Impact Factors released for our journals

Royal Society of Chemistry journals portfolio performs well across the board with Chemical Science, Chemical Society Reviews and Energy and Environmental Science seeing substantial rises in their Impact Factors.

Energy & Environmental Science, which launched in 2008, performed strongly with a 32.5% rise to an Impact Factor (IF) of 20.523. The journal continues to be the first in the Environmental Sciences category of the 2014 Journal Citation Report (JCR)* and comes in the top 5% of journals in all four of the ISI categories where it is listed.

Chemical Science showed continued IF development receiving 9.211, a 7.1% rise, ranking it 14 from 148 journals in the Chemistry, Multidisciplinary category. In January 2015, Chemical Science became a Gold Open Access journal and we are pleased to be showcasing this high quality content in an open access environment.

Chemical Society Reviews saw an increase in IF to 33.383, ranked second in the Chemistry, Multidisciplinary category, while Chemical Communications received an IF of 6.834.

Journal of Materials Chemistry, which evolved into three journals: A, B and C in 2013, all received their first Impact Factors of A- 7.443, B-4.726 and C-4.696.

“We are committed to publishing the highest quality research across our journal portfolio and providing a world–class service to our authors - these results are a testament to these aims,” says Emma Wilson, Director of Publishing at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

She added: “We are delighted that authors are choosing to publish their best work with us. The results are also a great reflection of the dedication from our journal editors, editorial boards, referees and authors, and we would like to thank them all for their continued support.”

The 2014 JCR indicates the quality of content, and citation impact, across the RSC’s titles. Other notable increases included Green Chemistry which saw a 17% increase to an IF of 8.020 and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, which launched in 1999, rose 7% to 4.493.

For additional information read our publishing blog.

*Data is taken from the 2014 Journal Citation Report, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).