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RSC Publishing 2012 Pricing Announcement

We’re well-known at RSC Publishing for delivering high impact content for chemical scientists.

What’s not quite so well known is the significant growth in high quality content we’ve achieved – over 150% growth in the last three years.  Working with our customers and authors, we have embarked on a significant project to increase the volume of quality international content we publish. This growth has been supported by well thought out price increases reflective of customer feedback, increases in costs related to the growth in quality content, and changes in the global economy.

The RSC Publishing Price List 2012 demonstrates this commitment. Please be sure to review the changes in this blog, especially regarding new subscription titles and package changes.

And because we’re part of a learned society and a not-for-profit publisher, you have the reassurance that any surplus we make from our publishing is reinvested back into the scientific community across the globe – funding key projects like ChemSpider, our free chemical structure database.

RSC Publishing Highlights 2011

We have been working hard towards delivering high quality global content in our resources, including a wider reach to the international community. Some highlights resulting from our efforts include:

RSC Published Impact Factors Growth in RSC Published Articles

  • We’ll publish 20,000 articles in 2011, an increase of over 50%
  • We’re truly international70+ countries contributing published articles
  • Significant growth in published articles from USA, China, UK, Germany, Japan, France and Spain
  • Editorial board members from 35 countries
  • Offices in China, India, Japan, UK and USA
  • 37% increase in 2011 usage
RSC Published Articles RSC 2010 ISI Impact Factor Success

  • Of the top 20 journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category, five are from RSC Publishing
  • 2010 average impact factor is 5.4 (ISI average for a chemistry journal is 2.54)*
  • 83% of our journals have an impact factor over 3 

RSC Publishing Package Changes

We’ve taken time to review our current packages and have revised them for a more simplified approach and collaborative offering.  Now known as Collections, the changes are detailed below:

Package New Name Resources Added Details
RSC Gold RSC Gold Chemical Science, Food & Function, MedChemComm and Polymer Chemistry  
A+ Package A+ Chemical Science No longer available for new subscribers however can be renewed by existing customers
A Package A Chemical Science
K Package K  
B Core Chemistry Collection Chemical Science  
E General Chemistry Collection Chemical Science and Chemistry World  
F Annual Reports Collection    
G, H, I, J and  L     Discontinued, existing customers will be able to migrate to the new Analytical Science Collection
  Analytical Science Collection   Contains Analyst, Analytical Abstracts, Analytical Methods, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry and Journal of Environmental Monitoring

RSC Publishing Price List 2012

New subscription titles for 2012 include:

  • Chemical Science
  • MedChemComm
  • Food & Function
  • Polymer Chemistry

The RSC Publishing Price List 2012 is also available to download if you prefer an electronic copy
GO TO www.rsc.org/pricing

Pricing Questions?

For more information on reviewing usage and subscribing to new content, upgrading to RSC Gold or discussing your current subscriptions, please contact your RSC Account Manager or your local subscription agent and we will happily help.

EMAIL sales@rsc.org
quoting marketing reference code P11009a

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Library Photograph Competition

Have you seen the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) library in London, UK?

RSC Library

For the past year, the library has been represented on the front cover of the RSC Publishing Catalogue 2011 and distributed worldwide at conferences, exhibitions, by our sales team, agents, distributors and by post.

This month, I am updating our RSC Publishing Catalogue and would like to continue the theme and feature an international library on the front of our 2012 Catalogue, helping to raise the profile of the library and the facilities on offer.  This theme will continue every year for several years.

There are so many fantastic libraries in the world, whether architecturally, academically, historically or in terms of resources and support, so to help us find the right image, we are starting an annual competition.  This competition will be judged by RSC and our external RSC Library Advisory Board.

What are we looking for?

We are looking to receive a high resolution image representing the competition topic that we can use in all promotional activities relating to the RSC Publishing Catalogue.

Competition Topic

The topic for the RSC Publishing Catalogue 2012 competition is – Science in the Library

Competition Details  

  • Image to be supplied as high resolution in JPEG or EPS
  • Competition entry deadline – Friday 24th June 2011
  • Submit your image entries to:

Louise Peck
Library Marketing Specialist
RSC Publishing
peckl@rsc.org

Please contact me with any queries and I will happily help. We look forward to receiving your competition entries!

Competition Terms and Conditions

  1. One winner will be selected by RSC and the RSC Library Advisory Board from all library image entries received by 18.00 GMT on Friday 24th June 2011
  2. By submitting an image, entrants hereby give permission to the RSC for the image to be published by the RSC on the front cover of the RSC Publishing Catalogue
  3. By submitting an image, entrants hereby confirm that the image is their own original work
  4. Images to be supplied in high resolution JPEG or EPS format to peckl@rsc.org
  5. The image should relate to the topic Science in the Library
  6. The winner will be notified by email
  7. Unsuccessful entrants may not be notified
  8. Only one entry per individual
  9. No cash prize alternatives are available
  10. The institution/organisation name and image of the winner will be used in RSC marketing activities
  11. Employees of the RSC will not be eligible to enter this competition
  12. The Royal Society of Chemistry will store any personal data you supply on its electronic records in order to contact you further about the competition and it will NOT be passed on to third parties.

