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Important information for Swets customers

On 19 September 2014, we were made aware that Swets & Zeitlinger Group B.V. (Swets), the subscription agent used by many institutions as an intermediary for purchasing our journals, was granted a provisional suspension of payments order by an Amsterdam court.

Swets works on behalf of many of our customers to gather subscriptions and payments before passing them to publishers to complete orders. The Royal Society of Chemistry is only able to fulfil orders placed by Swets once we have received the full payment for them.

With this in mind, and until we receive clearer information about the situation, we are advising all customers to consider carefully before placing further orders with or making payments to Swets, as well as to identify any orders or payments made recently.

We are currently working to gather more information about this and will post another update as soon as we know more. If you have questions about any orders you have placed recently, please contact your Account Manager or email sales@rsc.org.

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Publishing Catalogue 2014

Take a look at the wide range of internationally renowned products that we offer in the new 2014 Publishing Catalogue – now available online.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to advancing the chemical sciences, and our Publishing Catalogue shows the depth and detail of what we do, including our new and exciting products.

Publishing Catalogue 2014Highlights include:

  • Our new partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), delivering the first two titles in the new Frontiers journals series: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Organic Chemistry Frontiers – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users until the end of 2015.
  • Two further new journals: Materials Horizons and Environmental Science: Nano – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users until the end of 2015.
  • Our acquisition and development of The Merck Index* Online (15th edition) – the “bible” of chemistry, with both perpetual and subscription models available for multiple-users.
  • Continued great savings on collections – RSC Gold equates to a 50% discount on the prices of its individual products, and now includes Toxicology Research.
  • Our annual eBook collections, now available for all years from 2008-2014.
  • And look out for the new Materials Science Collection  – comprising content from eight journals.

If you would like a hard copy of the catalogue, please email Marketing.

If you have a sales enquiry, please contact your Account Manager or your local Subscription Agent. Alternatively you can email Sales.

*The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A., and is licensed to The Royal Society of Chemistry for use in the U.S.A. and Canada.

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Royal Society of Chemistry acquires MarinLit

We announced some exciting news today: we signed an agreement on Tuesday 17th September to acquire MarinLit, a database dedicated to Marine Natural Products research. We are delighted with this acquisition. This database was established in the 1970’s by two MNP Professors John Blunt and Murray Munro at the University Of Canterbury in New Zealand. It was designed as an in-house system to fulfil the needs of the University of Canterbury Marine Group and over the last 25 years John, Murray and their colleagues at the University of Canterbury have developed the leading Marine Natural Product database, a powerful tool in support of the varied areas of MNP research.

We are very excited to welcome MarinLit into our portfolio. It is used by marine natural products scientists around the world and provides an excellent strategic fit with the rest of our publishing portfolio, expands our natural product portfolio which includes Natural Product Reports and Natural Product Updates, and will complement existing products such as ChemSpider.

We are looking forward to working with John and Murray over the next 30 months to manage this transition and continue to develop MarinLit’s future. We will continue to support and enhance MarinLit, our first development will be to produce a web based version, which will be ready in early 2014.

Would you like more information?

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Will you be at IUPAC in August?

If you are heading to the IUPAC 44th World Chemistry Congress drop by booth #11 to discover more about the Royal Society of Chemistry. Browse our books, find out about our journals, have a demo of ChemSpider and The Merck Index* Online, and take advantage of some great offers.

While you’re at booth #11 you can:
  • Enter our stand competition to win an iPad mini
  • Enjoy a 30% discount on all Royal Society of Chemistry books – or 35% if you’re an RSC Member
  • Take advantage of our Membership offer – sign up to become an RSC Member at IUPAC and receive a 20% discount with 16 months Affiliate membership for the price of 12
We look forward to meeting you there and helping you discover what the Royal Society of Chemistry can do for you.

*The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A., and is licensed to The Royal Society of Chemistry for use in the U.S.A. and Canada.
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Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science

marblar_logoThe RSC is collaborating with Marblar to help re-shape Science.

Marblar highlights overlooked technology, and encourages scientists to collaborate and create new possibilities for the technology.

In conjunction with Marblar, the RSC is sponsoring a set of competitions based around pieces of research published in our journals, which we believe have potential to attract new ideas and hopefully novel applications. This is an innovative opportunity to elevate your research by engaging with a global network of diverse minds to discuss ideas, problem-solve and get your research noticed. Get involved today.

Marblar seeks to encourage fun in science, where discoveries are posted as ‘’challenges’’ and problem solvers can earn points and cash prizes by contributing exciting ideas.

Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science… Check out Marblar’s website and get involved.

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