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Results for Survey #22: Diffraction Software Needs Survey
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  Diffraction Data Analysis survey

This survey will help us identify software needs of the diffraction community.

Thank you for your assistance.

  1.  What is your location?
Argentina - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Australia - 8 4.10%  4.10%
Austria - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Belgium - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Brazil - 6 3.08%  3.08%
Bulgaria - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Canada - 6 3.08%  3.08%
Chad - 0 0.00%  0.00%
China - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Colombia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Croatia - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Cuba - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Czech Republic - 2 1.03%  1.03%
Denmark - 2 1.03%  1.03%
Egypt - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Fiji - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Finland - 0 0.00%  0.00%
France - 19 9.74%  9.74%
Georgia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Germany - 15 7.69%  7.69%
Greece - 4 2.05%  2.05%
Guinea - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Hungary - 0 0.00%  0.00%
India - 6 3.08%  3.08%
Indonesia - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Iran - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Iraq - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Israel - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Italy - 14 7.18%  7.18%
Japan - 5 2.56%  2.56%
Laos - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Latvia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Malaysia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Mali - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Malta - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Mexico - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Morocco - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Netherlands - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Norway - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Oman - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Peru - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Portugal - 2 1.03%  1.03%
Romania - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Russia - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Samoa - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Saudi Arabia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Singapore - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Slovakia - 2 1.03%  1.03%
South Africa - 2 1.03%  1.03%
Spain - 3 1.54%  1.54%
Sweden - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Switzerland - 4 2.05%  2.05%
Thailand - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Togo - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Tunisia - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Turkey - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Ukraine - 1 0.51%  0.51%
United Kingdom - 30 15.38%  15.38%
United States - 48 24.62%  24.62%
Uruguay - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Jordan - 1 0.51%  0.51%
Korea - 2 1.03%  1.03%
Other - 3 1.54%  1.54%
Total Answers - 195
  2.  What is your affiliation type?
Academia - 127 65.13%  65.13%
National lab - 51 26.15%  26.15%
Industry - 14 7.18%  7.18%
Other institution - 3 1.54%  1.54%
Total Answers - 195
  3.  What type of powder diffraction instruments do you use?
In-house x-ray - 160 38.65%  38.65%
Synchrotron x-ray - 110 26.57%  26.57%
Reactor neutrons - 79 19.08%  19.08%
Spallation neutrons - 65 15.70%  15.70%
Total Answers - 414
  The following pages examine the usage of powder diffraction software. If your preferred program is not listed, you may enter it as a comment on the last page.

  Please indicate what software do you use for

  4.  Rietveld refinement
CCSL codes - 5 1.45%  1.45%
DBWS9411 - 12 3.47%  3.47%
FullProf - 73 21.10%  21.10%
GSAS+EXPGUI - 118 34.10%  34.10%
GSAS without EXPGUI - 33 9.54%  9.54%
MAUD - 7 2.02%  2.02%
MPRODD - 2 0.58%  0.58%
Materials Studio - 9 2.60%  2.60%
Rietan - 12 3.47%  3.47%
Rietica - 14 4.05%  4.05%
TOPAS - 21 6.07%  6.07%
TOPAS-Academic - 9 2.60%  2.60%
WinCSD - 3 0.87%  0.87%
WinMProf - 6 1.73%  1.73%
Other - write in at end of survey - 8 2.31%  2.31%
ARIT - 0 0.00%  0.00%
BGMN w/o Autoquan - 0 0.00%  0.00%
BGMN with Autoquan - 0 0.00%  0.00%
BRASS - 2 0.58%  0.58%
JANA2000 - 9 2.60%  2.60%
Siroquant - 3 0.87%  0.87%
Total Answers - 346
  5.  peak integration
CMPR - 19 6.33%  6.33%
EXPO - 11 3.67%  3.67%
FullProf - 48 16.00%  16.00%
GSAS leBail - 61 20.33%  20.33%
Jade - 11 3.67%  3.67%
PeakFit - 16 5.33%  5.33%
PowderCell - 29 9.67%  9.67%
Stoe WinXPow - 10 3.33%  3.33%
TOPAS - 26 8.67%  8.67%
WinCSD - 1 0.33%  0.33%
WinPlotr - 25 8.33%  8.33%
Xfit - 15 5.00%  5.00%
custom code - 14 4.67%  4.67%
Other - please write in at the end of the surve - 14 4.67%  4.67%
Total Answers - 300
  Please indicate what software do you use for

