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.

Nearly all the RSC journals increased in impact factor, immediacy index and article influence, with 3 journals noticeably standing out. Chem Soc Rev increased by 33 per cent to an incredible 17.42, confirming its position as a first class international chemistry journal. 

Lab on a Chip celebrates a 28 per cent rise taking its impact factor to 6.48, placing it within the top ten journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category. PCCP also faired well, with an impressive 20 per cent increase to its highest ever impact factor of 4.06. Its new immediacy index (0.81) also remains the highest value for any journal publishing general primary research in the fields of physical chemistry and chemical physics.

In addition, RSC journals feature in the top 10 rankings (by impact factor and immediacy index) in 6 of the 7 core chemistry categories* as listed on ISI, and, of the top 100 chemistry journals, ranked by impact factor, 15 are from RSC Publishing.

James Milne, editorial director for RSC Publishing comments: 'RSC journals have attracted a significant increase in submissions, with nearly 60 per cent more material published (over the past 5 years).' He continues: 'To provide more articles and also higher quality articles is a clear reflection of the dedicated support the journals receive from authors, editors and referees throughout the world; for this contribution, I would like to sincerely thank all the scientists involved.'

Visit the RSC website to read more about the journals' impact factor results.

* The 7 chemistry journal subject-categories as listed by ISI: Chemistry, Analytical; Chemistry, Applied; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear; Chemistry, Medicinal; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Organic; Chemistry, Physical.

In 2010 RSC Publishing will launch a powerful new content delivery platform that supports multiple content types. The new website will deliver world-class RSC-hosted journal, book and database content in a single platform. The new platform will span more than 165 years of premium content, including 20 000 book chapters; 300 000 journal articles; and 450 000 database records.

RSC has worked with experts in software engineering to develop the platform functionality and has consulted a leading web design agency on building the user interface. Designed around our readers' preferences (identified from a detailed user-interview process), our user-friendly platform will offer faster browsing, intelligent searching, consistent user experience irrespective of content type sought, and simpler more intuitive navigation.

Graham McCann, publisher, is spearheading the project and his enthusiasm for the platform makes it clear something exciting is happening. 'The next stage is beta-testing; we can't wait to show some of our users the innovative platform we're working on,' he says. 'Our aim is to combine rich functionality and powerful searching with some additional features that will deliver an exceptional online experience. True to RSC reputation as an innovator in chemical science publishing, we're going to deliver something unique and different.'

For the rest of 2009, the platform will undergo extensive user testing. To be among the first to hear the latest news about the new Platform follow ChemPub on Twitter.

Metallomics celebrated its 2009 launch at the Second International Symposium on Metallomics (ISM'09), held in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, from 7-10 June. The journal was proud to sponsor this high profile meeting, which attracted many leading researchers, and saw sessions covering human metallomics, microbial metallomics, metallomics technology, phytometallomics and environmental metallomics. Metallomics is the recommended avenue of publication for ISM'09: watch out for a themed issue early in 2010 featuring work presented at the conference.

The current issue of Metallomics is free to all readers online throughout 2009 and 2010, and free institutional online access to all 2009 and 2010 content is available following a simple registration process.