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Books for 2015

07 Oct 2014

As the only major learned society publisher of books and ebooks in the chemical sciences, you can rely on our comprehensive collection to deliver quality titles from international experts on topical subjects.

From forensics and food science, medicine and materials science to environmental issues and nanoscience, we’ve got it covered.

Our catalogue of titles for 2015 is now available.

The books are suitable for a diverse readership, encompassing professional reference books, specialist periodical reports, text books and general interest titles. So whatever you need, you can be sure to find something relevant.

Can’t find what you’re looking for? You can browse our entire collection on our website.

If you have any questions, or would like to place an order, please contact us.

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2013 Impact Factors

30 Jul 2014

You know you can trust Royal Society of Chemistry journals to deliver high quality content.

Our exceptional standards are reinforced by the recently published 2013 Journal Citation Reports ®:

Individual journal Impact Factor (IF) highlights include: Chemical Society Reviews (up 22% to 30.425); Catalysis Science & Technology (up 27% to 4.760) and Energy & Environmental Science (up 33% to 15.490).

Energy & Environmental Science remains the top journal in the Environmental Sciences category, and is now in the top 5% in the other three categories where it is listed.

Natural Product Reports is #1 in the Chemistry: Medicinal category with a figure of 10.715.

Chemical Science, recently announced as moving to Gold Open Access in 2015, records an improved figure of 8.601. This is one example of how we, as a not-for-profit organisation, support and invest in the community.

Looking at all our journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category:

Of the top 20 journals in this category, six are from the Royal Society of Chemistry. No other publisher has more.
It’s the same when you look at 5-year Impact Factors: no other publisher has more in the top 20
33% of our journals have an IF above 5
83% of our journals now have an IF above 3
Three-quarters (76%) of our journals are in the top 25% of their ISI categories

More authors are choosing to publish their best work with us, and we have achieved all this while publishing more than double the number of articles in 2013 compared with 2010.

So the figures speak for themselves: our journals are the best place to publish work that advances excellence in the chemical sciences. For guaranteed impact, choose Royal Society of Chemistry journals.

You could contribute to our next Impact Factor… Register to receive email updates about our journals including calls for papers, most accessed articles, themed issues and breaking news.

Journal	2013 Impact Factor	5-Year Impact Factor
Analyst	3.906	4.097
Analytical Methods	1.938	1.913
Catalysis Science & Technology	4.76	4.764
Chemical Communications (ChemComm)	6.718	6.485
Chemical Science	8.601	8.547
Chemical Society Reviews	30.425	33.159
Chemistry Education Research and Practice*	1.309	1.436
CrystEngComm	3.858	3.908
Dalton Transactions	4.097	3.959
Energy & Environmental Science	15.49	15.263
Faraday Discussions	4.194	4.193
Food & Function	2.907	3.132
Green Chemistry	6.852	7.081
Integrative Biology	3.996	4.455
JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)	3.396	3.134
Journal of Environmental Monitoring	2.109	2.133
Journal of Materials Chemistry	6.626	6.743
Lab on a Chip	5.748	6.002
MedChemComm	2.626	2.737
Metallomics	3.978	4.010
Molecular BioSystems	3.183	3.359
Nanoscale	6.739	6.925
Natural Product Reports (NPR)	10.715	10.353
New Journal of Chemistry (NJC)	3.159	2.837
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC)	3.487	3.389
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	2.939	2.793
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP)	4.198	4.023
Polymer Chemistry	5.368	5.676
RSC Advances	3.708	3.708
Soft Matter	4.151	4.429
Toxicology Researchǂ	3.273	3.273

ǂ Partial IF only

*Chemistry Education Research and Practice is listed in the Education, Scientific Disciplines category. It is the highest ranked journal devoted solely to chemistry education.

The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year, by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years.

The 5-Year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past five years have been cited in the Journal Citation Reports year. For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this metric allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.

Data based on 2013 Journal Citation Reports ®, (Thomson Reuters, July 2014).

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Publishing Price List 2015

21 Jul 2014

We all want value for money.

Here at the Royal Society of Chemistry we’re proud to be a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. So we invest any surplus back into the community.

And as the world’s leading chemistry community, we want to make sure your researchers can access the very best content.

Our plans and pricing for 2015 show our commitment to this aim.

Key highlights and changes for 2015 include:

Chemical Science will become a Gold Open Access journal, with no article processing fees for at least two years
A new journal: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, available free online to all existing customers (and registered individuals) until the end of 2016
Our collections continue to represent excellent discounts when compared with individual journal prices:
- RSC Gold, our most comprehensive package, has expanded to include Biomaterials Science
- We’ve increased the discount on the Core Chemistry Collection to 35%
More content: Nanoscale and Polymer Chemistry are doubling in frequency to 48 issues per year
To help smaller institutions, the flexibility of our eBook Pick and Choose model lets you choose only the books you and your researchers really need
Our annual eBook Collections are now available for all years from 2008 to 2015. We will publish a minimum of 65 eBooks in 2015

And in response to customer feedback, Methods in Organic Synthesis and Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions will merge to form Synthetic Reaction Updates – a new easily digestible, quality database with no content overlap.

