The 2008 Impact Factors have just been released and we are delighted to report that Papers in Regional Science has a 2008 Impact Factor of 1.259, which ranks it 23rd of 51 journals in the Geography category and 18th of 58 in Environmental Studies. This is a 119% increase on last year's Impact Factor, 0.576. Many congratulations to editor Jouke van Dijk and his editorial team, including the Blackwell production and marketing team.