  6.  peak fitting
CMPR - 21 7.07%  7.07%
FullProf - 48 16.16%  16.16%
GSAS (rawplot) - 60 20.20%  20.20%
Jade - 12 4.04%  4.04%
Materials Studio - 4 1.35%  1.35%
PeakFit - 12 4.04%  4.04%
Peakoc - 4 1.35%  1.35%
Shadow - 6 2.02%  2.02%
Stoe WinXPow - 9 3.03%  3.03%
TOPAS - 29 9.76%  9.76%
WinCSD - 2 0.67%  0.67%
Winfit - 15 5.05%  5.05%
WinPlotr - 30 10.10%  10.10%
Xfit - 20 6.73%  6.73%
custom code - 12 4.04%  4.04%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 13 4.38%  4.38%
Total Answers - 297
  7.  powder pattern simulation from a structural model
Atoms - 29 8.43%  8.43%
Crystallographica - 11 3.20%  3.20%
FOX - 13 3.78%  3.78%
FullProf - 46 13.37%  13.37%
GSAS - 72 20.93%  20.93%
Lazy (web-ICSD) - 14 4.07%  4.07%
Materials Studio - 13 3.78%  3.78%
Platon - 8 2.33%  2.33%
PowderCell - 73 21.22%  21.22%
Pulverix (web-ICSD) - 9 2.62%  2.62%
SIRWARE - 2 0.58%  0.58%
Stoe THEO - 5 1.45%  1.45%
Stoe WinXPow - 11 3.20%  3.20%
TOPAS - 20 5.81%  5.81%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 17 4.94%  4.94%
GDIS - 1 0.29%  0.29%
Total Answers - 344
  Please indicate what software do you use for

  8.  structure solution from powder
Checkcell - 19 6.96%  6.96%
Crysfire - 26 9.52%  9.52%
DASH - 13 4.76%  4.76%
DIRDIF - 3 1.10%  1.10%
Endeavour - 2 0.73%  0.73%
Espoir - 5 1.83%  1.83%
EXPO - 31 11.36%  11.36%
FOX - 28 10.26%  10.26%
GSAS - 58 21.25%  21.25%
Materials Studio - 7 2.56%  2.56%
Patterson - 3 1.10%  1.10%
POSSUM - 3 1.10%  1.10%
POWDERSOLVE - 3 1.10%  1.10%
SHELX - 17 6.23%  6.23%
Shelxl - 5 1.83%  1.83%
Shelxs - 6 2.20%  2.20%
Shelxtl - 1 0.37%  0.37%
SIR - 3 1.10%  1.10%
SIRPOW - 7 2.56%  2.56%
TOPAS - 22 8.06%  8.06%
WinCSD - 4 1.47%  1.47%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 7 2.56%  2.56%
Total Answers - 273
  9.  peak search/match/phase identification
Crystallographica - 8 3.19%  3.19%
DiffracPlus - 20 7.97%  7.97%
DMSNT - 3 1.20%  1.20%
EVA - 47 18.73%  18.73%
Highscore - 14 5.58%  5.58%
Jade - 23 9.16%  9.16%
Oxford SM (ICDD-PDF-2) - 9 3.59%  3.59%
PC-PDF - 23 9.16%  9.16%
Pcpdfwin (icdd) - 42 16.73%  16.73%
PDF-db via B.Toby interface - 9 3.59%  3.59%
Philips Xpert - 16 6.37%  6.37%
SCINTAG software - 6 2.39%  2.39%
Stoe Graphics - 5 1.99%  1.99%
Stoe WinXPow with ICDD - 13 5.18%  5.18%
custom code - 7 2.79%  2.79%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 6 2.39%  2.39%
Total Answers - 251
  Please indicate what software do you use for

