 2001, and Section F in 2005.
Acta Crystallographica has been noted for the high quality of the papers that it produces, as well as the large impact that its papers has on the field of crystallography.