P.S. Have you visited the RSC Library Tool Kit?
GO TO www.rsc.org/librarytoolkit

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Important Announcement regarding book distributors in UK, USA and Canada

The RSC Publishing division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) would like to announce that we have made some changes to our book distributors in the UK, USA and Canada for order processing, customer service and credit control functions:

  • UK – Marston Book Services Ltd
  • USA and Canada – Ingram Publisher Services

Please use these book distributors with immediate effect.

UK PRINT BOOK SALES – Marston Book Services Ltd 

Marston Book Services Ltd, Trade Department
160 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD
UK

TEL +44 (0)1235 465522
FAX +44 (0)1235 465555
EMAIL (Orders) trade.orders@marston.co.uk
EMAIL (Enquiries) trade.enquiry@marston.co.uk
GO TO http://www.marston.co.uk/

USA and CANADA PRINT BOOK SALES – Ingram Publisher Services

Ingram Publisher Services
Customer Service, Box 631
14 Ingram Blvd
La Vergne, TN 37086
USA

iPage ipage.ingrambook.com
RSC’s TOLL FREE +1 (888) 790 0428
ACCESS +1 (800) 961 8031 (automated)
TEL +1 (866) 400 5351
FAX +1 (800) 838 1149
EMAIL customer.service@ingrampublisherservices.com

For more information about this announcement, please contact

Mario Fortini
Book Sales Manager
RSC Publishing
TEL +44 (0) 1223 432414
FAX +44 (0) 1223 420247
EMAIL fortinim@rsc.org
GO TO www.rsc.org/books

Additional information can be found on the RSC website
GO TO http://www.rsc.org/Shop/guide.asp

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RSC Publishing winners at Pharma-Bio-Med 2010

Richard Savory and myself, from RSC Publishing attended the recent Pharma-Bio-Med conference in Seville, with approximately 120 delegates from leading pharmaceutical organisations.

During the conference, we highlighted key RSC Publishing resources including:

  • the new RSC Drug Discovery Series – a suite of professionally, edited reference books that will encourage learning in a range of different topics and provide understanding to scientists working outside their own area of expertise
  • RSC journals of interest to the pharmaceutical market – MedChemComm, Integrative Biology, Lab on a Chip, Molecular BioSystems, Nanoscale, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry
  • our FREE chemical structure and text-based search engine – ChemSpider
  • RSC Publishing stand at Pharma-Bio-Med 2010, Seville, Spain

    We also held a popular daily on stand competition to win an iPod shuffle and one of our most popular general science books – Turn On Tune In by John Mann

    RSC Publishing would like to congratulate our daily prize draw winners

    Louis Sandrine, Genzyme – iPod shuffle and RSC book winner Pharma-Bio-Med 2010 Cecile Ouicher, Galderma R&D – iPod shuffle and RSC book winner Pharma-Bio-Med 2010 Shaida Dorabjee, SD Information Services (right) – iPod shuffle and RSC book winner Pharma-Bio-Med 2010
    Sandrine Louis Cecile Ouicher Shaida Dorabjee (right)
    Genzyme Galderma R&D SD Information Services

    We hope you enjoyed your time at the conference and found the presentations interesting.

    For more information on RSC Publishing and the resources we offer, please contact us quoting marketing reference code 10147e and we will happily help.

    EMAIL rscpublishing@rsc.org

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    RSC at Online Information 2010

    Come and join the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) on stand 316 to:

    • discuss your chemical resource needs including Books/eBooks, Databases, Journals and Magazines
    • enter our daily competition
    • browse the NEW RSC Publishing Platform and ChemSpider, our FREE chemical structure and text-based search engine
    • find out what RSC activities can help your researchers, students, academics, scientists and professionals in their research

    RSC Presentation

    Gemma Wood, Member Services Manager, RSC will be presenting:

    Frame The Dialogue: Supporting Physical Networks Through Science 2.0

    Gemma Wood, Member Networks Manager
  • DATE – Tuesday 30th November 2010
  • TIME – 14.00
  • LOCATION – Track Two: Harnessing Opportunity from the Social Web and ‘the Cloud’
  • TOPIC – Leading the Way: Techniques and Experiences for Social Media Success
  • N.B. Attendees to this presentation will receive a RSC memory stick – make sure your badge is scanned by an RSC member of staff when entering the presentation to reserve yours.

    Stand highlights to look out for:

    RSC

    • RSC Roadmap for chemical sciences listing the various challenges that chemical scientists will need to overcome in order to bring about  a more sustainable, prosperous and healthly society
    • RSC Prizes & Awards: a celebration of excellence in chemical sciences
    • ChemCareers: the RSC online careers event 
    • Connect with MyRSC 

    RSC PUBLISHING
    The latest news and announcements from our publishing division:

    MEMBERSHIP

    Our vision is to be the foremost in the world in promoting and developing the chemical sciences for the benefit of society.  As a not-for-profit organisation we are committed to investing in the advancement of science. Through our global membership, our journal and books publishing, and our events for chemical scientists, industrialists and policy makers, we are ensuring that an enthusiastic, innovative and thriving scientific community is in place to face the future.

    We look forward to seeing you there.

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