Record impact factors

摘要

RSC Publishing celebrates the 2008 impact factor results calculated by ISI~® as the highest ever achieved for the majority of RSC journals. The average impact factor for the RSC portfolio now stands at 4.7, equal to the ACS collection. That's a rise of 8.2 per cent in the average impact factor for RSC since last year's results were released.rnNearly all the RSC journals increased in impact factor, immediacy index and article influence, with 3 journals noticeably standing out.