RSC authors, readers and publishingteams throughout the world are celebrating news of continued success for RSC journals, following the release of the 2007 Impact Factors, calculated by ISP.rnTitles from across the collection have again recorded impressive rises, while the latest immediacy indices confirm the relevance and topicality of research published by the RSC. Accordingto Robert Parker, managing director of RSC Publishing, 'The number of citations to research published in RSC journals rose by an average of 36% in 2007, endorsement indeed to the efforts of our authors, referees and editorial teams.'rnFlagship journal, ChemComm sees a 13% increase in impact factor to an all time high of 5.141, while Chem Soc Rev is ranked first for immediacy (3.406) in general chemistry review journals and third for impact factor (13.082).rnMolecular BioSystems, now in its fourth year of publication, achieves a staggering increase of 68% to an impact factor of 4.121. Soft Matter, launched at the same time, retains its position as number one in the field for both impact and immediacy, at 4.703 and 0.784, respectively.
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