If you would like to discuss your current subscriptions, or you have any questions, please contact us.

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Chemical Science moves to Gold Open Access

15 Jul 2014

Chemical Science, launched in 2010, is set to become the world’s first high-quality Open Access chemistry journal.

From the first issue in January 2015, our flagship journal will move to Gold Open Access. All content published from that date will be free to every reader.

Plus, unlike other Gold Open Access journals, we will waive all Article Processing Charges (APCs) for at least two years. So it will be free for authors too.

Why are we doing this?

First, we strongly believe that Gold Open Access is a sustainable model for the future of publishing. Chemical Science will become part of our wider Open Access offering, which also includes Gold for Gold vouchers.

Second, we’re a not-for-profit organisation and we’re passionate about promoting, supporting and celebrating chemistry. So we invest in advancing the chemical sciences, and we spread knowledge to the international community. It’s what we’ve been doing for 170 years.

By moving Chemical Science to Gold Open Access, we are giving the global community access to some of the very best research.

Read our Press Release to find out more.

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CrossCheck aids plagiarism detection

10 Jan 2014

Plagiarism.

It’s an ugly word that rings alarm bells for many in the world of scientific publishing, especially the authors. Because no-one wants their research to be copied and republished.

But with the increasing numbers of scientific articles submitted every day, how can we improve our ability to spot plagiarism and deal with it?

That’s where CrossCheck comes in.

Created by CrossRef and powered by iThenticate software, it provides publishers with a mechanism for detecting plagiarism in scholarly publications. So we, and many other scholarly publishers, can compare manuscripts against published ones, using the large content repository and the iThenticate software.

You’ve always been able to trust us to publish your work quickly and efficiently, and make it available to the worldwide community. Now you know you have an additional reason to trust us to protect that work, and maintain the integrity of the scientific record for you and for future generations.

So that’s another reason to publish with us. You can hear why others have chosen us as a publisher in this video.

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About CrossRef
CrossRef is a not-for-profit membership association of publishers. Since its founding in 2000, CrossRef has provided reference linking services for over 64 million scholarly content items, including journal articles, books and book chapters, conference proceedings, reference entries, technical reports, standards, and data sets. CrossRef also provides additional collaborative services designed to improve trust in the scholarly communications process, including Cited-By linking, CrossCheck plagiarism screening, CrossMark update identification, and the FundRef funder identification service.

About iThenticate
iThenticate is the leading provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology used worldwide by scholarly publishers and research departments to ensure the originality of written work before publication. iThenticate helps editors, authors and researchers prevent misconduct by comparing manuscripts against its database of over 43 billion web pages and 130 million content items, including 38 million works from 530 scholarly publisher participants of CrossCheck, a service offered by CrossRef and powered by iThenticate software. iThenticate is developed by Turnitin, the leader in plagiarism and originality checking for educational institutions worldwide. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California with international offices in Newcastle, United Kingdom.

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Free colour in journal articles

28 Nov 2013

Here at the Royal Society of Chemistry we are constantly looking to improve our procedures to make things easier for our journal authors.

And we are glad to say that we can now offer free colour for all images and figures in all of our journals, in print and online.

We believe this will further improve the efficiency of our submission, editing and publication processes, and enhance the readers’ experience as well.

So that’s one more reason to choose to publish with us.

View this video to hear from international researchers on why they choose Royal Society of Chemistry journals.

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Journals: our growth and global impact

06 Aug 2013

Like many publishers, here at the Royal Society of Chemistry we’re proud to publicise our journal impact factors when they’re released each June.

However, we know from your feedback that you need more than great impact factors to make us your publisher of choice.

So we’ve collated some other facts to convince you.

Read this document to find out how:

Our market share has grown, as well as our content
Many more people are reading our journal articles
we’ve improved our international influence through our Editorial board membership and international offices

and more.

Plus, we’ve included a summary of how we’re working to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.

Find out how we are advancing excellence in the chemical sciences – download the pdf today.

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RSC and CCS announce new publishing partnership

23 May 2013

A unique not-for-profit society partnership between the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will deliver a collection of journals that combine high quality content and fast publication with trusted values of society publishing.

The Frontiers journals aim to publish the very best research from China, Asia and the rest of the world to an international audience. This collaboration celebrates a new phase in scientific growth, and will provide researchers with unparalleled opportunities for global visibility and international collaboration.

An integral part of the development of each journal is collaboration with a top Chinese institute in the relevant field. These partner institutes will bring prestige and scientific knowledge to the enterprise. The first two journals and their partner institutes are:

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (PKU)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC)

Each Frontiers journal will be jointly owned by CCS, RSC and the relevant partner institute, with each owner bringing their expertise to the project.