  10.  total scattering/PDF data analysis
Crystallographica - 9 12.00%  12.00%
DISCUS - 16 21.33%  21.33%
ATLAS - 2 2.67%  2.67%
PDFGetX2 - 15 20.00%  20.00%
PDFGetX - 7 9.33%  9.33%
RAD - 10 13.33%  13.33%
PDFgetN - 13 17.33%  17.33%
Gudrun - 0 0.00%  0.00%
ISAW - 3 4.00%  4.00%
Total Answers - 75
  11.  total scattering/PDF modeling
PDFFit - 26 57.78%  57.78%
RMC code (ISIS, cambridge) - 9 20.00%  20.00%
RMCPOW - 5 11.11%  11.11%
EPSR - 1 2.22%  2.22%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 4 8.89%  8.89%
Total Answers - 45
  Please indicate what software do you use for

  12.  data visualization/plotting
APD (Philips) - 10 1.75%  1.75%
Atoms - 26 4.55%  4.55%
CMPR - 21 3.67%  3.67%
Crystallographica - 9 1.57%  1.57%
Diamond - 22 3.85%  3.85%
DMSNT - 2 0.35%  0.35%
EVA - 34 5.94%  5.94%
Excel - 31 5.42%  5.42%
FullProf - 49 8.57%  8.57%
GENIE - 7 1.22%  1.22%
Gnuplot - 19 3.32%  3.32%
GSAS - 72 12.59%  12.59%
IrisExplorer for 3D - 1 0.17%  0.17%
Jade - 10 1.75%  1.75%
Jmap3D - 1 0.17%  0.17%
KaleidaGraph - 14 2.45%  2.45%
Kuplot - 9 1.57%  1.57%
Materials Studio - 9 1.57%  1.57%
Origin - 50 8.74%  8.74%
PowderCell - 34 5.94%  5.94%
Stoe Graphics - 7 1.22%  1.22%
Stoe WinXPow - 12 2.10%  2.10%
TOPAS - 17 2.97%  2.97%
WinCSD - 2 0.35%  0.35%
WinPlotr - 42 7.34%  7.34%
Xfit - 10 1.75%  1.75%
XYplot - 5 0.87%  0.87%
custom code - 7 1.22%  1.22%
Other - please write in at the end of the surve - 22 3.85%  3.85%
MATLAB - 10 1.75%  1.75%
IDL - 8 1.40%  1.40%
Total Answers - 572
  13.  structure visualization
Atoms - 51 14.87%  14.87%
Cameron - 4 1.17%  1.17%
Carine Crystallography - 11 3.21%  3.21%
CrystalMaker - 22 6.41%  6.41%
Diamond - 45 13.12%  13.12%
ICSD - 35 10.20%  10.20%
Materials Studio - 15 4.37%  4.37%
Mercury - 22 6.41%  6.41%
MSI - 5 1.46%  1.46%
Ortep - 27 7.87%  7.87%
Platon - 14 4.08%  4.08%
PowderCell - 43 12.54%  12.54%
SCHAKAL - 4 1.17%  1.17%
SMILE - 2 0.58%  0.58%
Swiss PDB viewer - 5 1.46%  1.46%
VRweb - 2 0.58%  0.58%
X-TAL 3D vrml - 5 1.46%  1.46%
XTALdraw - 11 3.21%  3.21%
Xshel - 2 0.58%  0.58%
Other - please write in at the end of the survey - 16 4.66%  4.66%
AtomEye - 1 0.29%  0.29%
GDIS - 1 0.29%  0.29%
Total Answers - 343
  14.  Desired upgrades, new capabilities or any other comments:
Total Answers - 63
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