Structural journals published by the IUCr have an efficient workflow built around the CIF standard. For small-unit-cell structures, authors submit their articles in this format, building on files created directly by their structure solution/refinement software. The processed experimental data from which the structure has been determined (structure factors, Rietveld profiles) are also uploaded in this format, allowing stringent technical peer review of the quality of the structural modelling. All published structures are accompanied by the underlying data that would permit their redetermination, and can be explored in the online publication through three-dimensional visualisation and analysis tools.