The two journals will publish their first issues in 2014. Other journals from core chemistry areas will follow in the coming months and years. Ultimately the aim is for the Frontiers portfolio to become a leading international journal series for the chemical sciences community.

You can find out more about this initiative, and the partner organisations, from our Press Release and via our website.

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Royal Society of Chemistry to publish The Merck Index

13 Dec 2012

The famous “bible” of chemistry, The Merck Index, is to join the highly acclaimed publishing portfolio of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The Merck Index has been considered the standard chemistry reference work for generations of professionals and has sold over one million copies worldwide. From April 2013, the Royal Society of Chemistry will take over its publication and launch the 15^th edition.

Dr James Milne, RSC Executive Director, publishing, said: “The Merck Index is a quality product with a peerless pedigree but, being familiar to the scientific community worldwide, it is also emblematic of our organisation’s rapidly-expanding international presence and influence. We know The Merck Index will be a valuable addition to the products and services the RSC offers its customers. Now we are looking forward eagerly to developing The Merck Index for the digital future.”

The RSC already plans significant development of The Merck Index online – beginning with offering all buyers of the 15^th edition one year’s free access to a newly-developed online version. The RSC will continue to develop The Merck Index to provide a valuable, trusted and relevant resource for scientists and researchers.

To find out more about the 15^th edition of The Merck Index visit the website and register your interest to receive further updates.

*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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Philadelphia free-dom

10 Aug 2012

The Royal Society of Chemistry will be in Philadelphia for the ACS meeting this month – and we’d love to meet you. Visit us at Booth #701 and find out more about our free content and how the RSC is going from strength to strength in its mission to advance the chemical sciences. Some key free events taking place at booth #701 include:

ChemSpider demo – Monday 20th at 11 am

Discover how you can make the most of our free chemical structure database, providing fast search access to over 26 million structures.

Book signing: The Case of the Poisonous Socks – Monday 20th at 2pm

Celebrated author William H Brock will be at the stand with copies of The Case of the Poisonous Socks, which offers 42 light-hearted tales of chemists and their discoveries. The book will be selling at just $15 (less than half its list price) so don’t miss out!

Join us for coffee – Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st from 11 am

Coffee and other drinks are free while stocks last

There are many more RSC and ChemSpider events taking place around the venue, and a full list is included at the bottom of this blog post.

So come along to Booth #701 and:

Find out more about our new Impact Factors and rising stars within RSC journals
Hear the very latest journal news and search the RSC Publishing platform
Browse over 60 new RSC books and take advantage of a special 30% show discount
Try ChemSpider, the multiple award winning, chemical structure-based search engine providing free access to more than 25 million chemical structures
Meet RSC representatives and investigate how you can publish with one of the world’s leading chemical science publishers
Harriet Gould and Emma Favager from our Commercial Sales team will also be on site to speak to you about Chemistry World, webinars, recruitment, digital options, and more.

We look forward to meeting you in Philadelphia!

Sunday 19th	10.50AM – 11.10AM	Putting chemistry into the hands of students – chemistry made mobile using resources from the Royal Society of Chemistry	Room 109B
	4.15PM – 4.40PM	Mining public domain data as a basis for drug repurposing	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room 302/303
Monday 20th	11.00AM – 12.00PM	ChemSpider demo	Booth #701
	11.00AM – 3.00PM*	Join us for coffee	Booth #701
	2.00PM – 3.00PM	Book signing: The Case of the Poisonous Socks	Booth #701
	2.05PM – 2.30PM	Feeding and consuming data to support Open Notebook Science via the ChemSpider platform	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Conference Room 307
	2.30PM – 2.55PM	Approaches for extraction and “digital chromatography” of chemical data – a perspective from the RSC	Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia, Salon D
		RSC Member Reception (by invitation only)
Tuesday 21st		Sponsorship of Bioconjugate Polymer session (Division of Polymer Chemistry) by RSC journals Chemical Science and ChemComm
	10AM – 12PM	ChemSpider and You: A workshop exploring how ChemSpider can help you find chemical information (Register via conference website)	Workshop Room 2
	11.00AM – 3.00PM*	Join us for coffee	Booth #701
	4.55PM – 5.10PM	ChemSpider compound database as one of the pillars of a semantic web for chemistry	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon H
		Young Investigators session dinner co-sponsored by RSC journals Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and ChemSocRev
Wednesday 22nd		Sponsorship of Bioconjugate Polymer session (Division of Polymer Chemistry) by RSC journals Chemical Science and ChemComm
Thursday 23rd	9.15AM – 9.35AM	Delivering an online service for validating and standardizing chemical structure files using the ChemSpider platform	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6
	9.35AM – 9.55AM	How can the International Chemical Identifier (InChI) be extended to non-trivial chemicals?	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6
	9.55AM – 10.15AM	Serving up and consuming community content for chemists using wikis	Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6

While stocks last*

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