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Accepted manuscript service extended again

Our Accepted Manuscript* service means your research is available, in citable form, even more rapidly. And now five more titles are joining the growing number of RSC journals** to offer them.

From January 9th 2012, any authors submitting to Food & Function, Green Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, NJC or Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences will be given the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript.

Our dedicated webpage has answers to all the most frequently asked questions – and you can bookmark the RSC Publishing blog to keep up-to-date with the latest news on Accepted Manuscripts and more.

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*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article.

**Accepted Manuscripts are already published by Analyst, Analytical Methods, Catalysis Science & Technology, ChemComm, Chemical Science, CrystEngComm, Dalton, Energy & Environmental Science, Integrative Biology, JAAS, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Lab on a Chip, MedChemComm, Metallomics, Molecular BioSystems, Nanoscale, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, PCCP and RSC Advances.

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RightsLink and permission requests

Are you an author? Do you need permission to use material from an RSC journal article? If so, you’ll be delighted to hear that the permission request process is now much quicker and easier, and available 24/7.

That’s because we have just introduced the RightsLink system for processing requests to use material from RSC journals. Go to the Instructions for using RightsLink to find out what to do.

If you are an RSC author, and would like to reproduce your own figures, etc in another publication, you do not have to request permission.

Also, if you are submitting an article or chapter to an RSC publication and you wish to reproduce figures from another RSC publication, you do not have to request permission. 

All details can be found on our Permission Request pages.

To reproduce material from other RSC publications, such as Chemistry World, Education in Chemistry or RSC books, you will still need to use the Permission Request Form.

If you have any questions, please contact the Contracts & Copyright department.

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More Accepted Manuscripts for RSC journals

Our Accepted Manuscript* service means your research is available, in citable form, even more rapidly. And now eight more titles are joining the growing number of RSC journals** to offer them.

From today, December 8th, any authors submitting to Analyst, Analytical Methods, CrystEngComm, Dalton, JAAS, Metallomics, Molecular BioSystems or RSC Advances will be given the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript.

Plus, the recently announced Toxicology Research opens for submissions today with this service.

Our dedicated webpage has answers to all the most frequently asked questions – and you can bookmark the RSC Publishing blog to keep up-to-date with the latest news on Accepted Manuscripts and more.

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*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article.

**Accepted Manuscripts are already published by Catalysis Science & Technology, ChemComm, Chemical Science, Energy & Environmental Science, Integrative Biology, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Lab on a Chip, MedChemComm, Nanoscale, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and PCCP.

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New friends, recycling and poisonous socks: Fall MRS in Boston

Old and new in BostonMassachusetts State House, BostonA unusually warm and sunny Boston welcomed delegates to the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting last week.

And just like the city, where the old blends with the new and exciting, old friends and new were among the 5,000+ delegates.

Of those who visited the Exhibition Hall, few could have failed to notice the RSC Publishing booth (we did warn you about the bright pink). But many visitors were surprised to find out that the booth was made from recycled, and recyclable, cardboard – the first time we had tried this option for an exhibition. Did it work? Well, we believe it did, but here are some photos:

Something for everyoneVisitors browsed the journals on display, with Journal of Materials Chemistry, Energy & Environmental Science and Nanoscale attracting the most attention. The RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology book series was also a big hit, along with the  Case of the Poisonous Socks .

Our ‘everyone’s a winner’ feature proved very popular, particularly the T-shirts and the ‘staplers’ that don’t use staples. The winner of the top prize, selected at random from all scanned delegates, was Kyeong-ju Moon from Yonsei University in Korea.

We’ve put some more of our photos from Boston on the RSC facebook page – take a look to see if you spot anything (or anyone) familiar. And if you can share your MRS photos with us on the same page.

RSC Publishing Booth

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Materials that matter at the Fall MRS

If you’re in Boston for the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit from 28 November to 2 December, make sure you drop by Booth #110. We will be showcasing our journals and books and giving prizes to all booth visitors who enter the lucky dip competition. And we’re proud to support the community by sponsoring the poster sessions at the event.

But why is the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting important to a publisher historically renowned for high quality chemistry research?

In response to the needs of the increasingly interdisciplinary community of materials scientists, our activities have evolved over recent years. Our new and more established journals and books cover many of the most important areas of materials science research.

Published topics range from synthesis of materials to a diversity of applications. The types of materials include organic and hybrid materials as well as polymers. Techniques include new synthetic procedures, the design and understanding of materials, microfluidic and nanofluidic technologies and the study of applications. Electronic, magnetic and optical properties of materials are included, in addition to applications in catalysis, energy, biology and other interdisciplinary sciences. Coverage also incorporates all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Journal titles include: Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Energy & Environmental Science, Nanoscale, CrystEngComm, Lab on a Chip and Integrative Biology.

Book series include the new RSC Polymer Chemistry series, the established RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology series, and the forthcoming RSC Smart Materials series.

So whether you’re looking for the latest cutting-edge research, needing to access top quality reference works, or finding the best place to publish your materials science research, choose RSC Publishing.

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Accepted Manuscript update

Our Accepted Manuscript* service means your research is available, in citable form, even more rapidly. And five more titles are joining the growing number of RSC journals** to offer them.

From 1st November, any authors submitting to Energy & Environmental Science, Integrative Biology, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Lab on a Chip or Nanoscale will be given the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript.

Our dedicated webpage has answers to all the most frequently asked questions – and you can bookmark the RSC Publishing blog to keep up-to-date with the latest news on Accepted Manuscripts and more.

*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article.
**Accepted Manuscripts are also published by Catalysis Science & Technology, ChemComm, Chemical Science, MedChemComm, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and PCCP..
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Free registration for ChemCareers 2011

More than 40 top firms will be taking part in this year’s RSC careers fair, ChemCareers 2011, which will take place from 31 October to 4 November.

ChemCareers gives you an opportunity to discover the huge range of career options available, learn how to market yourself to employers, seek expert advice on career planning and investigate further study options. Best of all, registration is free.

As an online event, ChemCareers makes use of a wide range of multimedia tools to provide delegates with a dynamic and interactive experience. These include:

  • videos
  • online presentations and webinars
  • a wealth of downloadable information
  • live chat sessions

Register for ChemCareers 2011, it is free and you can also sign up to the ChemCareers MyRSC group to keep up to date with the programme of events.

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Accepted Manuscript service extended again

Getting your research published quickly is a top priority – and our Accepted Manuscript* service means research is available, in citable form, even more rapidly.  

From 3rd October, Catalysis Science & Technology, ChemComm and PCCP join Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Science and MedChemComm and provide submitting authors with the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript. More journals will follow over the coming months.

Our dedicated webpage has answers to all the most frequently asked questions – and you can bookmark the RSC Publishing blog to keep up-to-date with the latest news on Accepted Manuscripts and more.

*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article.

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Accepted Manuscript service extended

For the past year, we have been trialling the publication of research articles as Accepted Manuscripts*

To date, more than 650 authors in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry have chosen to publish the unedited and unformatted version of their article as an Accepted Manuscript – meaning their research was made available, in citable form, to the community even more rapidly.

Publishing our research with OBC Accepted Manuscripts was easy and efficient.  Importantly our work was quickly made available to the scientific community” – Professor Margaret Brimble, University of Auckland, NZ

By publishing the results as Accepted Manuscripts, I can have my results visible to scientists in the field as soon as possible.” Professor Shuli You, Chinese Academy of Sciences

This service is now being extended to other journals in the RSC Publishing portfolio – and first on the list are Chemical Science and MedChemComm.

From 7th September 2011, any author who submits an article to one of these journals will be given the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript.

Our dedicated webpage has answers to all the most frequently asked questions – and you can bookmark the RSC Publishing blog to keep up-to-date with the latest news on Accepted Manuscripts and more.

*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article. More details …

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Revised Impact Factor figures

Revised Impact Factor figures for Nanoscale (4.109) and Analytical Methods (1.036) have now been released by Thomson Reuters, who provided us with the statement below. All other RSC journal Impact Factors remain the same.

“The journals NANOSCALE and ANALYTICAL METHODS were accepted for inclusion in the Thomson Reuters Citation Indexes in the year 2010. Indexing of the titles was made retroactive to 2009 in order to include the content of Volume 1, 2009 for each title so that our coverage would span all content published by the journal from its launch, as well as to issue a Journal Impact Factor as quickly as possible. This additional back year of coverage resulted in the under-counting of citable items during JCR production equivalent to the content of one 2009 issue for each journal. This anomaly prevented the appearance of the journals in the first release of the JCR. Our remedy was to by-pass the JCR output and use raw data to create a Journal Impact Factor for our Notices file. The Journal Impact Factor, however, was missing some of the year 2009 content, resulting in a significant over-estimation of the final value. We regret this error and appreciate the cooperation of the Royal Society of Chemistry in noting the corrected data.”

Please disregard the figures for Nanoscale and Analytical Methods that were released in news published prior to July 15th 2011.

The revised list of all RSC Journal Impact Factors is:

Journal 2010 Impact Factor 5-Year Impact Factor
Analyst 3.913 3.843
Analytical Methods 1.036 1.036
Chemical Communications (ChemComm) 5.787 5.581
Chemical Society Reviews 26.583 24.641
CrystEngComm 4.006 4.106
Dalton Transactions 3.647 3.654
Energy & Environmental Science 9.446 9.446
Faraday Discussions 4.538 4.267
Green Chemistry 5.472 6.056
Integrative Biology 4.439 4.439
JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry) 4.372 3.480
Journal of Environmental Monitoring 1.810 2.083
Journal of Materials Chemistry 5.099 5.441
Lab on a Chip 6.260 6.927
Metallomics 3.592 3.592
Molecular BioSystems 3.825 3.986
Nanoscale 4.109 4.109
Natural Product Reports 8.881 8.865
New Journal of Chemistry 2.631 2.792
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 3.451 3.321
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2.378 2.505
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) 3.453 3.858
Soft Matter 4.457 5.080
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