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We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Impact Factors for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C have risen to a record high:

Journal of Materials Chemistry A – 8.262
Journal of Materials Chemistry B – 4.872
Journal of Materials Chemistry C – 5.066

We would like to thank all of our authors, referees, and Editorial and Advisory Board members for all their hard work and contributions to the success of the Journal of Materials Chemistry family.

Submit your next high impact paper to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C and enjoy all the benefits of being a Royal Society of Chemistry author.

Check out the following selection of highly cited articles that contributed to these Impact Factors:

Graphene-based nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion in lithium batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells
Nasir Mahmood, Chenzhen Zhang, Han Yin and Yanglong Hou
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15-32

Recent advances of non-fullerene, small molecular acceptors for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells
Ala’a F. Eftaiha, Jon-Paul Sun, Ian G. Hill and Gregory C. Welch
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 1201-1213

Mussel-inspired self-coating at macro-interface with improved biocompatibility and bioactivity via dopamine grafted heparin-like polymers and heparin
Lang Ma, Hui Qin, Chong Cheng, Yi Xia, Chao He, Chuanxiong Nie, Lingren Wang and Changsheng Zhao
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 363-375

Aggregation induced emission-based fluorescent nanoparticles: fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications
Xiqi Zhang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Lei Tao, Zhenguo Chi, Jiarui Xu and Yen Wei
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 4398-4414

Flexible planar/fiber-architectured supercapacitors for wearable energy storage
Xin Cai, Ming Peng, Xiao Yu, Yongping Fu and Dechun Zou
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 1184-1200

Carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications
Youfu Wang and Aiguo Hu
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 6921-6939

We are delighted to announce that the 2013 Impact Factor* for Journal of Materials Chemistry is 6.626! Journal of Materials Chemistry is the parent journal of the Journal of Materials Chemistry family, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C. These three new journals will receive their first individual Impact Factors next summer in the 2014 Journal Citation Reports®.

Journal of Materials Chemistry has again recorded its highest ever value of Impact Factor, which represents a continued increase over previous years. We would like to thank our authors, referees, readers and Editorial and Advisory Board members for all your contributions to the success of the Journal of Materials Chemistry family.

We are also delighted to announce the 2013 Immediacy Indexes^# for the Journal of Materials Chemistry family of journals:

Journal of Materials Chemistry A – 1.238
Journal of Materials Chemistry B – 0.889
Journal of Materials Chemistry C – 0.951

We envision these successes to continue with the three new journals. Submit your next high impact paper to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C and enjoy all the benefits of being a Royal Society of Chemistry author!

Find out how other Royal Society of Chemistry journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release.

Top cited Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C articles:

Feature Articles
LiMnPO4 – A next generation cathode material for lithium-ion batteries
Vanchiappan Aravindan, Joe Gnanaraj, Yun-Sung Lee and Srinivasan Madhavi
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 3518-3539
Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging
Pengju G. Luo, Sushant Sahu, Sheng-Tao Yang, Sumit K. Sonkar, Jinping Wang, Haifang Wang, Gregory E. LeCroy, Li Cao and Ya-Ping Sun
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 2116-2127
Development of high performance OLEDs for general lighting
Hisahiro Sasabe and Junji Kido
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 1699-1707

Full Papers
Synthesis and crystal chemistry of the hybrid perovskite (CH3NH3) PbI3 for solid-state sensitised solar cell applications
Tom Baikie, Yanan Fang, Jeannette M. Kadro, Martin Schreyer, Fengxia Wei, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, Michael Graetzel and Tim J. White
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 5628-5641
Biopolymer functionalized reduced graphene oxide with enhanced biocompatibility via mussel inspired coatings/anchors
Chong Cheng, Shengqiang Nie, Shuang Li, Hong Peng, Hang Yang, Lang Ma, Shudong Sun and Changsheng Zhao
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 265-275
Laminated magnetic graphene with enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties
Xin Sun, Jianping He, Guoxian Li, Jing Tang, Tao Wang, Yunxia Guo and Hairong Xue
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 765-777

*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper.  Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years.  Data based on 2013 Journal Citation Reports®, (Thomson Reuters, 2014). There will be an impact factor for either Journal of Materials Chemistry, or Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C, every year. The 2014 Journal Citation Reports® will include the last impact factor for Journal of Materials Chemistry, and the first impact factors for the three new journals.
^#Immediacy Index is the numbers of citations in a given year to papers published in that year.

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We are delighted to announce that the 2012 Impact Factor* for Journal of Materials Chemistry is 6.101!

This is the journal’s highest ever value and a continued increase over previous years. This shows the high quality and impact that work published in the journal represents. We would like to thank our authors, referees, readers and Editorial and Advisory Board members for all your contributions to the success of Journal of Materials Chemistry.

We are also delighted to announce that the 2012 Immediacy Index^# for Journal of Materials Chemistry is 1.130!

We envision this success to continue with the three new journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. Submit your next high impact paper to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C and enjoy all the benefits of being an RSC author!

The 2012 Impact Factor* for Journal of Materials Chemistry is currently missing from the 2012 Journal Citation Reports®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013) due to a technical error by Thomson Reuters. The 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Notice files contains the 2012 Journal of Materials Chemistry date, which can be found here.

Find out how other Royal Society of Chemistry journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release.

Top cited Journal of Materials Chemistry articles:

Feature Articles
A review of chemical vapour deposition of graphene on copper
Cecilia Mattevi, Hokwon Kim and Manish Chhowall
Mesoporous silica nanoparticle based nano drug delivery systems: synthesis, controlled drug release and delivery, pharmacokinetics and biocompatibility
Qianjun He and Jianlin Shi
Chemical doping of graphene
Hongtao Liu, Yunqi Liu and Daoben Zhu

Full Papers
Superparamagnetic Fe₃O₄ nanocrystals@graphene composites for energy storage devices
Baojun Li, Huaqiang Cao, Jin Shao, Meizhen Qu and Jamie H. Warner
Reduction of graphite oxide using alcohols
Daniel R. Dreyer, Shanthi Murali, Yanwu Zhu, Rodney S. Ruoff and Christopher W. Bielawski
Graphene modified LiFePO₄ cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries
Xufeng Zhou, Feng Wang, Yimei Zhu and Zhaoping Liu

Communications
ZnO@graphene composite with enhanced performance for the removal of dye from water
Baojun Li and Huaqiang Cao

*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper.  Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years.  Data based on 2012 Journal Citation Reports®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013). There will be an impact factor for either Journal of Materials Chemistry, or Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C, every year. The 2014 Journal Citation Reports® will include the last impact factor for Journal of Materials Chemistry, and the first impact factors for the three new journals.

^#Immediacy Index is the numbers of citations in a given year to papers published in that year.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry received its highest ever Impact Factor in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports released by Thomson ISI this week.  The journal’s Impact Factor is now 5.099, which shows a steady growth over previous years. The Impact Factor for 2010 is calculated from the total number of citations given in 2010 to articles published in 2008 and 2009, divided by the number of articles published in 2008 and 2009.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the authors and referees who have made this possible. Journal of Materials Chemistry continues to be a leading journal for high impact applications, properties and synthesis of exciting new materials. 

Please visit our website to learn more about Journal of Materials Chemistry, or submit an article today.

Liz Davies
Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry