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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 …

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s RSC Publishing division recently ran an annual photograph competition with the theme ‘Science in the Library’.  The competition prize was that the winning photograph would be placed on the front cover of the 2012 RSC Publishing Catalogue and was voted for by over 115 RSC staff and the RSC Library Advisory Board.

Congratulations to the winner
Steve Stich, from the Sheridan Libraries, of the Johns Hopkins University, USA
who entered the picture of the George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, taken by Norm Barker

To see the fabulous George Peabody Library, please review the front cover of the RSC Publishing Catalogue. 

You will also find all of the entries for the competition on pages 2-5.

Download your PDF copy of the 2012 RSC Publishing Catalogue

What does Jeremy say about our RSC Publishing resources?

Jeremy Garritano
Chemical Information Specialist and Associate Professor of Library Science
Purdue University, USA

“Having the RSC Gold package not only allows students and researchers access to the discoveries of today, but also to nearly 170 years of exploration in the chemical and related sciences. With a dedicated set of core chemistry-oriented journals and newer titles devoted to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary areas, the RSC Gold collection will assist in achieving the discoveries of tomorrow.”

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2012 RSC Publishing Catalogue Highlights

The 2012 RSC Publishing Catalogue includes detailed information about RSC Publishing resources for your needs as well as key contact details.  Download your PDF copy of the 2012 RSC Publishing Catalogue  

Keep up-to-date with RSC Notes – our quarterly librarian and information specialist newsletter 

Highlights from the catalogue include:

NEW RSC Library Tool Kit – increase usage of your resources – page 37

Subject categorisation for RSC Publishing resources:

• Analytical
• Biological
• Catalysis
• Chemical Biology and Medicinal
• Energy
• Environmental
• Food
• General Chemistry
• Inorganic
• Materials
• Nanoscience
• Organic
• Physical

ChemSpider – RSC’s FREE chemical structure database – page 34

Mass Spectrometry Bulletin – print database discontinued at the end of 2011, any queries? 
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NEW journals available for FREE access in 2012 for the first two volumes

• Catalysis Science & Technology – page 8
• RSC Advances – page 27

NEW journals now available for subscription in 2012

• Chemical Science – page 10
• MedChemComm – page 21
• Food & Function – page 15
• Polymer Chemistry – page 27

RSC Journals Archive – now with additional content for a more complete collection spanning 166 years (1841 – 2007) – page 29

83% of our journals have an impact factor over 3 – download About Our Journals for more information

Journal Issue Changes

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