The Editorial Board and Editorial Office are delighted to announce the first impact factor forCrystEngComm– 2.730! We have been working to bring you a journal that provides high impact, good quality science, since the journal's launch in 1999. The impact factor (produced by ISI) published in June 2004 verifies just this. Of course, without your support, the journal would not have achieved this excellent result. We extend the thanks of the Editorial Board and Editorial Office to allCrystEngCommauthors who have published in the journal and all referees who have helped select the best work, which has helped us to achieve this impressive first impact factor.We also aim to offer the fastest publication times in the crystal engineering community forCrystEngCommauthors. Currently, the typical time from receipt of the article in the Editorial Office to final publication inCrystEngCommis just 50 days (one Full Paper has been published in 2004 in just 10 days!).CrystEngCommalso serves the community through the publication ofCrystEngCommHighlights, the latest beingCH/π hydrogen bonds in crystalsby Motohiro Nishio (CrystEngComm, 2004,6, 130).We encourage you all to be part of the success ofCrystEngComm, and to take advantage ofCrystEngComm's excellent publication times, free use of colour, electronic enhancements and high impact. Full Papers, Communications and Letters can be submitted to the Editorial Office onlineviawww.rsc.org/submissions.September 2004 sees the secondCrystEngCommDiscussion meeting,New Trends in Crystal Engineering, to be held in Nottingham, UK (8–10 September). Details athttp://www.rsc.org/lap/confs/cecd2004.htm. This meeting will build on the strengths and success of the first Discussion meeting held in 2002, and will bring together an international cross-section of researchers from all areas of crystal engineering. It is not too late to submit an abstract for the poster session. Don't miss out, ensure that your poster can be presented at the meeting, and contact the conference office (conferences@rsc.org) without delayCrystEngCommin September.Professor Dario Braga, Scientific EditorDr Lee Brammer, Chair, Editorial BoardDr Jamie Humphrey, Managing Editor