Materials receives its first impact factor of 1.677

Thomson Reuters has released the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), including an impressive first impact factor of 1.677 for Materials.

Professor Maryam Tabrizian, the Editor-in-Chief, proudly says "It is my great pleasure to announce that the Open Access Journal Materials has received an Impact Factor of 1.677. This impact factor represents the journal community`s achievements in publishing high quality scientific papers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the editorial board members, referees, and readers for their excellent contributions to the Materials Journal. We will continue our hard work to raise the journal's impact factor very quickly in the near future”.

To date, Materials has published over 555 articles with 629 citations in 2011 and more than 2.5 million views since 2009 making Materials one of the fastest growing journals in the materials science and engineering.