CrystEngComm remains at pole position in immediacy index for crystal engineering journals.         

The 2008 immediacy index, as published by Thomson ISI, show that the journal has for the second year running held pole position, with the highest immediacy index of 0.694! 

As revealed in a recent study, CrystEngComm is the crystal engineering journal with the fastest publication times.  With these fast publication times and highest immediacy index, CrystEngComm is the obvious journal of choice for publishing the most current crystal engineering research.   

The journal's impact factor has also increased to 3.535   

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 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 2008 is calculated from the total number of citations given in 2008 to articles published in 2006 and 2007, divided by the number of articles published in 2006 and 2007.   

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