The 2010 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2010 to papers published in 2008 and 2009, divided by the total number of papers published in 2008 and 2009. A more detailed explanation of impact factors appears on the
ISI web site.
Chemistry Today/Chimica oggi - a link between the Academic and the Industrial areas - is one of the few trade journals with an impact factor.
The 2010 impact factor for Chemistry Today/Chimica oggi is
0.405, according to the Thomson Reuters
Journal Citation Reports.