CrystEngComm has moved to pole position in immediacy index for crystal engineering journals.       

The 2007 immediacy index, as published by Thomson ISI, show that the journal has for the first time the highest immediacy index, at 0.614.   With the fastest publication times and highest immediacy index, CrystEngComm is the journal of choice for publishing the most current crystal engineering research. 

The immediacy index is a measure of how topical and urgent the papers published by a journal are. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year.

The immediacy index is useful in comparing how quickly journals are cited. Because it is a per-article average, the immediacy index tends to discount the advantage of larger journals over smaller ones. For comparing journals specializing in cutting-edge research, the immediacy index can provide a useful perspective.

The journal's impact factor was also published as 3.468 

The impact factor is a measure of the number of times an "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor for 2007 is calculated from the total number of citations given in 2007 to articles published in 2005 and 2006, divided by the number of articles published in 2005 and 2006. 

We thank all our authors, referees and readers for their continued support.