With a new impact factor of 31.434, up from 28.103 last year, Nature maintains its position as the leading weekly science journal, according to the 2008 Journal Citation Report. Also, Nature was last week named 'journal of the century' by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA).

Voted for by DBIO's 686 members, the award was given to celebrate the SLA's centenary and recognizes the most influential journal of the past 100 years.